Anna Laura Knox

Brief Life History of Anna Laura

When Anna Laura Knox was born on 21 June 1889, in Wilcox, Whitman, Washington, United States, her father, John Thomas Knox, was 28 and her mother, Emerette Fincher, was 35. She married Saylor Charles Dennis on 18 November 1908, in Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 30 Guy, Whitman, Washington, United States in 1940 and Pullman, Whitman, Washington, United States in 1950. She died on 22 May 1976, in Clarkston, Asotin, Washington, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Saylor Charles Dennis
1886–1974
Anna Laura Knox
1889–1976
Marriage: 18 November 1908
Magdalene Dennis
1909–1989
Wanda Katherine Dennis
1912–1991
Ted Saylor Dennis
1926–1984

Sources (21)

  • Laura Dennis, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Anna Laura Knox - Government record: Social Security record: birth: 21 June 1889; Wilcox, Whitman, Washington, United States
  • Anna Laura Knox, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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1899

Historical Boundaries 1899: Kitsap, Washington, United States

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Name Meaning

Scottish and English (Northumberland and Durham): from a genitive or plural form of Old English cnocc ‘round-topped hill’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on a hilltop, or a habitational name from any of the places in Scotland and northern England named with this element, now spelled Knock, in particular one in Renfrewshire.

Scottish: habitational name from any of the places in Scotland named with Gaelic cnoc ‘hill’, for example Knock in Renfrewshire. It is not possibly to disentangle this from the surname derived from the English etymon mentioned in 1 above.

Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) surnames.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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