Born in LA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Oscar Barrett Knight
and Susannah (Williams) Knight
Sister of
William Knight, Jane (Knight) Jenkins, James Stephen Knight Sr., George Wesley Albert Knight and Calvin Abner Knight
Wife of
John Charles Crain
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 72
in LA
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Oct 2017
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Biography
Birth: Mar. 6, 1825 Louisiana, USA Death: Dec. 7, 1897 Louisiana, USA
Family links:
Parents:
Charles Knight (1785 - 1877)
Susannah Williams Knight (1802 - 1885)
Spouse: John C. Crain (1821 - 1902)*
Children: Susan Crain Thomas (1857 - 1896)* Selena Crain Breland (1861 - 1953)* Emily Crain Breland (1864 - 1929)* William M Crain (1868 - 1936)* Frances Anna Crain Stafford (1874 - 1911)*
Siblings: William Knight (1823 - 1879)* Melvina Knight Crain (1825 - 1897) Jane Knight Wascom (1827 - 1905)* James Stephen Knight (1829 - 1915)* George Knight (1831 - 1904)* Calvin Knight (1836 - 1910)*
- Calculated relationship
Burial: Crains Cemetery Washington Parish Louisiana, USA
Created by: Lucas Mizell Record added: Mar 26, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 87394373
Mecina was born in 1825. She passed away in 1897.
Sources
- Find A Grave Memorial# 87394373
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46763515
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melvina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Melvina:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melvina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Melvina:
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~3.12%
Charles Andrews
:
23andMe, GEDmatch CW7058083 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A552576 [compare], Ancestry member cleeandrewsiii
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Cheryl (Welch) Gerard :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Nancy (Perryman) Waters :
23andMe, GEDmatch M110113 [compare]
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Karen (Ramsey) Fontenot :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Vanessa Reedy :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Donald Bailey :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Rod Medders :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch H765290 [compare], yourDNAportal ROD00594b9D, Ancestry member rodmedders
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch H765290 [compare], yourDNAportal ROD00594b9d
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Raymond Smith :
MyHeritage DNA, yourDNAportal RAY1e655c3e
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Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Knight-13643 and Knight-10287 appear to represent the same person because: same birth, spouse, death
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by Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Featured National Park champion connections: Melvina is 13 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 21 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 14 degrees from George Catlin, 12 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 20 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 15 degrees from George Grinnell, 27 degrees from Anton Kröller, 16 degrees from Stephen Mather, 23 degrees from Kara McKean, 16 degrees from John Muir, 18 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 24 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.