Thomas Edward Knowlton (1879 - 1941)

Born 26 Feb 1879 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Son of William Henry Knowlton and Rose Anne Amelia (Carkeek) Knowlton

Husband of Ethel Younie (King) Knowlton — married 2 May 1908 in Bowmanville, Durham, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1941 at age 62 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Thomas Knowlton was born in Ontario, Canada.

He was Secretary Treasurer of his father's business for many years. Around 1930, just before the death of his father (WHK), WHK bought 'Children's Wear' as a business for for T.E. to run; he ran this business until his death, though he never liked it. T.E. also lived in the house on Wellesley St. next door to his father's, which his father had bought for him (WHK felt he had to provide for his youngest child).

Sources

• Personal recollection
• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHGJ-M64 : 18 March 2018), Thomas E Knowlton in household of Rose A Knowlton, Toronto (east/est) (city/cité), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 13, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZF-X5J : 11 March 2018), Thomas Ed Knowlton and Ethel Younnie King, 02 May 1908; citing registration , Bowmanville, Durham, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,868.
• Necropolis Cemetery records

DNA

• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by a match on GEDMatch between second cousins Tom McCann (23andMe test) and Ken McEvoy (FamilyTreeDNA test). Their most-recent common ancestors are William Henry Knowlton and Rose Anne Amelia Carkeek, g-grandparents of Tom McCann and Ken McEvoy. Predicted relationship from GEDMatch: 2.7, based on sharing the following segments:
  • Chromosome 2; 13.9 cM, 13.1 cM, and 40.3 cM;
  • Chromosome 5; 35.4 cM;
  • Chromosome 6; 34.2 cM;
  • Chromosome 7; 10.0 cM;
  • Chromosome 10; 33.7 cM;
  • Chromosome 12; 26.1 cM;
  • Chromosome 15; 15.0 cM;
  • Chromosome 17; 18.6 cM, 16.3 cM, and 27.9 cM;
  • Chromosome 21; 19.7 cM.
• Maternal relationship is tentatively confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Gary Ludwig GEDmatch A636223 and his fifth cousin Ken McEvoy GEDmatch T112498. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 4G-grandparents Stephen Carkeek and Frances Bevan. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 4.3, based on sharing 36.6 cM across 2 segments. Triangulation is needed for confirmation.