William
Lewis
Knight
Born in Davis, Murray County, Oklahoma, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Lewis Cas Knight
and Eliza Jane (Wade) Knight
Brother of
Rosa Ann (Knight) Clark, Nettie Jane (Knight) Adamson, Minnie Alvaretta (Knight) Mitchell, DeWitt Talmadge Knight, Ollie Mae (Knight) Kennedy, Mittie Kee (Knight) Combs, Lenore Rivers Knight, Thomas Grant Knight and Lafayette Sexton Knight
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 68
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Mar 2014
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Biography
William Lewis Knight was born on 14 Oct 1896 in Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, USA, son of Lewis Cas Knight (1848 - 1897) and Eliza Jane (Wade) Knight (1860 - 1901).
His siblings were:
- Rosa Ann (Knight) Clark (1881 - 1961)
- Nettie Jane (Knight) Adamson (1882 - 1968)
- Minnie Alvaretta (Knight) Mitchell (1883 - 1973)
- DeWitt Talmadge Knight (1886 - 1947)
- Ollie Mae (Knight) Kennedy (1888 - 1983)
- Mittie Kee (Knight) Combs (1890 - 1992)
- Lenore Rivers Knight (1891 - 1927)
- Thomas Grant Knight (1893 - 1951)
- Lafayette Sexton Knight (1894 - 1939)
William died about 1965 aged ~68.
Sources
- "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1K7-WCS : 13 March 2020), William Louis Knight, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY12-VWY : 10 January 2021), William Knight, Apr 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Don Knight
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 25 markers, haplogroup I-Y131693, FTDNA kit #185508 - H. Knight :
Y-Chromosome Test 780 markers, haplogroup R-FGC37140, MitoYDNA ID Z10698 [compare]
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~0.78%
Neil Wheeler :
23andMe, GEDmatch A503806 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A503806 [compare], Ancestry member nwheeler56
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A503806 [compare], FTDNA kit #303543
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~0.78%
Mike Seale :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ME5663330 [compare], yourDNAportal MIK96c6cdb7, Ancestry member mike_seale33
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~0.78%
H. Knight :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch QT9531957 [compare]
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