FANNEY MAY IN ENGLAND
I have been re-examining my earlier families and making corrections (citing) when I can. Fanney's name appears with several spellings. I have chosen to use this one so do differentiate her from other Fanny, Fannie, Frances etc in the family, of which there are many. Fanney May was the daughter of William May and Rebecca Osbourne. Through the research I have accumulated I have found various documents that would confirm so. Fanney was born 6 Jul 1834,(1) in the parish of Saint Teath, Camelford, Cornwall, England. The family was living on Dalinuth Street in the 1841census, but Fanney does not seem to be with them.(2) In 1851 they remain in the same town but now on Treligga Street. Fanney now sixteen, is working as a servant for the Keat family on Dalinuth Street.(3) Her employ is for a farmer and his wife and seven children. From a young age it would appear Fanney cared for children, beginning at age sixteen. Fanney had the following brothers and sisters. Antony May 1836--1910, Mary May-Cowling 1841--1926, Anne May-Murdoch 1846--1919 and William May 1848--_____.(2)
I have a date of marriage for Fanney to Richard Knight of November 1 1854 but cannot locate a citing for this yet. However, in 1861,(4) Fanney has married Richard Knight and is living in Bowmanton, Haldimand township, Northumberland, Ontario, with five children, the eldest of which was born in 1855. They are living in a a one story frame house and are of the Westlayan Methodist faith. Richard is listed as a tailor, farmer and the local postmaster and as well, they run a local grocery. As per Richard’s bio the 1878 McGill atlas project has Richard listed as General Groceries, Farmer and Postmaster. It also says he settled there in 1852, which would have been shortly before the May’s settled there. Fanney was from the same district in Cornwall as Richard and perhaps the families knew one another in England. At the least there would have been a kindred spirit for the families once in the new land. It is not unlikely that Fanney having been a caregiver for children in England did not take on the same responsibility once in Ontario, caring for Richard’s family prior to his wife and youngest son’s death. The couple and their growing family are present in the Ontario census’ until 1881,(5)(6) in Northumberland. In 1881 their faith is recorded as Methodist Calvinist. The family would soon leave Northumberland and move to Toronto, which is where they appear in the 1891,(7) census. At this point Richard has taken up tailoring again and his young son Henry is an apprentice. John is working as a farm labourer and Jane and Benjamin are still in school. Frances is living with them along with her four daughters, but her young son does not seem to be present. She had recently been abandoned by her husband. Fanney became a widow in September of 1892,(8) after the death of Richard. She would moved back to Northumberland before the next census of 1901, with her son John, (listed as head of the family), Jane, her daughter and Benjamin, her youngest son.(9) They are in Cramahe Township indicating that this would have not been the original farm in Bowmanton. Fanney would acquire land out West in Saskatchewan and the four of them would move out there. Did John own the farm in Cramahe or did they just rent it making it easier to move out west? They can be found in the 1906 census in Saskatchewan.(10) In 1906, Fanney, son John and daughter Sarah Jane can be found homesteading in Drinkwater, Saskatchewan, southwest of Regina. She is listed as the head of the house. Fanney May-Knight died November 5th 1908 at age 74 in Assiniboia West, Saskatchewan, Canada.(11) Her body would be brought back to Northumberland County to be buried at the Bowmanton cemetery. She is buried in the Bowmanton Cemetery, Haldimand, Northumberland County in Ontario, alongside her husband Richard. I visited the Bomanton Cemetery several years ago. It is in poor shape. There is a stone for Fanney, died Nov. 5, 1908 aged 74 y/5m/21d.(12)
Bowmanton Cemetery, Haldimand Township, Northumberland County, Ontario
Inscription on Tombstone
Citations Fanny May (1) B. 1834 May Fanny Cornwall Baptisms: Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records, Parish Baptisms Collections from England, Great Britain (2) C. 1841 England Census Class: HO107; Piece: 152; Book: 14; Civil Parish: St Teath; County: Cornwall; Enumeration District: 12; Page: 1; Line: 1; GSU roll: 241273 (3) C. 1851 England CensusClass: HO107; Piece: 1898; Folio: 304; Page: 67; GSU roll: 221049 (4) C. 1861 Census of Canada Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1055-1056 (5) C. 1871 Census of Canada Census Place: Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario; Roll: C-9984; Page: 50; Family No: 170 (6) C. 1881 Census of Canada Census Place: Haldimand, Northumberland West, Ontario; Roll: C_13240; Page: 40; Family No: 157 (7) C. 1891 Census of Canada Census Place: St Mathews Ward, York East, Ontario; Roll: T-6379; Family No: 341 (8) D. 1892 Knight Richard (9) C. 1901 Census of Canada Census Place: Cramahe, Northumberland (east/est), Ontario; Page: 9; Family No: 106 (10) C. 1906 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta Census Place: 25B, Assiniboia West, Saskatchewan; Page: 13; Family No: 127 (11) D. 1908 Web: Saskatchewan, Death Index, 1889-1916 (12) Bur. Bowmanton Cemetery, Haldimand Township, Northumberland, Ontario.
