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Personal data Rolland (Roland) Baker Knapp 

  • He was born on March 24, 1880 in Green Spgs., Sandusky / Seneca Co., OH.
  • He died on December 30, 1969 in Monticello, Jasper Co., GA, he was 89 years old.
  • He is buried after December 30, 1969 in Monticello, Jasper Co., GA.
  • This information was last updated on July 18, 2012.

Household of Rolland (Roland) Baker Knapp

He is married to Nellie Mae (May) Mitcham.

They got married on February 21, 1901 at Fairbury, Jefferson Co., NE, he was 20 years old.

Rolland Knapp oo Nellie May Mitcham

Marriage source: Best, Daniel, The Best Family, (Pub. location unknown, worldconnect.rootsweb.com, ix Dec MMI)

'... Rolland KNAPP ... Evennt: Marriage Unknown 21 Feb 1901 Fairbury, Richardson Ct, Nebraska Change Date: 22 Jan 2002 ...

Marriage 1 Nellie May MITCHAM'

I am unable to decipher what Mr Best means by 'Event: Marriage Unknown ...' <>

Child(ren):

  1. Lucile Margaret Knapp  1919-1985 


Notes about Rolland (Roland) Baker Knapp

Rolland (Roland) Baker Knapp

Source: Source: Best, Daniel, The Best Family, (Pub. location unknown, worldconnect.rootsweb.com, ix Dec MMI)

'... Rolland KNAPP ... Sex: M Event: Marriage Unknown 21 Feb 1901 Fairbury, Richardson Ct, Nebraska Change Date: 22 Jan 2002

Father: Chandler KNAPP Mother: Almeda NICHOLS

Marriage 1 Nellie May MITCHAM b: 1881 in Jefferson Cty, Nebraska Note: _STATMARRIED

Children

1. Lucile YARICK (KNAPP) b: 1919 in Michigan 2. Lysle KNAPP b: 1906 3. Stella KNAPP (RUTLEDGE) b: 1908 4. Ralph KNAPP b: 1909 5. Marie KNAPP (MILLER) b: 1915 6. Viola KNAPP (HODDINNOT) b: 1917 7. Donald Leon KNAPP (BR ITTON) b: 1921 8. Dorothy Louise KNAPP (BRITTON) b: 1921 9. Helen KNAPP b: 1902'

Yasui, Mary Jane, "RUTLEDGE, Bryant S. Family of GA," (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jryasui&id=I0093, xxix Mar MMIV)

"... Roland Baker KNAPP Sex: M Birth: 24 MAR 1880 in Green Springs, Williams Co., Ohio Death: 30 DEC 1969 in Monticello, Georgia of Internal Hemorrhage, multiple organs. Burial: UNKNOWN Monticello, Georgia Medical Information: Hadpostrate cancer, in remission for years. Hearing problems. Overweight most of his life.

Note: I have the original of these: 1920 Photo, excellent image - says on back "Lumber yard - Dayton, Ohio where Dad worked" no one in the photo. 1920 Photo, good image - says on back " Dayton, Ohio where Roland Baker Knapp worked" 1938 Photo, excellent image - Baker Knapp. 1961 Newspaper article "Stubbins family entertains Knapp Reunion" 1961 Newspaper article "Knapp Reunion" Ethel & Dora Knapp entertains Knapp's 1961 Newspaper article "Knapp Reunion Announcement" Photo, excellent image - Baker at his chicken house, Monticello, GA. Photo, excellent image - Baker Knapp with granddaughter Jane (as a baby) - Stella's daughter. Photo, excellent image - Baker Knapp sitting in his favorite chair with his pipe. In home at Monticello, GA. Taken a few years before his death. Photo, Excellent image - Roland Baker Knapp taken while working at a Furniture Shop. Roland standing in the stop with two other workers.

Furniture Roland Baker made, I have: Very large, wall-hung Federal style with carved Eagle with beveled mirror.

Father: Chandler Benjamin KNAPP b: 31 OCT 1850 in Lakeside, OH Mother: Almeda Isabel NICHOLS b: 18 OCT 1854 in Kankakee, Il

Marriage 1 Sarah H. HOLLAND b: 27 MAY 1890

Marriage 2 Nellie May MITCHAM b: 4 JAN 1881 in Fairbury, Jefferson Co., NE Married: 21 FEB 1901 in Fairbury, NE Married: in Witness were Anna Thompson and John Mitcham

Children

1. Helen Shirley KNAPP b: 29 JAN 1902 in Fairbury, NE 2. Lyle Mitcham KNAPP b: 27 AUG 1905 in Dewitt, NE 3. Stella May KNAPP b: 24 AUG 1907 in Fairbury, Nebraska 4. Ralph John KNAPP b: 25 NOV 1909 in Endicott, NE 5. Marie Florence KNAPP b: 24 AUG 1914 in Sand Creek, MI 6. Viola Elizabeth KNAPP b: Private 7. Lucille Margaret KNAPP b: 25 MAR 1919 in Adrian, MI 8. Gerald Roland KNAPP b: 6 AUG 1920 in Adrian, MI 9. Geraldine KNAPP b: 6 AUG 1920 in Adrian, MI" <>

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Rolland (Roland) Baker Knapp
1880-1969

1901

Nellie Mae (May) Mitcham
1881-1920

Lucile Margaret Knapp
1919-1985

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Birthday March 24, 1880

  • The temperature on March 24, 1880 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 21%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
    • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
    • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
    • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
    • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

Day of marriage February 21, 1901

  • The temperature on February 21, 1901 was between -11.2 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -5.1 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (53%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
    • February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
    • August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
    • September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
    • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
    • December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

Day of death December 30, 1969

  • The temperature on December 30, 1969 was between -7.3 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • August 4 » Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
    • September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
    • October 9 » In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
    • November 20 » Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.
    • December 8 » Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.
    • December 9 » U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.


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