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Edith McFadden Young 1865–1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 03 Aug 1865

Birth Location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Death Date: 16 July 1940

Death Location: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

Father: SAMUEL YOUNG

Mother: Margaret McFadden

Spouse(s): John Sr

Children(s): Lieutenant Knight, Alice Knight, Alexander Knight, John Jr, Charles Knight

Edith McFadden Young was born in 1865 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the child of Samuel B M Baldwin Marks Young And Margaret Jane Maggie Mcfadden. Edith McFadden Young married John Thornton Knight Sr, and had children including Alexander Knight, Alice Margaret Knight, Charles O Farrell Knight, John Thornton Knight Jr, Lieutenant Samuel Young Knight. Edith McFadden Young passed away in 1940 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.

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Biography

  • Edith McFadden Young was born in 1865 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the child of Samuel B M Baldwin Marks Young And Margaret Jane Maggie Mcfadden.
  • Edith McFadden Young married John Thornton Knight Sr, and had children including Alexander Knight, Alice Margaret Knight, Charles O Farrell Knight, John Thornton Knight Jr, Lieutenant Samuel Young Knight.
  • Edith McFadden Young passed away in 1940 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.

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Edith Young's Ancestors

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Edith Young
1865–1940
Birth Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Parents
SAMUEL B M (Baldwin Marks) YOUNG
1840–1924
Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Margaret (Jane "Maggie") McFadden
1842–1892
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
=John (Young (2g), Capt.) Jr
1803–1873
Homestead, Robinson Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Hannah (R. Phillips SCOTT) Young
1801–1882
Millers Run, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Joseph McFADDEN
1800–1854
Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Agnes (Ann "Nancy") Cavit
1808–1898
Moon, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edith Young's Descendants

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Edith (McFadden) Young (03 Aug 1865–16 July 1940) m. John (Thornton Knight) Sr (18 April 1861–15 January 1930)
  1. 1. Lieutenant (Samuel Young) Knight 1891–1966
  2. 2. Alice (Margaret) Knight 1888–1990
  3. 3. Alexander Knight 1910–1970
  4. 4. John (Thornton Knight) Jr 1894–1989 m. Mary (Tigner) Holmes 1898–1990
    1. 1. Samuel (Young) Knight 1926–1945
    2. 2. John (Thornton Knight) III 1921–1999 m. Elizabeth (Maria) Voelker 1926–2000
    3. 3. Richard (Holmes) Knight 1922–2004 m. Frances (Conway "Connie") Davis 1924–2018
    4. 4. William (Chapman) Knight 1931–2004
  5. 5. Charles (O'Farrell) Knight 1896–1965 m. Mary (Mott 'Polly') Williams 1896–1967
    1. 1. Mary (Williams 'Molly') Knight 1924–1987
    2. 2. Anne (Biddle Knight 2nd Lieutenant, US Marine Corp., Women's) Reserve. 1920–2011 m. John (Frederick) DelVal 1924–2003 m. Richard Friberg 1921–1995 m. Herbert (Mathieson) Witcombe 1904–1952
      1. 1. Herbert (Mathieson) Witcombe 1950–1950

Edith Young's Timeline

2 Records

1865
03 Aug 1865
Birth of Edith McFadden Young in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
1940
16 July 1940
Age 75
Death of Edith McFadden Young in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 03 Aug 1865
    Event Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 July 1940
    Event Place: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

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