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Thomas Jefferson Knight
(1862-1961)
Margaret "Maggie" Ellsworth
(1868-1895)
John Rossfield
(1871-)
Maude Bell Likes
(1884-1942)
Emmit Knight
(1893-1956)
Margaret Charlotte Rossfield
(1903-1967)

Louis Emmit Knight
(1923-2004)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Phyllis Elaine Leas

Louis Emmit Knight 1

  • Born: 20 Mar 1923, Nebraska, USA 2
  • Marriage (1): Phyllis Elaine Leas on 8 Jun 1952 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
  • Died: 22 Sep 2004, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA at age 81 2
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bullet  General Notes:

The following is from Patricia Knight, daughter:

"Dad grew up in North Platte, NE, went to the University of Minnesota and when he graduated, he got a job with Lockheed in Burbank, CA \endash he worked his entire career for Lockheed. Mom and Dad met at an Arthur Murray dance studio in CA. Mom, of course, came to California with Lyle and Helen and stayed for a while with Larry and Isabelle until she got a job. Dad's mother (who had married Frank Crane) moved to California to be closer to her only child (and later) her grandchildren. She lived about 10 miles from where I grew up."

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• United States Census: Resided, 1930, North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Age 7

• United States Census: Resided, 1940, Ward 3, Omaha, Omaha City, Douglas, Nebraska. Age 17 and living with his parents.


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Louis married Phyllis Elaine Leas, daughter of Warren Earl Leas and Leola Mary Spangler, on 8 Jun 1952 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA. (Phyllis Elaine Leas was born on 22 Jan 1924 and died on 24 Dec 2015 in Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California, USA.)


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Sources


1 Notes from David A. Leas and/or the 1950 Leas Family Genealogy.

2 FamilySearch.org, U.S. Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch.org : accessed 17 Feb 2011).


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