Brief Life History of Chester W.
When Chester W. Knapp was born on 1 October 1918, in Wilton, Will, Illinois, United States, his father, Carl Simon Knapp, was 29 and his mother, Cora Frieda Barten, was 27. He lived in Wilton Township, Will, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died on 10 October 1937, in Manhattan, Will, Illinois, United States, at the age of 19, and was buried in Wilton, Will, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Chester Knapp, "United States Census, 1920"
- Chester W. Knapp, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Chester W Knapp in household of William C Barton, "United States Census, 1930"
Parents and Siblings
1889–1974 Male
1891–1919 Female
Siblings (1)
1918–1937 Male
World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
Age 1
1920
Age 2
1925 · Woman's World's Fair
Age 7
Name Meaning
German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).
German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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