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Cecil Howard KNIGHT

Cecil Howard KNIGHT

Male 1895 - 1988  (93 years)

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  • Name Cecil Howard KNIGHT 
    Born 31 Mar 1895  Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Medical Condition 1917  [2
    disabled arm, ruptured 
    Military (ENLISTED 9/6/1918)  [6
    Limited Service recruit, World War I, Camp Humphreys Va. 
    Occupation 1917  [2
    salesman for McCormick & Co. 
    Residence 1917  Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation 1929  [7
    salesman for Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. 
    Residence 1923, 1929  Denver, CO Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Census 1930  Denver, CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [6
    manager in rubber industry 
    Residence 1935  Burlingame, San Mateo Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Census 1940  Burlingame, San Mateo Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education graduate of Salem College, attended West Virginia University  [9, 10
    Occupation president & owner of Knight Oil & Gas Wells of Doddridge Co  [10
    Occupation president of C.U. Printing & Litho Co. of Hillsborough Cal.  [10
    Occupation 1940  [9
    branch manager in tires industry 
    Occupation 1942  [3
    Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Los Angeles 
    Residence Manalapan, Palm Beach Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Residence Lake Worth, Palm Beach Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Residence 1942  Burlingame, San Mateo Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1950  Hillsborough, San Mateo Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Died 18 Oct 1988  West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 10, 13
    Buried Monticello Memorial Park, Charlottesville, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Person ID I78762  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Dec 2018 

    Father John Beaver KNIGHT,   b. May 1864, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Alvoida Virginia PRATT,   b. 18 Jan 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1925  (Age 56 years) 
    Family ID F33698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanore Juliet MAYNARD,   b. 20 Jan 1900, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1993, Palm Beach Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 8 Mar 1923  Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8
    Notes 
    • Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, June 29 1916, in its entirety:
      "Cecil Knight of Canton, but now a jolly "Knight of the Grip," was calling on our local merchants last Saturday."

      1930 Census, Denver, Colorado, enumerated on Apr 15 1930 at 2913 Albion St:
      C. Howard Knight, 35, b. W.Va. (both parents b. W.Va), manager in rubber industry, age 28 at time of first marriage; wife Eleanor, 30, b. California (father b. France, mother b. Belgium), age 23 at first marriage; dau Betty J, 4 yr 5 mo, b. Colorado.

      1940 Cemsis. San Mateo Co, California (City of Burlingame), enumerated on May 4 1940 at 1340 Carlos Ave:
      C. Howard Knight, 43, b. W.Va.,4 yrs college, branch manager in tires industry; wife Eleanor, 38, b. California, 4 yrs high school; dau Betty G, 14, b. Colorado. All resided in the same place in 1935.
    Children 
     1. Betty Jeanne KNIGHT,   b. 23 Nov 1925, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F33706  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    3. [S2508] World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    4. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S2396] Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health, Office of Vital Records).

    6. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    7. [S2201] City Directory.

    8. [S204] Arizona Marriage Records, 1865-1972 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    9. [S127] 1940 Census.

    10. [S14] Obituary.

    11. [S1936] Social Security Death Index.

    12. [S1603] Newspaper wedding announcement of daughter.

    13. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    14. [S934] Findagrave.com.