Knight Richard and May Fanny
children of Richard Knight (1823-1892) and and Fanney May (1834-1908)
MARY REBECCA KNIGHT (1854-1923) WILLIAM OSLER BLAND (1852-1917)
Family photo of Mary Rebecca Knight Bland, husband William Bland, children William James, Alfred Ernest, Charles Lewis, Clara Louisa, Alice Maude, Eliz Estella, Richard Arnold.
Born January 12th 1854, in Bowmanton, Haldimand Township, Northumberland County, Ontario.(1) Mary Rebecca Knight was Richard Knight and Fanny May's second child and my great grandmother's elder sister. She remained with the family until 1875, when she married William Ostler Bland, son of Thomas and Jane Bland. The marriage took place when Mary was 19, September 7, 1875 in the town of Fenella, near her home.(2) She and William had seven children from their union. At least two of their sons moved to Saskatchewan before 1906. Alfred and Charles are listed in the census for Saskatchewan, Assiniboin West, Townships 12 to 18 inclusive in ranges 13, 14, 15 west of the 3rd Meridian. Mary and William would remain in Northumberland County until after 1906,(1) when they moved out west to Success, Saskatchewan. They can be found in the 1916 census.(3) Mary and William now 60 and 64 respectively are living with their son Richard. Their occupation is farming. Their name appears in Reflections : A History of Cantuar Area on page 95. This speaks more about their children but does mention their migration to the west at the turn of the century. The last information I have for Mary and her husband is the 1921 Census.(4) They were living in a wood frame house they owned in Swift Current near her sister Frances. She is 65 and William is 67. Mary Rebecca died in Swift Current Saskatchewan in 1923,(5). She is buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Swift Current.
CHILDREN OF REBECCA MAY KNIGHT AND WILLIAM OSLER BLAND
William James (1876–1960) m. Elizabeth Oliver (1883–1957)
Alfred Ernest (1878–1950) m. Bessie Newton (1881–1970)
Alice Maud (1880–1913) m. George Curtis Carruthers (1876–1959)
Eliza Estella (1882–1950) m. Charles Edward Williams (1877–1951)
Charles Lewis (1885–1952) m. Elizabeth "Bessie" Leona Hinton (1905–1969)
Clara Louisa (1889–1976) m. Harry Daniel Davison (1882–1949)
Richard Arnold (1893–1955) m. Margaret Evelyn Wilson (1900–1986)
Citations Mary Rebecca Knight (1) B.1856 Knight Mary Rebecca (4) (5) (2) M.1875 Bland William Ostler/Knight Mary Rebecca (3) C.1906 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta Census Place: 11, Souris, Manitoba; Page: 9; Family No: 84 (4) C.1916 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta Census Place: Saskatchewan, Swift Current, 16; Roll: T-21945; Page: 8; Family No: 78 (5) C.1921 Census of Canada Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 162; Census Place: Swift Current, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 8 (6) D.1917 Bland William Ostler (NOT YET FOUND) (7) D.1923 Bland Knight Mary Saskatchewan, Canada, Burial Index, 1802-2011 (9) D.1923 Bland Knight Mary Find a Grave 1923 • Swift Current, Swift Current Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
WILLIAM MAY KNIGHT (1855-1921) (1) MARTHA JANE BONNEY (1853-1883) (2) JANE ELFORD (1857-1885) (3) MARY ELIZABETH OLIVER (1852-1950)
