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Personal data George Edgar (George Edgar "Whitey") "Whitey" Knable 

  • Nickname is Whitey.
  • He was born on December 5, 1884 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Sources: Rose Navorska & Jackie Hanna
  • He died on October 4, 1960 in Norwalk, Huron Co., OH, he was 75 years old.
  • He is buried after October 4, 1960 in Wakeman Twp., Huron Co., OH (Wakeman Twp. Cem.).
  • A child of Leonard Knable and Mary Liehr
  • This information was last updated on February 15, 2025.

Household of George Edgar (George Edgar "Whitey") "Whitey" Knable

He is married to Martha Hill.

They got married on June 12, 1907 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, he was 22 years old.

George Edgar Knable oo Martha Hill

Source: 1910 Census, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

George E. & Martha 'Kate' Knable are married on 6 May 1910 census 2 yrs. 1910 - 2 = 1908. Marriage then occurred between 1 May 1907 & 1 May 1908.

Cuyahoga Co., OH Probate Court Marriage Index web site:

'Bride: Hill, Martha Groom: Knable, George H. Vol 66 Pg 336 pg. match 55'

Hanna, Jackie, "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Portage, MI, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I5703, xxviii July MMXI)

"... George Edgar KNABLE Sex: M Birth: 5 DEC 1884 in Clinton, Summit Co, Ohio ... Marriage 1 Martha Kate HILL b: 13 APR 1890 in Cass City, Tuscola Co, Michigan Married: 12 JUN 1907 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Vera Alice Knable  1908-1995 
  2. George Hillman Knable  1911-1957 
  3. Geraldine Fern Knable  1918-1992 


Notes about George Edgar (George Edgar "Whitey") "Whitey" Knable

George Edgar "Whitey" Knable

Sources: Author: Navorska, Rose; Title: Letter to David A. Navorska, (Publication site: Vermillion Twp., Ashland Co., OH, Publisher: LRBEN, Publication date: iv Aug MCMLXXIX)

A newspaper fragment, provenance unknown, has a photograph of GEK & co-workers with this caption,

"Oldest active stereotyper in Cleveland [OH] retired today after 58 years on the job. George E. (Whitey) Knable, 74 (right) of Wakeman [OH] was presented with a billfold containing more than $100 from fellow workers at Newspaper Enterprise Assn. He also worked on the three Cleveland dailies during his career."

He & Aunt Martha "Kate" Knable lived on Thome St. in Wakeman, OH

GEK parents born in Germany.

GEK occupation on 1910 census = Stenotyper in Printer industry. He was renting his home. Rockport, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

Age 25 on 1910 census. 1910 - 25 = 1885, then born between 7 May 1884 & 6 May 1885.

GEK buried in Wakeman Cem. on OH 303.

According to Rose Navorska, Whitey was born in Cleveland, OH & died in Wakeman, OH.

Author: Hanna, Jackie; Title: "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Publication site: Egatrop, MI, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: xxviii July MMXI)

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I5703

"... George Edgar KNABLE Sex: M Birth: 5 DEC 1884 in Clinton, Summit Co, Ohio

Census: 1900 Leonard Knable HH, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio
Census: 1910 Rockport, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio Note: occ: printing stereotyper
Census: 1920 Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio Note: stenotyper for print shop
Census: 1930 North Olmsted, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio

Death: 4 OCT 1960 in Norwalk, Huron Co, Ohio

Occupation: Note: stenographer for printing house

Burial: Wakeman Cem, Wakeman, Huron Co, Ohio Change Date: 28 JUL 2011

Father: Leonard KNABLE b: 23 OCT 1843 in Baden, Germany
Mother: Mary LIEHR b: 18 JUL 1849 in Germany

Marriage 1 Martha Kate HILL b: 13 APR 1890 in Cass City, Tuscola Co, Michigan Married: 12 JUN 1907 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio

Note: by Chas S Kohler, E 74th St

Children

1. Vera Alice KNABLE b: 26 SEP 1908 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio
2. George Hillman KNABLE b: 11 APR 1910 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio
3. Geraldine Fern KNABLE b: 13 NOV 1918 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Edgar Knable

Mary Liehr
1849-1923

George Edgar Knable
1884-1960

1907

Martha Hill
1890-1962

Vera Alice Knable
1908-1995
George Hillman Knable
1911-1957
Geraldine Fern Knable
1918-1992

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Birthday December 5, 1884

  • The temperature on December 5, 1884 was about 4.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

Day of marriage June 12, 1907

  • The temperature on June 12, 1907 was between 11.3 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
    • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
    • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
    • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
    • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
    • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.

Day of death October 4, 1960

  • The temperature on October 4, 1960 was between 14.4 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
    • January 24 » Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
    • March 5 » Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
    • May 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
    • October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
    • November 25 » The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.


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