Archibald Knox (1889 - 1969)

Born 27 Oct 1889 in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Edna Rose (Colling) Knox — married 1917 in Crossfield, Rocky View No. 44, Alberta, Canada

Died 3 Sep 1969 at age 79 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Archibald Knox was born in Scotland.

Archibald was the eldest son of Archibald Knox and Clara Smyth.

Sources

• "Scotland Church Records and Kirk Session Records, 1658-1919," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HR-8VCS : 12 November 2017), Archibald Knox, 22 Nov 1889; citing Baptism, Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, The National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh; FamilySearch digital folder 004115640.

• 1891 Census: "1891 Scotland Census"
  Parish: Logie; ED: 13; Page: 7; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1891_114; Registration Number: 374; Household schedule number: 35; Roll: CSSCT1891_114
  Ancestry ca Record 1108 #1116912 (accessed 28 December 2023)
  Archibald Knox (1) son in household of Archibald Knox (31) at Mill House in Logie registration district. Born in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire.

• "Scotland Census, 1901", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7YHJ-PBN2 : 5 October 2019), Archibald Knox in entry for Archibald Knox, 1901.

• Military: "UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920"
  The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War Wo363
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1219 #1109384 (accessed 28 December 2023)
  Name: Archibald Knox; Gender: Male; Enlistment Age: 26; Birth Date: abt 1889; Marriage Date: 11 Apr 1913; Marriage Place: Alloa; Document Date: 1915; Residence Place: 40 Main Street, Tallibody By Alloa; Military Date: 1915; Relationship to Soldier: Self (Head); Regimental Number: 043422; Regiment Name: Army Service Corps; Number of Images: 28; Form Title: Short Service Attestation.

• 1916 Census: "1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta"
  Year: 1916; Census Place: Alberta, Calgary West, 07; Roll: T-21949; Page: 3; Family No: 30
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1556 #760570546 (accessed 28 December 2023)
  Archie Knox (26), single, Store Clerk, in Crossfield, Calgary West, Alberta, Canada. Born in Scotland.

• Marriage: "Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index, 1898-1944"
  Provincial Archives of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Marriage Indexes; Certificate Number: 2816
  Ancestry ca Record 61560 #5329 (accessed 28 December 2023)
  Archibald Knox marriage to Edna Rose Colling in 1917 in Crossfield, Alberta, Canada.

• 1921 Census: "1921 Census of Canada"
  Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 14; Census Place: 14, Fraser Valley, British Columbia; Page Number: 6; Line Number: 43
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 8991 #8881072 (accessed 28 December 2023)
  Archibald Knox (31), married, Merchant, head of household at 79 Wale Rd, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Born in Scotland.

• 1931 Census: "1931 Census of Canada"
  Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27362; Census Place: Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada; Page Number: 11
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 62640 #6537983 (accessed 28 December 2023)
  Archebald Knox (41), married, Merchant, head of household at 149 1st Ave, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Born in Scotland.

• "Canada, British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLBD-X7W : 8 November 2017), Archibald Knox, 1969.

• Obituary. Nanaimo Daily News, Nanaimo, British Columbia. 4 Sep 1969, page 13. https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-obituary-for-archibal/137591735/ Accessed 28 Dec 2023.

• Funeral Report. Nanaimo Daily News, Nanaimo, British Columbia. 8 Sep 1969, page 2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-obituary-for-archibal/137591350/ Accessed 28 Dec 2023.

• Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Archibald Knox (27 Oct 1889–3 Sep 1969), Find A Grave: Memorial #133142716, citing Knox United Church Cemetery, Parksville, Nanaimo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Maintained by High Plains (contributor 47607357).