Margaret (Dawald) Knapp (1854 - 1937)

Born 24 Sep 1854 in Saint John, Cedar Lakes County, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Jacob (Dewald) Dawald and Barbara (Bone) Dawald

Wife of Joseph Knapp — married 17 Apr 1876 in Rice County, Minnesota, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1937 at age 82 in Newark, Marshall, South Dakota, United States

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Biography

This Biography was written by Margaret's grandson, Bob Harris (Harris-35484).

Margaret was born September 26, 1854 in St. John's Township, Indiana. She was the second eldest of the nine children born to Jacob Dewald (Dewald-530) and Barbara Bone (Bone-2914). Shortly after her birth her family relocated to Waterville Township in Minnesota. In Waterville her father farmed for a few years and then the family moved into the village of Waterville, Here in the early 1860's her parents became the proprietors of the Waterville House Hotel (sometimes also known as the Dawald Hotel). Doubtless this is where the young Margaret learned the Hotel keeping business that she would herself practice later in life.

She married Joseph Knapp (Knapp-1989) in Le Sueur, Minnesota on April 8, 1876.^[1] Shortly thereafter they began living in the home owned by Margaret's parents in Waterville Minnesota, where Joseph worked as a farmer.^[2] However, by 1885 they were living on and working their own farm in Waterville.^[3] Sometime after 1894, Margaret, Joseph and their growing family of 8 children moved to North Dakota and by 1890 they were living on a farm in Herman North Dakota. Here there last child was born. Then sometime prior to the 1910 US Census they moved to Newark Township South Dakota where they operated a boarding house from a rental home. They continued to operate the boarding house as a business until sometime after the 1920 US Census. Joseph died on January 11, 1929 in Britton, South Dakota. By the time of the 1930 US Census, Margaret was living in her own home in Newark with her bachelor son, Jacob Dawald Knapp (Knapp-7496) who was working as a barber. Margaret died in Newark on December 29, 1937 at the age of 82.

DNA Research

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Bob Harris and CM, his 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Jacob Dewald and Barbara Bone, the great great grandparents of Bob Harris and great grandparents of CM. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd - 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 143 cM across 5 segments.

Sources

1. ↑ * "Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDDG-LXX : 20 January 2020), Joseph Knapp, 1876.
2. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census Census Place: Waterville, Le Sueur, Minnesota; Roll: 625; Page: 364A; Enumeration District: 129
3. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1885", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQFX-Q83 : Thu Oct 05 16:03:01 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Knapp and M Knapp, 1885.

"United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LT-L2F : Thu Oct 05 02:31:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Jacob Dawald and Barbara Dawald, 1860.

1870 United States Federal Census Census Place: Waterville, Le Sueur, Minnesota; Roll: T132_7; Page: 592; Family History Library Film: 830427

• "Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDDG-LXX : 20 January 2020), Joseph Knapp, 1876.

1880 United States Federal Census Census Place: Waterville, Le Sueur, Minnesota; Roll: 625; Page: 364A; Enumeration District: 129

"Minnesota State Census, 1885", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQFX-Q83 : Thu Oct 05 16:03:01 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Knapp and M Knapp, 1885.

"United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9VG-YNQ : Wed Oct 04 09:15:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Knapp and Eva M Knapp, 1900.

1910 United States Federal Census Census Place: Newark, Marshall, South Dakota; Roll: T624_1484; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0306; FHL microfilm: 1375497

"United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6NB-ZZH : Thu Oct 05 09:12:24 UTC 2023), Entry for Joe Knopf and Margret Knopf, 1920.

"United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQV8-JL9 : Sat Oct 07 00:20:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Margaret Knopp and Jacob D Knopp, 1930.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 March 2019), memorial page for Margaret Knapp (26 Sep 1854–29 Jan 1937), Find A Grave Memorial no. 184978422, citing Britton Cemetery, Britton, Marshall County, South Dakota, USA ; Maintained by Bob (contributor 47155955) .

"Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD91-G9M : 5 February 2020), Margret Dawald in entry for Carl William Knapp, 1879.

"Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDSH-8N1 : 5 February 2020), Margret Dawald in entry for A. Edward Knapp, 1890.