William May Knight was born on August 6,1854, in Bowmanton, Haldimand Township, Northumberland County, Ontario.(1) He was the first child of Richard Knight and Fanny May-Knight. He can be found with his parents and siblings on the 1871 census. In 1877,(2) at age 22 he married Martha Jane Bonney, also 22, in Percy Twp., Northumberland, County, Ontario. She was the daughter of Thomas and Martha Bonney. By 1881, they had three children in the family; two girls and a boy. William first wife died January 9 1883 during childbirth.(3) The twins, William May and Tabitha Martha Jane both died shortly after the birth William February 23 and Martha April 9. June of 1885,(4) William married Margaret Jane Elford in Warkworth, Ontario, daughter of William Elford and Ann Greenwood. Margaret died two years later in 1885.(5) She is buried in the Shiloh Cemetery, Colborne, Northumberland County, Ontario. William would marry for a third time. Mary Elizabeth Oliver, daughter of Aaron Oliver and Elizabeth Morish from Haldimand Township. I have yet to find a marriage certificate for them.(6) Mary came from a large family like William and besides taking the responsibility of his three children; Edith, Richard and Julia, they also had five of their own; Aaron, William, Vera, Fanny and George. The 1891 census has him with his wife Mary and five children. Two more boys have come into the world. William and Mary would have more children and in 1901 two of the children from the first marriage are still there, but there are five others as well. The eldest daughter from the first marriage is not present here. By 1911 Only the three youngest are present with the family, and by 1921, he and Mary are alone. William was a farmer and spent most of his life in Haldimand Township. He died on November 14 1921,(7) at 66 years of age from Bright’s disease and is buried in the Fairview Cemetery (also known as “The Old Stanley Cemetery” in Grafton, Ontario.(8)
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM MAY KNIGHT AND MARTHA JANE BONNEY
Edith M (1877–1944) m. Arthur Edgar McKague (1878–1937)
Richard T (1878–1961) m. Edna Mary Clarke (1880–1958)
Julia May (1880–1905) m. Nelson A Knapp (1881–1942)
Martha Jane (1883–1883)
William May (1883–1883)
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM MAY KNIGHT AND MARY ELIZABETH OLIVER
Oliver Aaron (1886–1944) m. Lucy Frances "Daisy" Pollock (1885–1945)
William Henry (1888–1947) m. Sarah Hare (1891–19 )
Vera Elizabeth (1891–1925) m. Percival "Percy" Alton Morgan (1889–19)
Fanny Beatrice (1893–1932) m. Percy Coulton Roberts (1877–1969)
George Anthony (1896–1959) m. Mildred Lena Knapp (1900–19)
Citations William May Knight (1) B. 1855 Knight William M (4) (5) (7) (2) M. 1877 Knight William M/Bonney Martha J "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNF-14G : 11 March 2018), William Knight and Martha Jane Binney, 18 Dec 1876; citing registration , Percy, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,863,649. (3) D. 1883 Bonney Martha and twins"Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDK6-X4M : 9 March 2018), Wm. Knight in entry for Martha Knight, 09 Jan 1883; citing Cramahe, Northumberland, Ontario, yr 1883 cn 11599, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,240. (4) M. 1885 Knight William M/Elford Margaret J "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJZ-TN7 : 11 March 2018), W May Knight and Margaret Jane Elford, 07 Jun 1883; citing registration , Warkworth, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,763. (5) D. 1885 Elford Margaret (6) M. 1885 Knight William M/Oliver Mary E still searching. (7) D. 1921 Knight William May "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD88-VFJ : 10 March 2018), William Knight, 14 Nov 1921; citing Haldemand, Northumberland, Ontario, yr 1921 cn 24009, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,863,542. (8) Bur. 1921 Fairview Cemetery (also known as “The Old Stanley Cemetery” in Grafton, Ontario
This is my great-grandmother on my mothers side. There is a lot more information on the above link. Once you are on her page there is a long history of her life. All her five children are mentioned on this page and linked to their own separated page. To visit them just click on the link for the appropriate child.
