When Crawford Coleman Knott was born on 25 February 1884, in Williamsboro, Vance, North Carolina, United States, his father, David Venerable Knott, was 30 and his mother, Nancy Sarah Green, was 30. He married Elizebeth Grey Newton on 3 February 1907. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Dade, Florida, United States in 1945 and Miami, Dade, Florida, United States in 1950. He died on 4 May 1971, in Porter, Montgomery, Texas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1892: Montgomery, Texas, United States
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English: from the Middle English personal name Knotte, from knotte ‘knot’, related to, possibly confused with, but not historically identical with Cnut (Old Norse Knútr, Knut, originally a nickname from Old Norse knútr ‘knot’), found Latinized as Canutus.
German: variant of Knoth .
English: nickname, perhaps for a short, thick-set person, or for a person with a prominent tumour, wart, or boil, from a transferred use of Middle English knot(te) ‘hard or firm mass, such as that formed by a knot tied in a string’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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