Born in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Henry Barrett
and Catherine Knickle
Sister of
Grace May Barrett, Luis Charles Barrett, Raymond Hermond Harold Barrett, Oliver Thomas Henry Barrett, Edward Albert Barrett, Stanley Noble Barrett and Maurice Fulton Barrett
Wife of
John Thomas Knight
— married
1 Aug 1922 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Mother of
Marion Kathleen (Knight) Enger and Ivy Greta Knight
Died
at age 27
in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Apr 2019
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Biography
May was born in 1902, the daughter of Charles Barrett and Catherine Knickle. [1][2]
In 1922, John Thomas Knight and May Barrett were married in Medicine Hat, Alberta.[3]
May Knight passed away, from a cerebral embolism, about a month after the birth of her second child.[4]She is buried in Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary.[5] There is no marker.
Sources
- ↑ Gladys Lloyd, Truro, Nova Scotia, to Denise Barrett, handwritten letter, 11 March 1989, Noah & Mary Ann Barrett and "Oliver" family; correspondence, 1989; Personal Correspondence; privately held by Denise Petersen, Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania
- ↑ Alberta, Province of Albera, marriage registration record no 265 of year 1922 (1 August 1922), John Thomas Knight & May Barrett; Provincial Archives of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- ↑ Alberta, Province of Albera, marriage registration record no 265 of year 1922 (1 August 1922), John Thomas Knight & May Barrett; Provincial Archives of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- ↑ Alberta, Province of Albera, death registration record no 505 of year 1929 (24 July 1929), Hannah May Catherine Knight; Provincial Archives of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- ↑ "Hannah M C Knight," The Calgary Herald, 29 July 1929, page 13; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : downloaded 3 April 2019). funeral notice
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