Ann first appears in the 1861 census at one year of age, as the youngest child of Richard Knight and Fanny May-Knight. Another Ann appears in the census of 1871 and listed as the last child. The first Ann would be Eliza Ann born June 26 1860 who fits with the profile according to the cemetery headstone at Bowmanton. There is a child buried with her brother Richard Thomas, with the name of Eliza Knight. She died February 4th, 1864 and her age is listed as three years of age. Ann would have been three in at least part of 1864. The stone is in poor repair and has been repaired but there is a crack across the date for the death. I believe the Ann that is mentioned in the 1871 census at one year of age is actually Emma Locricia, born in 1870. The inscription on the stone was difficult to decipher, but I was able to make out a few word decrying the grief of her parents.
In children just left us Trust ________________ fall Tis the loss ___ little __ left us At ___ _____ __ ____ so well Cobourg
Citations
Eliza Ann Knight (1) B.1860 Knight Eliza Ann 1861 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1055-1056 (2) D.1864 Knight Eliza Ann Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
RICHARD THOMAS KNIGHT (1863-1876)
Gravestone at Bowmanton Cemetery, Ontario
Baptismal Certificate
Richard Thomas Knight was Richard and Fanny's second boy and fifth child. He would not reach adulthood. He was born February 21st 1863 while they lived on the family farm in Bowmanton. Richard was baptised December 25th of the same year. He died the 11th of August 1876 at just 13 years of age. He appears on the 1871 census at 8 years of age with his family. The remnants of an old gravestone are all that remain at the Bowmanton cemetery. Only a few words are visible in the inscription that I can make out. Time has eroded the stone. In children just left us Trust ________________ fall Tis the loss ___ little __ left us At ___ _____ __ ____ so well Cobourg
*Both Eliza (Ann) and Richard appear on at least one Canadian Census and are buried in the Bowmanton Cemetery. Other than that I have no birth or death records for them.
Citations
Richard Thomas Knight (1) B.1863 Knight Richard Thomas Canada, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, 1828-1910 (2) B.1863 Knight Richard Thomas 1871 Census of Canada, Census Place: Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario; Roll: C-9984; Page: 50; Family No: 170 (3) D.1876 Knight Eliza Ann Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
**Back Row: John Miller, Benjamin, Emma Locricia
Second Row: Frances, Henry "Harry", Sarah Jane, Mary Rebecca
Front Row: Frances, Catherine "Kattie"
**The picture of the Knight children are not necessarily correct. I tried to gauge oldest to youngest as best I could.
CATHARINE "KATIE" MAY KNIGHT (1865-1931) JOHN "GEORGE" TINNEY (1860-1923)
Catharine Knight, daughter number four for Richard and Fanny, was born in Fenella in 1865.(1),(2) As was customary for the times Catharine or "Kattie" as she was known remained with her parents until she married December 21st of 1882.(3) She and her husband John "George" Tinney are documented for their marriage but I believe his name to have been erroneously registered as Timlin. All other information would suggest this to be the case.The marriage was conducted at Fenella, Hamilton Township Northumberland County by Rev J C Bell. The groom is reported from Hamilton Township, and the son of James and Ann Timlin (Tinney). It should be noted that Catharine was born and raised in Bowmanton, minutes away from Fenella and many of the family are in the Bowmanton Cemetery. I am unable to find them in the censuses after that and do not know what happened to them. I found other Timlin family members but not Catharine "Kate" and George. I was able to find a death certificate for the one and only child I found of theirs William Henry in 1931 in Toronto. I will continue to look for Kate and the family and have put some feelers out there for anyone to respond. I cannot find a second marriage for Catharine but do find other children and her name becomes Tinney at some point. In census' after 1891 she and her husband now listed as John George Tinney are living in Woolwich, Ontario. In 1921 They are living in Guelph. According to what I can find, Catharine died June 18 1931. She was living in Toronto at the time. She died from inoperable stomach cancer. Catharine is buried at St. John's Norway Toronto East, Ontario, Canada under the name Tinney Section 11 Range Her address was 13 Willow Avenue. brother Benjamin Knight was the informant of 1098 Davenport Ave. Toronto. If indeed John George Timlin and John George Tinney are the same person, and so far it appears so, then the couple had ten children, five boys and five girls.
