Vernon Roby KnightAge: 81 years1914–1996
- Name
- Vernon Roby Knight
- Given names
- Vernon Roby
- Surname
- Knight
 Birth | December 24, 1914 28 25 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 12 months)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 3 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/ |
 Birth of a brother | Dossey Thomas “Boots” Knight Jr. October 15, 1919 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Loyd Eugene Knight November 4, 1923 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Floyd Eugenia “Sissy” Knight November 4, 1923 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a brother | Loyd Eugene Knight June 26, 1924 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 14 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 |
| Census | April 17, 1930 (Age 15 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Barton Aquilla Roby December 4, 1941 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 20, 1950 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 mother | Bessie Elizabeth Roby May 7, 1954 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a father | Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. February 26, 1955 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 of a brother | Charles Garner Knight June 12, 1980 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Leeward Guy Knight February 20, 1987 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | January 4, 1996 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Erin Oak Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. Birth: March 20, 1886 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 26, 1955 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Bessie Elizabeth Roby Birth: September 9, 1889 28 29 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: May 7, 1954 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: August 19, 1906 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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2 months elder brother |
Leeward Guy Knight Birth: October 30, 1906 20 17 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 20, 1987 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Charles Garner Knight Birth: May 3, 1910 24 20 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: June 12, 1980 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years himself |
Vernon Roby Knight Birth: December 24, 1914 28 25 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: January 4, 1996 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Dossey Thomas “Boots” Knight Jr. Birth: October 15, 1919 33 30 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: August 13, 1997 — Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Loyd Eugene Knight Birth: November 4, 1923 37 34 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: June 26, 1924 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| younger sister |
Floyd Eugenia “Sissy” Knight Birth: November 4, 1923 37 34 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 7, 2013 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Elnora Boone |
| himself |
Vernon Roby Knight Birth: December 24, 1914 28 25 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: January 4, 1996 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Elnora Boone Birth: May 1, 1917 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: March 31, 2002 — Jacksonville Beach, Duval, Florida, United States |
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. - Household
Rocky Hollow Road Houston, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. - Household
Houston, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Vernon Roby Knight - Household
Dist. 4 Erin, Houston, Tennessee, USA
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