Margaret Hall Knight

27 November 1870–4 July 1960 (Age 89)
Sheet Harbour 36, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

The Life Summary of Margaret Hall

When Margaret Hall Knight was born on 27 November 1870, in Sheet Harbour 36, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, William Knight, was 30 and her mother, Susan Ann Quillinan, was 29. She married Alexander Fraser Behie on 28 May 1912, in Sheet Harbour 36, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She lived in Sheet Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871 and Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1901. She died on 4 July 1960, in Sheet Harbour 36, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 89.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Fraser Behie
1862–1940
Margaret Hall Knight
1870–1960
Marriage: 28 May 1912

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 May 1912Sheet Harbour 36, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (5)

    1871
    Age 1
    British Columbia joins the confederation.
    1909 · First Canadian Flight
    Age 39
    The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
    1921 · Racing Schooner Launched
    Age 51
    The Bluenose racing schooner was launched on March 26, 1921, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. It was evident that the ship was nothing like other ships that had been launched.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Knights
    McKnight

    Sources (12)

    • Margaret Hall Knight, "Nova Scotia Births, 1864-1877"
    • Maggie Knight in household of William Knight, "Canada Census, 1901"
    • Margaret H. Knight in entry for Alexander F. Behie, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"

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