Marriage of Catharine May Knight and John George Tinney
I received a contact from a descendant of Catharine “Katie” Knight. She is directly related to John George Tinney. It would appear from all the research I have done that he and John George Timlin are one and the same. However, there are a few niggling facts that cause concern. The marriage registration mentions the parents of John George Timlin, (James and Ann). One of the witnesses appears to be a brother-in-law to the couple from the Timlin family by the name of Eagleson.
I have two documents that connect Catherine to the name Timlin, a marriage and the birth of her first child. The rest of her documentation attach her to John George Tinney. It is also most unlikely that there were two Catharine May Knights living in Bowmanton, with parents of the same name, who married two men, one John George Tinney, the other John George Timlin. We also find no documentation for Tinney's in the Northumberland County.
It is almost impossible that John George Timlin did not become George Tinney when he moved from Cobourg. There are several reasons that might have happened. An error in documentation when they moved to the western part of the province, an or possibly a misunderstanding of the name given. There are several of their documents that have discrepancies. For instance when George died his father is listed as being born in Newfoundland and his mother in Switzerland. Perhaps they were unable to read well. Whatever the case I believe the two to be the same.
While Catherine and George had nine children, I have yet to find concrete proof of Eileen. Enoch does not appear in any of the census and died the same year he was born but I have found a birth registration for him. Eileen was born in 1911. She should be present in the 1921 Census. I cannot find a birth certificate for her either.
For the sake of the website, I will identify all the children as those of Catherine and George John Tinney. If anyone can prove otherwise please contact me.
CHILDREN OF CATHARINE MAY KNIGHT AND JOHN GEORGE TINNEY
William Henry (1884-1931) m. Elsie (1896–19)
Cecilie Melinda (1886-1918) m. John Alexander Kuehl (1883–19)
Enoch (1889-1889)
Charles Lewis (1881-) m. Gloria (1891–19)
Roy Cecil (1893-1966) m. Sarah J Sade McCutcheon (1896–1992)
Avery Clive (1897-1970) m. Jean Elizabeth "Jenny" Wilson (1900–1985)
Gladys (1904--) m. Donald Burterite Sinclair (1902–19)
Vera Geraldine (1905--) m. Orville Donald Veyes Morean (1906–19)
Eileen (1911-2003) m. (1877–1944)
Citations
Catharine May Knight (1) B.1866 Census of Canada Census 1871 Place: Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario; Roll: C-9984; Page: 50; Family No: 170 (2) C.1871Census of Canada Census Place: Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario; Roll: C-9984; Page: 50; Family No: 170 (3) C.1881 Census of Canada Census Place: Haldimand, Northumberland West, Ontario; Roll: C_13240; Page: 40; Family No: 157 (4) M. 1882 Timlin John G/Knight Catherine "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927, citing registration , Fenella, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,763. (5) C.1891 Census Place: Woolwich, Waterloo North, Ontario; Roll: T-6375; Family No: 114 (6) C.1901 Census Place: Waterloo, Waterloo (north/nord), Ontario; Page: 3; Family No: 21 (7) C.1911; Census Place: Waterloo North, Ontario (8) C.1921 Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 97; Census Place: Guelph (Township), Wellington South, Ontario; Page Number: 17 (9) D.1923 Tinney John George Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946 - Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 297 (10) D.1931 Knight Catharine May Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946 - Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 408
Baptismal Certificate
JOHN MILLER KNIGHT (1868-1950) ELLA GLADYS VANVOLKENBURG (1885-1978)
John Miller was born on April 23, 1868,(29) in Northumberland County. He was baptised April 18, 1869. As a small child he grew up on the farm run by his parents and remained there until after 1881. His father resigned as postmaster for the Bowmanton postoffice in 1884 and the family moved to Toronto between that date and 1891. The family appears in the 1891 census in Toronto, St. Mathew's Ward. John is working as a farm labourer, indicating he still loved the country.(30)(31)(32) John's father, Richard, was working in Toronto at the time as a tailor and had reached the age of sixty-seven. Fanny was eleven years his junior at fifty-six. John was the oldest of the boys still living at home. It is quite possible that Richard's health was failing, as he died the following year. In 1901 after the death of Richard, the family moved back to the Northumberland Hills. They are present in Northumberland East, Cramahe district. John is living with his sister Jane, (erroneously marked as wife), mother Fanny and his youngest brother Benjamin.