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Charles Leonard Knowles (1890 - 1960)

Charles Leonard Knowles
Born in Alabama, United Statesmap
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Died at age 70 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Charles was born in 1890. He is the son of James Knowles and Kittie Mills. [1]

Charles married Frances Alma Flournoy on 24 Nov 1909 in Fulton County, Georgia. He registered for the Draft in Atlanta Georgia on June 5th 1917 listing his profession as a cigar salesman. Sadly, on 16 Oct, 1920 while living in Columbus, Georgia he and his wife had a still born male child. The infant was buried in Linwood Cemetery the same day. In 1930 he and his wife were living at 792 Park Street in Atlanta, Georgia with his father-in-law James H Flournoy and his mother-in-law Mary E Flournoy. Charles was a clerk at the power company. In 1940 he and his wife were living at 515 Lee St S.W. in Atlanta and he was working as a railroad ticket agent at a "steam railroad station." His reported earnings for the previous year was $2356, Charles died on 8 Feb 1960 and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia on 10 Feb 1960. Can you add to his biography?

Sources

  • "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z1-XWLM : 22 July 2021), Charles L Knowles and Frances Alma Flourney, 24 Nov 1909; citing Marriage, Fulton, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 409,858.

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  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:37WW-1W2 : accessed 7 October 2021), Charles L Knowles, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 103, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K75N-136 : 8 January 2021), Charles L Knowles, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 160-164, sheet 3B, line 55, family 61, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 730.
  • "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4SV-TRN : 24 December 2014), Charles L Knowles, 08 Feb 1960; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Fulton, Georgia, certificate number 03966, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
  • "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK3-QW3D : 10 September 2021), Charles Leonard Knowles, ; Burial, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States of America, Magnolia Cemetery; citing record ID 37924168, Find a Grave,

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  1. Entered by Tommy Knowles, Apr 29, 2011
  2. Confirms Charles Knowles married Frances Alma Flournoy. Spouse needs to be added
  3. Still born male child.
  4. 7 sources added by Mark Scott [Cramer-1798] 7 Oct 2021. Establishes relationships, refines birth & death dates, adds spouses name.






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