Roxanna V Warren

1877–1950 (Age 73)
Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life of Roxanna V

When Roxanna V Warren was born on 30 March 1877, in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Edward Warren, was 38 and her mother, Caroline Josephine Fergerson, was 35. She married Frederick Knackstedt on 17 September 1891, in Wenksville, Menallen Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 2 August 1950, in New Cumberland, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Roxanna V Warren
1877–1950
Frederick Knackstedt
1856–1926
Marriage: 17 September 1891
Elsie Iola Knackstedt
1892–1964
Addie Rebecca Knackstett
1893–1986
Edward Louis Knackstedt Sr
1895–1982
Fredrick Earl Knackstedt
1897–1975
George Washington Knackstedt
1899–1970
Grace Carolina Knackstedt
1901–1974
Harry Harrison Knackstedt
1905–1963
Paul Knackstedt
1908–1980
Mildred Mae Knackstedt
1912–1984
Mary Knackstedt
1918–
Anna Helen Knackstedt
1919–2006

Spouse & Children

  • Roxanna V Warren

    Female1877–1950Female

  • Frederick Knackstedt

    Male1856–1926Male

MARRIAGE
17 September 1891
Wenksville, Menallen Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
children

(11)

  • Elsie Iola Knackstedt

    Female1892–1964Female

  • Addie Rebecca Knackstett

    Female1893–1986Female

  • Edward Louis Knackstedt Sr

    Male1895–1982Male

  • Fredrick Earl Knackstedt

    Male1897–1975Male

  • George Washington Knackstedt

    Male1899–1970Male

+6 More Children

Parents & Siblings

siblings

(5)

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 4

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

Age 5

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 21

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

1 English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil.2 English: topographic name for someone who lived by a game park, or an occupational name for someone employed in one, from Anglo-Norman French warrene or Middle English wareine ‘warren’, ‘piece of land for breeding game’.3 Irish: adopted as an Englsih form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin ( see Murnane , Warner ).

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (3)

  • Annie R. Knacksledt in household of Fredrick Knacksledt, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Annie Knackstein in household of Frederick Knackstein, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Roxanna Knackstedt in household of Fred Knackstedt, "United States Census, 1920"

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