(33) I was unable to find Emma L or Henry "Harry" Knight in the 1901 census. Perhaps they remained in Toronto. The family purchased land out west and would soon move again to Homestead out there. In the 1906,(34) census for "The Territories", they can be found: District: SK Assiniboia West District (#12) Subdistrict: 25 B (Townships 15, 16, 17 and 18 inclusive in ranges 22, 23 and 24 west of the 2nd M). According to information from one of the Prairie Family History books "A Dipper Full of Dreams -- Drinkwater and District", John first went out to homestead in the Sunny Hill district, East of Brierhurst. He then went back to Ontario and returned with his aging mother and youngest sister to keep house for him. His mother, Fanney died in 1908 and her body was returned east for burial. His younger sister Sarah Jane died in December of the same year. John married Ella Gladys VanVolkenburg (Vanoolsonburg in the above book). The book also says in 1908 but I have December of 1907. She like many others was originally from the East. He was also twenty years her senior. They had three children while in Sunny Hill; Gladys, Roy and Ray. They then moved to Drinkwater where two more children, Thelma and Harold were born. Next they moved to Cardross and had three more children; Zena, Inez and Gordon.(35) In 1933 they settled in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan. John and his wife Ella can be found in the 1911 census for Moosejaw, with their two year old daughter. John died February 5, 1950 and is buried in the Rosedale cemetery in Moosejaw SaskatchewanH. His wife Gladys died in 1978 and is buried alongside him.(36)
CHILDREN OF JOHN MILLER KNIGHT AND ELLA GLADYS VANVOLKENBURG
Gladys Evelyn (1909–2000) m. (1) Bud Leonard Lawson (1903–1955) (2) John Fessler (1902–2000)
Roy Glen (1911–1989) m. Laura Eleanor Anderson (1908–2006)
Lewis Ray (1914–1998) m. (1) Mary Gregor (1918–1967) (2)) Private
Thelma May (1916–2002) m. (1) Donald H McLean William (1901–19) (2) Donald Kennedy (19–19)
John "Harold" (1918–2013) m. Hazel Getson (19–)
Zena Mary (1920–2012) m. Robert Earl Davey (1918–1959)
Inez (1925–2013) m. Oliver Max Barnett (1926–1992)
Gordon Goodwin (1929–1980) m. (1) Cyrena "Lorena" "Elsie" Margaret Anthony (1903–1955) (2) Anne Marie Szuch (1923–1995)
Citations John Miller Knight (29) B. 1868 Knight John Miller Canada, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, 1828-1910 (30) C. 1871 Census of Canada Census Place: Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario; Roll: C-9984; Page: 50; Family No: 170 (31) C. 1881 Census of Canada Census Place: Haldimand, Northumberland West, Ontario; Roll: C_13240; Page: 40; Family No: 157 (32) C. 1891 Census of Canada Census Place: St Mathews Ward, York East, Ontario; Roll: T-6379; Family No: 341 (33) C. 1901 Census of Canada Census Place: Cramahe, Northumberland (east/est), Ontario; Page: 9; Family No: 106 (34) C. 1906 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta Census Place: 25B, Assiniboia West, Saskatchewan; Page: 13; Family No: 127 (35) C. 1921 Census of Canada Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 156; Census Place: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 10 (36) D. 1950 Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Memorial 179154136
Baptismal Certificate
EMMA LOCRACIA KNIGHT (1870 -1932) ALBERT E DEAL (1869 -1924) Emma Locracia Knight, born was born February 3, 1870 in Bowmanton, Ontario.(36) There was some confusion as to her birth as she is referred to as Ann in the 1871 census, however I have located her baptismal certificate dated April 4, 1872. The family moved to Toronto sometime after the 1881 census and before the 1891 census.(37)(38) It would appear they were there possibly as early as 1887 because Emma met and married Albert Deall, a painter from Toronto in 1888.(39) 014061(York) Albert E. DEALL, 21, painter, Toronto, Toronto, s/o John & Eliza DEALL, married Emma KNIGHT, 21, Haldimand Tp. d/o Richard & Fanny May KNIGHT, witn: Christopher Black and Sarah Larunne, 3 December 1888, at Toronto, Methodist Church of Canada Rev. W Haryett . After the death of her father, the rest of the family would move back to the area near Cramahe, in Northumberland County, Ontario. Shortly after that her mother, older brother and younger sister moved to Saskatchewan. She remained in Toronto. Albert and Emma would have seven children from their union, four boys and three girls; Ida, Florence, Henry, Hector, Eliza, John and Albert. Her oldest daughter died as a child. In the 1921 census Albert and Emma still had four children at home. Her younger brother was also lodging with them. They lived at 157 Ashdale, in Toronto. Albert was working as a grocer at that time.(38) According to one source Emma died in York, Toronto in October 10 1932 from Chronic Myocarditis and Myocardial Degeneration.(39) NOTE: There was a Clive Tinney visiting at the time, further confirming that John George Timlin and John George Tinney are one and the same.
