Matthew Knowles was the son of Matthew Knowles and Jane Barton.

Matthew was born in 1837 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire.

Matthew married Sarah Bates in 1861 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

He had the following children from his marriage to Sarah Bates:

- Sarah Elizabeth Knowles	born in 1862 in Talk on the Hill, Staffordshire.
- Adelaide Theodore Knowles	born in 1863 in Talk on the Hill, Staffordshire.
- Matthew Ralph Barton Knowles	born in 1865 in Hanley, Staffordshire.
- Ann Jane Knowles	born in 1867 in Hanley, Staffordshire.
- Edward Henry Knowles	born in 1869 in Hanley, Staffordshire.
- Leonard Knowles	born in 1871 in Newcastle, Staffordshire.
- Frank Knowles	born in 1873 in Newcastle, Staffordshire.
- James Knowles	born in 1876 in Newcastle, Staffordshire.
- Grace Knowles	born in 1877 in Newcastle, Staffordshire.
- Alice Knowles	born in 1880 in Newcastle, Staffordshire.
- Constance Knowles	born in 1883 in Newcastle, Staffordshire.

Matthew was a Battery Maker.

Details of Matthew's death are not known.

Census Data:

Year	Address
1841	High Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
1861	8, Wood Street, Hanley, Staffordshire.
1871	18, Harrison Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
1881	32, Bayley Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
1891	25, Carvour Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.