Oscar
Washington
Knowles
Born about in Bahamas
Ancestors 
Brother of
Sarah Ann (Knowles) Johnson, James Alexander Knowles Sr., Sophia Lavina (Knowles) Johnson and Justin Everett Knowles
Husband of
Sarah Ann (Russell) Knowles
— married
26 May 1865 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah E. Knowles, Ella Louise (Knowles) Pierce, Lula Mayfield Knowles, Winfred (Knowles) Cruz and Catherine Lillian (Knowles) Carey
Died
at about age 41
in Key West, Monroe County, Florida
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Nov 2015
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Oscar Knowles is part of a Bahamian family.
Biography
Oscar was born circa 1844 in the Bahamas.[1] He was the son of John Thomas Knowles and Hannah Elizabeth Prance.
He married Sarah Ann Russell on 26 May 1865 in Key West, Florida.[2]
Oscar died on 1 May 1885 in Key West,[3] and he is buried there in the City Cemetery.[4]
Sources
- ↑ The census mortality schedule states that Oscar was forty-one when he died in 1885. The date is consistent with his age in the 1850 census, when he lived in his parents' household in Key West. 1885 Florida State Census, Monroe County, mortality schedule, Key West, page 7, line 20, Oscar Knowles; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8756/FLM845_9-0911/2562900?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/29580724867/facts/citation/680128622862/edit/record : accessed July 2017); citing National Archives microfilm M845, roll 9. 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West Dis No 2, stamped page 160, dwelling 202, family 209, John T. Knowles household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8054/4193084-00316/19397575?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/190047520867/facts/citation/680309063196/edit/record : accessed July 2017); citing National Archives microfilm M432, roll 59.
- ↑ Monroe County Index to Marriage Licenses, 1826–1945, A–R, Grooms, Oscar Knowles and Sarah Ann Russell, 26 May 1865; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9KN-TFTX?i=323&cat=341167 : accessed July 2017). The reference notes that the marriage was "Not Recorded."
- ↑ 1885 Florida State Census, Monroe County, mortality schedule, Key West, page 7, line 20, Oscar Knowles; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8756/FLM845_9-0911/2562900?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/29580724867/facts/citation/680128622862/edit/record : accessed July 2017); citing National Archives microfilm M845, roll 9.
- ↑ Donna Jean Robinson, "Oscar Washington Knowles," Memorial no. 175790321, posted 28 January 2017; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=175790321&ref=acom : accessed July 2017).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Oscar by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Oscar by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Mike Knowles
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 838 markers, haplogroup R-BY27673, FTDNA kit #43563, MitoYDNA ID T12531 [compare] - Andrew Knowles :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup I-Z138, FTDNA kit #84199, MitoYDNA ID T12967 [compare]
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Karen Hamilton :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kyvonnehamilton
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~1.95%
Addison Cartwright :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T852108 [compare], FTDNA kit #33458
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~1.56%
Kris Sjostrom :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A936004 [compare]
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~1.56%
Dennis Baker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A657811 [compare]
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~1.56%
Roger Baker :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T329739 [compare], FTDNA kit #262875
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~0.78%
Erica Knowles :
23andMe, GEDmatch CK8328452 [compare]
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~0.78%
Celeste Bethell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A292937 [compare], Ancestry member cbach2003
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~0.78%
Cameron Smith :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch LU6955472 [compare]
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