Brief Life History of Willard Charles
When Willard Charles Knight was born on 25 May 1872, in Croydon, Morgan, Utah, United States, his father, George Knight, was 52 and his mother, Mary Probert, was 30. He married Elizabeth Ann Condie on 1 April 1903, in Davis, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 May 1939, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (46)
- Willard Knight in entry for Joseph Smith Knight, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
- Willard Charles Knight, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- W J Knight in entry for Leslie D Hunter and Wanda Knight West, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
Spouse and Children
1872–1939 Male
1866–1947 Female
Children (3)
1904–1962 Female
1906–1967 Female
1909–1990 Male
Parents and Siblings
1819–1895 Male
1842–1919 Female
Siblings (6)
1864–1949 Male
1870–1938 Male
1872–1939 Male
1874–1936 Male
1875–1914 Female
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 3
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
Age 3
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 18
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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