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Walter Charles Knight 1892–1976 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 January 1892

Birth Location: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 8 February 1976

Death Location: Litchfield, Kennebec County, Maine, United States of America

Father: Charles Knight

Mother: Jennie Gillis

Spouse(s): Rena Knight

Children(s): Norman Knight, Mildred Knight

Walter Charles Knight was born in 1892 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Charles Walter Knight And Jennie Gillis. Walter Charles Knight married Rena Gladys Knight, and had children including Mildred Rena Knight, Norman Walter Knight. Walter Charles Knight passed away in 1976 in Litchfield, Kennebec County, Maine, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Walter Charles Knight was born in 1892 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Charles Walter Knight And Jennie Gillis.
  • Walter Charles Knight married Rena Gladys Knight, and had children including Mildred Rena Knight, Norman Walter Knight.
  • Walter Charles Knight passed away in 1976 in Litchfield, Kennebec County, Maine, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

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Walter Knight's Ancestors

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Walter Knight
1892–1976
Birth Place: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Charles Walter Knight
1864–1958
Boothbay, Lincoln, ME
Jennie Gillis
1859–1943
Margaree Harbour, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
Grandparents
Colin Gillis
1824–1930
Judique Banks, Cape Breton, NS, Canada
Catherine MacNeil
1827–1914
Mabou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Great-Grandparents
Roderick MacNeil
1787–1865
Nancy MacDonald
–1866
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Angus McDonald
1755–1835
Elizabeth Grant
1758–1825

Walter Knight's Descendants

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Walter (Charles) Knight (4 January 1892–8 February 1976) m. Rena (Gladys) Knight (7 January 1894–9 November 1977)
  1. 1. Norman (Walter) Knight 1929–2014
  2. 2. Mildred (Rena) Knight 1920–2003

Walter Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1892
4 January 1892
Birth of Walter Charles Knight in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1976
8 February 1976
Age 84
Death of Walter Charles Knight in Augusta, Maine
Augusta, Maine

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 January 1892
    Event Place: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 February 1976
    Event Place: Augusta, Maine

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

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