Settlers of Highlands East

James Knight

Male 1890 - 1958  (68 years)

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  • Name James Knight 
    Nickname Jimmie 
    Birth 15 Sep 1890  Glamorgan, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 31 Dec 1958  Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Burial York Cemetery, North York, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2022  Settlers of Highlands East | 1891 Census of Canada - Glamorgan resident , 1901 Census of Canada - Glamorgan resident, 1911 Census of Canada - Glamorgan resident
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2025 

    Father George Knight,   b. 12 Jul 1869, Atlantic Ocean Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Martha Elizabeth Mintz,   b. Abt 1863, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jessie Eliza Switzer,   b. 20 Jan 896, Black Lake, Galway, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1938, Lindsay, Ops, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 104 years) 
    Marriage 11 Mar 1919  Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Roy Wesley Knight,   b. 1921, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Wilbert James Knight,   b. 22 Nov 1928, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 2012, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     3. Mary Evelyn Knight,   b. 1932   d. 1991 (Age 59 years)
     4. Edna Knight
     5. Baby Knight,   b. 6 Dec 1937, Lindsay, Ops, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1937, Lindsay, Ops, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F2110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 Mary MacLachlan 
    Family ID F4136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] Ontario Canada Births, Reg# 16723-91, MS 929.

    2. [S13] Census of Canada, 1891, Ontario / District 109 Peterborough East / Subdistrict I Glamorgan Township / page 14 / family 74.

    3. [S1] Census of Canada, 1901, District: ON PETERBOROUGH (East/Est) (#106) Subdistrict Glamorgan K Page 7, Family 66.

    4. [S2] Census of Canada, 1911, Ontario / Victoria-Haliburton / 25 Glamorgan Township / page 5 / family 52.

    5. [S6] Obituary, The Lindsay Post - 21 Feb 1959.
      Mentioned in the Gooderham column.

    6. [S103] CEF Personnel Records of the First World War.
      Date of death is written on the front of his records envelope.

    7. [S20] Ontario Canada Marriages, Reg# 11982-19, MS 932.