CHILDREN OF EMMA LOCRACIA KNIGHT AND ALBERT E DEAL
Ida Alberta (1889–1897)
Florence Irene (1891–1962) m. Robert H Traviss (1872–1950)
Henry Ernest (1893–1930) m. (1923–1995)
Hector Shalto (1897–1962) m. Florence Winnifred Byles G(1896–1942)
Eliza (1906–1968) m. George Antrobus (1905–1933)
John (1910–1946) m. (1) Margarita Irene McCann (1913– bef. 1939) (2) Irene May North (1909–1994)
Albert Edward (1912–1980) m. Margaret Jane "Reta" Thompson (1911–1960)
Citations Emma Locracia Knight (36) B. 1870 Web: Canada, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, 1828-1910 (37) C. 1871 Census of Canada Census Place: Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario; Roll: C-9984; Page: 50; Family No: 170 (38) C. 1881 Census of Canada Census Place: Haldimand, Northumberland West, Ontario; Roll: C_13240; Page: 40; Family No: 157 (39) M. 1888 Deall Albert/Knight Emma Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934 Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 66 (38) C. 1921 Census of Canada Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 99; Census Place: Toronto (City, part), York East, Ontario; Page Number: 5 (39) D. 1932 Knight Emma Locracia Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946 Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 435
HENRY "HARRY" KNIGHT (1873 - 1956) ELLEN JANE SMITH (1878 - 1930) Henry Knight born at the homestead in Bowmanton, was the second youngest boy in the family of eleven children. He was born on October 22, 1873.(40) He like the others moved to Toronto and is present with the family in the 1891 census. At that time he was working as an apprentice tailor with his father.(41)(42) I loose track of Harry until he turns up out west. The following was gathered from a homesteader book. Harry moved to Saskachewan with sisters Frances Ostrom and Mary Knight around 1907 to the Orillia district. He went back to Ontario to look for a wife but instead convinced neice's husband Jack Clark to move his stock to the farm, take over the farm operations as well as the postal delivery from Beverly to the Wheat Valley office. He can be found in the 1911 census in Moosejaw.(43) He then met a Ellen Jane Smith who had moved recently to the area from England. The two were married had two children. An infant boy died in 1916 and a daughter Annie was born in 1919. They remained in the area for two or three years then moved to the Grassy Creek area. Henry and his wife Ellen and two year old daughter were still in Saskatchewan in 1921 as per the census.(44) They were living on a farm in Grassy Creek Saskatchewan Secton 3 Tp 8 Range 17 Meridian Number 3. Had immigrated the in 1907. Ellen died in 1930 but Henry lived until 1956.
THE PAINTER "In the Early days of 1911 or 1912, We Caswell thought his homesteading shack deserved a coat of paint. To do the job he hired his neighbour, HarryKnight, who by his own admission was an experienced painter. Wes was away the day the paingint was on and on his return was looking forward to seeing his newly painted home. Instead his abode looked like ithad been wetted down by a drenching rain! It was still the same bronw colour with an oily look. Mr. Knight had brushed the entire building withoutstirring the paint. Next day after a trip to Cantuar to buy more paint, Wes instructed his "experienced painter" in the art of stirring paint."
