Isora Maria Guild Atwood

Brief Life History of Isora Maria Guild

When Isora Maria Guild Atwood was born on 27 October 1849, in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, her father, Miner Grant Atwood, was 26 and her mother, Mary Delilah Guild, was 25. She married John Allen Knight on 25 July 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 12 March 1936, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Allen Knight
1846–1919
Isora Maria Guild Atwood
1849–1936
Marriage: 25 July 1868
Lillian Isora Knight
1870–1953
John Miner Knight
1871–1947
Adelaide Amelia Knight
1873–1960
William Allen Knight
1876–1954
Mary Atwood Knight
1877–1959
Jessie Maude Knight
1879–1964
Charles Leroy Knight
1882–1951
Milford Dan Knight
1885–1905
George Henry Knight
1887–1951
Ivie Lucille Knight
1889–1940
Millen Grant Knight
1892–1943

Sources (59)

  • Nora Knight, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Isora M. Atwood, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Isora Atwood Knight, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868

1863

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

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English atte wode (Old English æt thǣm wuda) ‘by the wood’.

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

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