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Irving Jude Knight 1902–1978 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 August 1902

Birth Location: Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America

Death Date: 28 February 1978

Death Location: Milford, Oakland County, Michigan, United States of America

Father: John Knight

Mother: Laura Knight

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Irving Jude Knight was born in 1902 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America, the child of John T Lightfoot Knight And Laura Ruth Pennell Knight. Irving Jude Knight passed away in 1978 in Milford, Oakland County, Michigan, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Irving Jude Knight was born in 1902 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America, the child of John T Lightfoot Knight And Laura Ruth Pennell Knight.
  • Irving Jude Knight passed away in 1978 in Milford, Oakland County, Michigan, United States of America.

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Irving Knight's Ancestors

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Irving Knight
1902–1978
Birth Place: Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America
Parents
John T. Lightfoot Knight
1875–1960
Michigan, United States of America
Laura (Ruth Pennell) Knight
1878–1936
Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America
Grandparents
Simeon Lightfoot
1842–1932
Clinton County, Ohio, United States of America
Nancy (A.) Lightfoot
1844–1884
Indiana, United States of America
Smith (R.) Pennell
1848–1928
Locke, Cayuga County, New York, United States of America
E. (Ethel) Pennell
1852–1914
Portage County, Ohio, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Eli Lightfoot
1815–1883
Ruth Lightfoot
1816–1852
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Prudence Doughty
1783–1843

Irving Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1902
15 August 1902
Birth of Irving Jude Knight in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America
Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America
1978
28 February 1978
Age 76
Death of Irving Jude Knight in Macomb, Macomb County, Michigan, United States of America
Macomb, Macomb County, Michigan, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 August 1902
    Event Place: Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 February 1978
    Event Place: Macomb, Macomb County, Michigan, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Milford, Oakland County, Michigan, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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