CHILDREN OF HENRY "HARRY" KNIGHT (1873 - 1956) AND ELLEN JANE SMITH (1878 - 1930)
Brian (1916–1916)
Annie (1918–2009) m. Chester Carl Andrew Hunt (1912–1981)
Citations Henry "Harry" Knight (40) B. 1872 Knight Henry Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913 Archives of Ontario; Series: MS929; Reel: 13 (41) C. 1881 Census of Canada Census Place: Haldimand, Northumberland West, Ontario; Roll: C_13240; Page: 40; Family No: 157 (42) C. 1891 Census of Canada Census Place: St Mathews Ward, York East, Ontario; Roll: T-6379; Family No: 341 (43) C. 1911 Census of Canada Census Place: 79, Moosejaw, Saskatchewan; Page: 1; Family No: 16 (44) C. 1921 Census of Canada Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 155; Census Place: Maple Creek, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 4
Rouleau Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place:Rouleau, Regina Census Division, Saskatchewan, CanadaSARAH JANE KNIGHT (1875-1908)
Sarah "Jane" Knight, second youngest of the Knight family was born February 16, 1875, in Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario. She appears on the censuses with her family from birth on. Sarah appears on the 1881,1891 and 1901 census Jane would move out to Saskatchewan with her mother and two brothers, John and Benjamin and can be found homesteading there on the 1906 census. Jane never married and remained with her family eventually keeping house for her older brother John Miller Knight. She died the same year as her mother in December one month later, at the farm in Saskatchewan. This suggests possibly they were both ill at the time. Jane is buried in the Rouleau Cemetery in Rouleau, Regina Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
Citations Sarah Jane Knight (45) B. 1875 Knight Sarah Jane Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913 Archives of Ontario; Series: MS929; Reel: 20 (46) C. 1881 Census of Canada Census Place: Haldimand, Northumberland West, Ontario; Roll: C_13240; Page: 40; Family No: 157 (47) C. 1891 Census of Canada Census Place: St Mathews Ward, York East, Ontario; Roll: T-6379; Family No: 341 (33) C. 1901 Census of Canada Census Place: Cramahe, Northumberland (east/est), Ontario; Page: 9; Family No: 106 (34) C. 1906 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta Census Place: 25B, Assiniboia West, Saskatchewan; Page: 13; Family No: 127 (48) D. 1908 Knight Sarah Jane Find a Grave Memorial 196769624
BENJAMIN KNIGHT (1877-1955) MARY STELTER-PEAK (1884-)
Benjamin Knight was the last member of the Richard and Fanny Knight family. He was born June 21, 1877 in Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario.(49) He is to be found in Northumberland with his mother and siblings in the 1901 census.(50) After the death of his father he moved out west with his mother and two siblings to Saskatchewan. He took on a farm near Rouleau where he remained for several years until he returned to Toronto.(51) Benjamin married a widow by the name of Mary Peak February 23, 1910.(52) Mary died in 1920, and he turns up in the 1921 census,(53) lodging with his sister Emma Knight-Deall in Toronto's downtown area. He is employed as a tailor, following in his father's footsteps. We know that Benjamin was alive in June of 1931 as it was he who signed for his sister Catherine's death. He gave his address as 1098 Davenport Road at the time.(54) He was also on the voter's list in 1935 and 1949 at the same address.(55)(56) I also found what I believe is Benjamin in the voter's list for 1949.(57) Here he is at a different address and living with Ann Knight, so I am not sure who she might be. I have a date of 1955 for his death but have yet to prove it. Benjamin had no known children.
Citations Benjamin Knight 1877 (49) B. 1877 Knight Benjamin Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913 Archives of Ontario; Series: MS929; Reel: 29 (50) C. 1901 Census of Canada Census Place: Cramahe, Northumberland (east/est), Ontario; Page: 9; Family No: 106 (51) C. 1906 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta Census Place: 25B, Assiniboia West, Saskatchewan; Page: 3; Family No: 28 (52) M. 1910 Knight Benjamin/ Mary Peak Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934 Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 145 (53) C. 1921 Census of Canada Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 99; Census Place: Toronto (City, part), York East, Ontario; Page Number: 5 (54) Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946 Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 435 (55) Canadian Voter's list 1935 Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 (57) Canadian Voter's list 1940 Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 (57) Canadian Voter's list 1949 Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980