Benjamin Knell

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Knell was born on 21 December 1833, in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Corke Knell, was 41 and his mother, Rhoda Fry, was 40. He married Ann Green in 1860, in United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 29 January 1915, in Pinto, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Pinto Cemetery, Pinto, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Knell
1833–1915
Ann Green
1835–1920
Marriage: 1860
James Green Thompson Knell
1856–1933
Charles Edward Thompson Knell
1859–1937
Benjamin Franklin Knell
1862–1928
Walter John Knell
1865–1946
Emilina Knell
1867–1867
Lillie Adline Knell
1867–1945
Minnie Ann Knell
1869–1953
Robert Henry Green Knell
1872–1879
Rhoda Alice Knell
1875–1875
Frank Knell
1877–1938

Sources (58)

  • Benjamin Knell in household of John Knell, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Benjamin Knell, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Benjamin Knell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1854

Historical Boundaries: 1854: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1866: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English (Kent): topographic name from Middle English knelle, knille ‘knoll, hill, hilltop’ (Old English cnyll(e)), for someone who lived at or near a knoll, or from a place so named, such as Knell House in Goring (Sussex). Compare Knill , Knoll .

South German: from Middle High German knellen ‘to cause to explode, snap one's fingers’, hence a nickname for a noisy, loud-mouthed person, or in Swabia and Bavaria for someone who cursed a lot.

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

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