Brief Life History of James Harvey
When James Harvey Knight was born on 20 July 1869, in Lamar, Walla Walla, Washington, United States, his father, Robert Richardson Knight, was 23 and his mother, Martha Ellen Harris, was 19. He married Annette R. Watson on 3 March 1867, in Union, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Summerville, Union, Oregon, United States in 1880 and Elgin, Union, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. He died on 5 April 1959, in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Milton-Freewater, Umatilla, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (6)
- James H Knight, "United States Census, 1920"
- James Harvey Knight, "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960"
- James Dorman in entry for Martin Knight and Ethel Knight, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
Spouse and Children
1869–1959 Male
1872–1896 Female
Children (1)
1895– Female
Parents and Siblings
1845–1921 Male
1850–1903 Female
Siblings (11)
1869–1959 Male
1871–1873 Male
1871–1873 Female
1873–1875 Male
1875–1947 Male
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1
1885
Age 16
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 27
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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