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Jessie Lenora (McKnight) Klein (1898 - 1982)

Jessie Lenora Klein formerly McKnight aka Compton
Born in Texas, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 6 Aug 1922 (to 4 Jun 1937) in Cass County, Texas, USAmap
Wife of — married after 1961 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 83 in Cass County, Texas, USAmap
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Biography

Jessie L Mcknight was enumerated as daughter of the head of household in Justice Precinct 4 (east of T.& P. r.r.), Cass County, Texas for the June 4, United States Census, 1900. She was noted as born June 1898 in Texas and single as seen in an image of the original census. Also included in the household are head W F Mcknight, wife Louella Mcknight, son Clide Mcknight, son Louis Mcknight, daughter Anna L Mcknight, daughter Amy A Mcknight and son Coby S Mcknight.[1]

Jessie Mcknight was enumerated as daughter of the head of household at Justice Precinct 4, Cass County, Texas for the April 16, United States Census, 1910. She was noted as born 1900 in Texas and single as seen in the image of the original census. Also included in the household are head William F Mcknight, wife Louella Mcknight, daughter Annie Mcknight, daughter Amy Mcknight, son Colie Mcknight, son Sam Mcknight, daughter Pauline Mcknight and son Guy Mcknight.[2]

Jessie Mcknight was enumerated as daughter of the head of household at Justice Precinct 4, Cass County, Texas for the January 10, United States Census, 1920. She was noted as born 1899 in Texas and single as seen in the image of the original census. Also included in the household are head Wm F Mcknight, wife Ella Mcknight, daughter Annie Mcknight, son Sam Mcknight, daughter Pauline Mcknight and son Guy Mcknight.[3]

Miss Jessie Mcknight wed W J Compton August 6, 1922 in Cass County, Texas.[4]

Jessie Compton was enumerated as wife of the head of household at Cass and Bloomburg Road, Precinct 4, Cass County, Texas for the April 6, United States Census, 1930. She was noted as born 1899 in Texas and married. She was first married at the age of twenty-four as seen in an image of the original census. Also included in the household are head W J Compton, daughter Corine Compton, daughter Lovella Compton, daughter Lillian Compton, son W J Compton and daughter Jeanne Compton.[5]

On April 1, 1935, Jessie Compton lived at Bloomburg and Cass Road, Justice Precinct 4, Cass County, Texas.[6]

Jessie Compton was enumerated as head of the household at Bloomburg and Cass Road, Justice Precinct 4, Cass County, Texas for the April 11, United States Census, 1940. She was noted as born 1899 in Texas and widowed. She owned a home worth $300 as seen in this image of the original census. Also included in the household are daughter Correne Compton, son Billie Compton, daughter Bobbie Compton, daughter Janelle Compton and brother Sam Mcknight.[6]

Jessie Lanora Klein died February 21, 1982 in Cass County, Texas.[7]

As listed in the Find A Grave Index,[8] Jessie Lenora McKnight Klein is buried at Salem Cemetery in Bloomburg, Cass County, Texas.[9]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L6-4QD : accessed 14 November 2016), Jessie L Mcknight in household of W F Mcknight, Justice Precinct 4 (east of T.& P. r.r.), Cass, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25, sheet 2B, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,618.
  2. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M29J-NJQ : accessed 26 November 2015), Jessie Mcknight in household of William F Mcknight, Justice Precinct 4, Cass, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 34, sheet 2A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,550.
  3. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHTM-WF1 : accessed 14 November 2016), Jessie Mcknight in household of Wm F Mcknight, Justice Precinct 4, Cass, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 38, sheet 7B, line 54, family 129, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1785; FHL microfilm 1,821,785.
  4. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1C-HNVP : accessed 14 November 2016), W J Compton and Jessie Mcknight, 06 Aug 1922, Marriage; citing Cass, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 1,435,977.
  5. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C7ZS-J3Z : accessed 14 November 2016), Jessie Compton in household of W J Compton, Precinct 4, Cass, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 2B, line 90, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2306; FHL microfilm 2,342,040.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJH-V3B : accessed 14 November 2016), Jessie Compton, Justice Precinct 4, Cass, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-19, sheet 6B, line 77, family 113, 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 4002.
  7. "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVXN-V27 : 5 December 2014), Jessie Lanora Klein, Cass, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
  8. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2V-WKD7 : 11 July 2016), Jessie L. McKnight Klein, 1982; Burial, Bloomburg, Cass, Texas, United States of America, Salem Cemetery; citing record ID 69167734.
  9. Find A Grave website

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