Brief Life History of Charlott Maria
When Charlott Maria Knight was born in 1825, her father, James Knight, was 42 and her mother, Susanna Tratt, was 40. She married John Rice Barfett on 7 August 1850, in Bideford, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Yarcombe, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Clarington, Durham, Ontario, Canada in 1871. She died on 28 March 1878, in Newcastle, Durham, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 53.
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Sources (18)
- Charlotte Knight in household of James Knight, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Charlotte Knight in entry for George Barfelt and Kathleen Eleanor Gibbons, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Charlotte Maude Knight in entry for Fanny Mcmurtry, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
Spouse and Children
1825–1895 Male
1825–1878 Female
Children (12)
1852–1892 Female
about 1854–1949 Female
about 1856–1926 Female
about 1856–1935 Female
about 1859– Male
+7 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1783–1870 Male
1785– Female
Siblings (1)
1825–1878 Female
World Events (7)
1830
Age 5
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 8
1843
Age 18
Name Meaning
English: status or occupational name from Middle English knight ‘retainer, attendant’ (Old English cniht ‘boy, youth, lad)’. The specialized feudal sense ‘a high-ranking tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier’ is not known to have ever given rise to the surname, although it is not out of the question that it may occasionally have been used as a nickname, perhaps for someone who played the part of an armed knight in a local pageant.
Irish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the knight’. See also McKnight .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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