Brief Life History of Recepity Louisa
When Recepity Louisa Knight was born on 21 November 1833, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, her father, Daniel Cain Knight, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Mary Wallace, was 23. She married Lorenzo Dow Roberts on 16 March 1854, in Andrew, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Rochester Township, Andrew, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Washington Township, DeKalb, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 16 October 1911, in Clarksdale, DeKalb, Missouri, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Union Chapel Cemetery, Sherman Township, DeKalb, Missouri, United States.
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- Recepta Roberts in household of Lorenzo Roberts, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Recepity Louisa Night - Government record: birth: 21 November 1833; Indiana, United States
- Septe Night, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1840
Historical Boundaries: 1840: Non County, Area 31, United States 1841: Andrew, Missouri, United States
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
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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