Janette Elizabeth Laird

Brief Life History of Janette Elizabeth

When Janette Elizabeth Laird was born on 13 July 1832, in Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States, her father, John L Laird, was 22 and her mother, Marian Calhoon, was 21. She married Nathan Kinsman Knight about 1847, in Winters, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States in 1860 and Vermillion, Sevier, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 6 September 1917, in Cleveland, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Cleveland, Emery, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathan Kinsman Knight
1802–1874
Janette Elizabeth Laird
1832–1917
Marriage: about 1847
Marian Elizabeth Knight
1849–1850
Nathan Kinsman Knight
1851–1856
Joseph Hyrum Knight
1853–1873
Brigham Knight
1856–1917
Heber Charles Knight
1858–1883
Jedediah Knight
1860–1940
Samuel Knight
1863–1870
Phoebe Knight
1865–1867
Isaac Knight
1867–1870
Israel Knight
1869–1870

Sources (24)

  • Summit. Census Records 1900 (image 301)
  • Janett Knight Colbay, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
  • Janett Knight Colbay, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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.

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1863

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

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern Irish: status name for a landlord or landowner, from northern Middle English laverd ‘lord’.

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

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Life Sketch of Nathan Kinsman Knight

Pioneer of 1848 Prepared for Camp Two By his granddaughter, Louisa Colby Gottfredson July 17, 1933 Nathan Kinsman Knight was born in Mansfield, Lamoile County, Vermont, January 16, 180 …

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