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Jessie Knight 1854–1937 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 DEC 1854

Birth Location: Australia

Death Date: 8 FEB 1937

Death Location: Whanganui, Wanganui District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

Father: John Varnham

Mother: Elizabeth Marshall

Spouse(s): Thomas Knight

Children(s): Isabel Knight, Marshall Knight, Harold Knight, Ethel Knight, Emily Campion, Ivy Knight, Warner Knight

Jessie Knight was born in 1854 in Australia, the child of John Rowe Varnham And Elizabeth Smith Marshall. Jessie Knight married Thomas Knight, and had children including Emily Maud Varnham Campion, Ethel Jessie Knight, Harold Penrose Knight, Isabel Mary Varnham Knight, Ivy Eunice Varnham Knight, Marshall Varnham Knight, Warner Thomas Varnham Knight. Jessie Knight passed away in 1937 in Whanganui, Wanganui District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Jessie Knight was born in 1854 in Australia, the child of John Rowe Varnham And Elizabeth Smith Marshall.
  • Jessie Knight married Thomas Knight, and had children including Emily Maud Varnham Campion, Ethel Jessie Knight, Harold Penrose Knight, Isabel Mary Varnham Knight, Ivy Eunice Varnham Knight, Marshall Varnham Knight, Warner Thomas Varnham Knight.
  • Jessie Knight passed away in 1937 in Whanganui, Wanganui District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand.

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Jessie Knight's Ancestors

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Jessie Knight
1854–1937
Birth Place: Australia
Parents
John Rowe Varnham
1819–1868
Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Smith) Marshall
1830–1887
Sydney
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jessie Knight's Descendants

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Jessie Knight (15 DEC 1854–8 FEB 1937) m. Thomas Knight (29 JAN 1844–14 APR 1920)
  1. 1. Isabel (Mary Varnham) Knight 1874–1974 m. Samuel (James) Sanson 1867–1938
    1. 1. Ethel (Jessica Margaret) Sanson 1898–1980
    2. 2. Edna (Isobel) Sanson 1896–1904 m. Samuel (James) Sanson 1867–1938
    3. 3. Bennett Sanson 1914–1992 m. Eunice (May) Carey 1915–1981
      1. 1. Samuel (Bennett) Sanson 1935–1935
  2. 2. Marshall (Varnham) Knight 1876–1947
  3. 3. Harold (Penrose) Knight 1878–1901
  4. 4. Ethel (Jessie) Knight 1880–1937
  5. 5. Emily (Maud Varnham) Campion 1882–1953
  6. 6. Ivy (Eunice Varnham) Knight 1886–1949
  7. 7. Warner (Thomas Varnham) Knight 1890–1949

Jessie Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1854
15 DEC 1854
Birth of Jessie Knight in Australia
Australia
1937
8 FEB 1937
Age 83
Death of Jessie Knight in Whanganui, Wanganui District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Whanganui, Wanganui District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 DEC 1854
    Event Place: Australia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 FEB 1937
    Event Place: Whanganui, Wanganui District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

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