Elijah Knight

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: From Family Search org, 1850, Newstead, Erie, New York. Name: Elijah Knight
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Newstead, Erie, New York, United States
Event Place (Original): Newstead, Erie, New York, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 52
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1798
Birthplace: New York
Schedule Type: 1850 Population
House Number: 1406


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Elijah Knight M 52 New York
Electa Knight F 51 New York
Lewis C Knight M 19 New York
Helen M Knight F 7 New York
Mary Herrin F 13 Germany

Household ID: 1438
Line Number: 9
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 499
GS Film Number: 17075
Digital Folder Number: 004196823
Image Number: 00129
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01116-8
Record Number: 5144

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCY4-6D3 : 23 December 2020), Elijah Knight, Newstead, Erie, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Residence: From Family Search org, 1860, Grand Rapids City, Kent, Michigan. Event Type: Census
Name: Elijah Knight
Sex: Male
Age: 62
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: 2nd Ward Grand Rapids City, Kent, Michigan, United States
Event Place (Original): Second Ward Grand Rapids City, Kent, Michigan, United States
Birth Year (Estimated): 1798
Birthplace: New York
Race: White


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Elijah Knight M 62 New York
Electa Knight F 61 New York
Helen Knight F 17 New York

Household ID: 423
Page: 57
Affiliate Film Number: 550
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Digital Folder Number: 005170131
Microfilm Number: 803550
Image Number: 00332
Indexing Batch: N01763-0

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW63-R38 : 18 February 2021), Elijah Knight, 1860.

• Occupation: Lumber Dealer, 1860, Grand Rapids City, Kent, Michigan. From 1860 Census

• Death: From Family Search org, 8 Jun 1888, Grand Rapids City, Kent, Michigan. Name: Elijah Knight
Sex: Male
Age: 90
Death Date: 08 Jun 1888
Death Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Charles Knight
Mother's Name: Mary Knight
Birth Year (Estimated): 1798
Birthplace: New York

Source Details: p 109 rn 3127
GS Film Number: 2363634
Digital Folder Number: 004208690
Digital Folder Number: 004208690
Image Number: 01237
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: G00690-4

Citing this Record
"Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3F7-TBX : 18 February 2021), Elijah Knight, 08 Jun 1888; citing p 109 rn 3127, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,634.

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, Jan 1888, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Elijah Knight
Birth: 27 Feb 1798
Death: 8 Jun 1888 (aged 90)
Burial: Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Memorial #: 11636457
Family Members
Parents
Charles Knight 1764-1856
Mary Beckwith Knight 1770-1843
Spouse
Electa Johnson Knight 1798-1866
Siblings
Lydia Knight Osborn 1787-1878
Charles A. Knight 1791-1861
Samuel Wesley Knight 1810-1857
George Beckwith Knight 1815-1885
Children
Wealthy Louisa Knight Strickland 1820-1855
Johnson Wells Knight 1822-1909
Laura Eliza Knight Adams 1825-1905
Lewis Cass Knight 1831-1854
Helen Knight Hoyt 1842-1914
Created by: graver (46588586)
Added: 29 Aug 2005
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11636457/elijah-knight
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/11636457/elijah-knight : accessed 24 April 2021), memorial page for Elijah Knight (27 Feb 1798–8 Jun 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11636457, citing Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by graver (contributor 46588586) .

Elijah married Electa Johnson. (Electa Johnson was born in 1898 in New York.)