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Alvoida Virginia PRATT

Alvoida Virginia PRATT

Female 1868 - 1925  (56 years)

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  • Name Alvoida Virginia PRATT 
    Born 18 Jan 1868  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1920  Denver, CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1925  [3] 
    Person ID I78759  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2013 

    Father William Washington PRATT,   b. Apr 1840, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1926  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Mother Ethelinda WEEKLEY,   b. 2 Jun 1837, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1923, Camp, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F33699  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Beaver KNIGHT,   b. May 1864, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1 Nov 1888  Camp, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 8 1900:
      John B. Knight, 36, b. May 1864, general merchant, married 12 yrs; wife Alvarda, 32, b. Jan 1868, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Etta L, 10, b. Jul 1889; dau Jennie B, 8, b. Feb 1892; son Cecil H, 5, b. Mar 1895.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on May 6 1910:
      John B. Knight, 45, merchant at general store, married 21 yrs; wife Alvoida, 41, mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Etta L, 20, student at normal school; dau Jennie B, 18, student at normal school; son Cecil H, 15; dau Pearl, 4.

      1920 Census, Denver, Colorado:
      John B. Knight, 54, salesman of matches; wife Alvoida, 49; dau Alice P, 14, single; son-in-law Robert K. Inlow, 38, married (sic), salesman of matches, married; nephew Robert D. Inlow, 7; niece Dorothy M. Inlow, 4 yr 4 mo. All born in West Virginia.
      (Note: Son-in-law Robert's surname is clearly shown as Enlow in his marriage record. His marital status was actually widowed, as his wife Jennie had died in 1918.) [5]
    Children 
     1. Etta Lee KNIGHT,   b. 26 Jul 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1957, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Jennie Belle KNIGHT,   b. Feb 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1918, Denver, CO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years)
     3. Cecil Howard KNIGHT,   b. 31 Mar 1895, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1988, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     4. Ruthie E. KNIGHT,   b. 1901,   d. 1901  (Age 0 years)
     5. Alice Pearl KNIGHT,   b. 20 Apr 1905, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1975  (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F33698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Nov 1888 - Camp, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 318 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790105&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John B. Knight, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Alvoida (or Alvirda) Pratt, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Nov 1 1888 at Camp, Doddridge County, W.Va. Informants for marriage license: J. B. Knight & W. W. Pratt.

    5. [S1599] Birth record of son.