Leeward Guy KnightAge: 80 years1906–1987
- Name
- Leeward Guy Knight
- Given names
- Leeward Guy
- Surname
- Knight
 Birth | October 30, 1906 20 17 |
 Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
 Birth of a brother | Charles Garner Knight May 3, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Vernon Roby Knight December 24, 1914 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 9 years)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 10 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 11 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 12 years) |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Loyd Eugene Knight November 4, 1923 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Floyd Eugenia “Sissy” Knight November 4, 1923 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a brother | Loyd Eugene Knight June 26, 1924 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | Allene Christie Waggoner — View this family July 21, 1928 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Dorothy Lee “Dot” Knight March 29, 1929 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Norman Guy Knight January 20, 1939 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Barton Aquilla Roby December 4, 1941 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 11, 1950 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 47 years) |
| Death of a father | Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. February 26, 1955 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 73 years) |
 Death | February 20, 1987 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan 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 himself |
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 younger 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 younger brother |
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 Allene Christie Waggoner |
| himself |
Leeward Guy Knight Birth: October 30, 1906 20 17 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 20, 1987 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Allene Christie Waggoner Birth: November 27, 1906 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: March 24, 1990 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: July 21, 1928 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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8 months daughter |
Dorothy Lee “Dot” Knight Birth: March 29, 1929 22 22 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: May 27, 2016 — Brentwood, Williamson, Tennessee, United States |
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10 years son |
Norman Guy Knight Birth: January 20, 1939 32 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 18, 2014 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
Leeward Guy Knight has 7 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (7)
Parents Charles C “Charlie” Hicks + Eula Pearl Roby
Parents Herman Eric Connell + Hattie Lou Roby
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Dossy Thomas Knight Sr. - Household
Houston, Tennessee
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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 | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Leeward Guy Knight - Household
Houston, Tennessee
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Leeward Guy Knight - Household
123 Owl Hollow Road Houston, Tennessee
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