Kennedy Family Tree » Edith Knight (1894-1970)
Personal data Edith Knight
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4- She was born on February 1, 1894 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.Source 2
- She died June 1970 in London, England, she was 76 years old.
- A child of Albert Edward Knight and Louisa Ward
- A child of Louisa Ward
Household of Edith Knight
She is married to George Young.
They got married on February 25, 1916 at Hammersmith, Middlesex, England, she was 22 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- Mavis Elizabeth Young 1915-1960
- George Cyril John Young 1916-1984
- Reginald Ernest A Young 1920-1989
- Andrena Jeanette Aitken 1929-1993
Timeline Edith Knight
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=108831291&pid=13205
/ Ancestry.com - England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD
- London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Board of Guardian Records, 1834-1906/Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1906; Reference Number: p89/mrk1/005 / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, Ancestry.com, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Marriage Register Indexes
Historical events
Birthday February 1, 1894
- The temperature on February 1, 1894 was about 1.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
- April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
- July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
- July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
- August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
- September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
Day of marriage February 25, 1916
- The temperature on February 25, 1916 was between -2.5 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
- April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
- July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
- August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
- August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
- September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
- October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
Same birth/death day
- 1890 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War († 1942)
- 1894 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer († 1955)
- 1894 » John Ford, American director and producer († 1973)
- 1895 » Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman († 1980)
- 1897 » Denise Robins, English journalist and author († 1985)
- 1898 » Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and author († 2012)
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Brian Kennedy, "Kennedy Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kennedy-family-tree/P13205.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "Edith Knight (1894-1970)".