Burton Howard KnightAge: 75 years1911–1986
- Name
- Burton Howard Knight
- Given names
- Burton Howard
- Surname
- Knight
 Birth | June 5, 1911 24 18 |
 Birth of a sister | Helen Knight July 17, 1915 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a sister | Mildred Bertha Knight September 21, 1917 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a mother | Bertha Lou Loftin February 27, 1918 (Age 6 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 6 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Marriage of a parent | Monroe Ulysses Knight — Carrie Mae “Mary” Sasser — View this family May 17, 1924 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 18 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Aquilla Finch “Quilla” Morgan December 21, 1935 (Age 24 years) |
 Census | April 6, 1940 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | April 14, 1950 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a father | Monroe Ulysses Knight October 22, 1960 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Cicero Knight April 28, 1975 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | June 12, 1986 (Age 75 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Monroe Ulysses Knight Birth: December 2, 1886 — Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: October 22, 1960 — Reidsville, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Bertha Lou Loftin Birth: August 6, 1892 25 22 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: February 27, 1918 — Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States |
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Marriage: February 27, 1909 — Manchester, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States |
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14 months elder brother |
James Cicero Knight Birth: April 28, 1910 23 17 — Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States Death: April 28, 1975 — Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States |
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13 months himself |
Burton Howard Knight Birth: June 5, 1911 24 18 — Virginia, United States Death: June 12, 1986 — Richmond, Virginia, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Helen Knight Birth: July 17, 1915 28 22 — Henrico, Virginia, United States Death: March 1, 1993 — Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mildred Bertha Knight Birth: September 21, 1917 30 25 — Henrico, Virginia, United States Death: April 4, 1993 |
| Father’s family with Carrie Mae “Mary” Sasser |
| father |
Monroe Ulysses Knight Birth: December 2, 1886 — Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: October 22, 1960 — Reidsville, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States |
| step-mother |
Carrie Mae “Mary” Sasser Birth: February 20, 1892 — Stanly, North Carolina, United States Death: July 29, 1967 — Reidsville, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: May 17, 1924 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Alice Clary Adams |
| himself |
Burton Howard Knight Birth: June 5, 1911 24 18 — Virginia, United States Death: June 12, 1986 — Richmond, Virginia, United States |
| wife |
Alice Clary Adams Birth: November 26, 1911 — Prince George, Virginia, United States Death: May 9, 1992 — Farmville, Prince Edward, Virginia, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
Burton Howard Knight has 2 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (2)
Parents Lee Mock Loftin + Dora Maie Arey
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Lee Mock Loftin - Household
Petersburg Pike Bermuda, Chesterfield, Virginia
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