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Pauline KNIGHT

Pauline KNIGHT

Female 1894 - 1989  (94 years)

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  • Name Pauline KNIGHT 
    Born 24 Oct 1894  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Oct 1893.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900, 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1918  Swissvale, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1920  Midland, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930, 1940  Glencoe, Volusia Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence New Smyrna Beach, Volusia Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1949  Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died 24 Mar 1989  Volusia Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Buried Edgewater New Smyrna Cemetery, Edgewater, Volusia Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I59777  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Dec 2017 

    Father William Marshal KNIGHT,   b. 30 Apr 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1904, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Clara V. GOSHORN,   b. 1857, Perry Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1911  (Age 54 years) 
    Family ID F23443  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cecil Hull SMITH,   b. 28 Feb 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1968  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 19 Nov 1915  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • News item in "West Union Record," Thursday, Jan 6 1916, in its entirety:
      SMITH-KNIGHT
      "Altho C. H. Smith and Miss Pauline Knight were married here by Rev. John D. Runkle, pastor of the local Baptist church, November 19, 1915, it was not generally known until the last few days, and as the contracting parties did not wish it made public for a time, the newspapers have not published it before. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, the bride is one of West Union's best known and popular young ladies. The happy couple are visiting in the east. The Record extends congratulations."

      1920 Census, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania (Borough of Midland), enumerated on Jan 9 1920:
      Cecil H. Smith, 38, b. WVa, construction foreman; wife Pauline, 25, b. WVa; son George, 3y 8m, b. Pa; dau Bessie O, 2y 7m, b. Pa.

      1930 Census, Volusia Co, Florida (Glencoe Precinct), enumeration date blank:
      Cecil H. Smith, 34, b. WVa, temporarily absent - on visit, age 34 at time of first marriage; wife Pauline, 35, b. WVa, age 20 at first marriage; son George, 13, b. Pa; dau Betty, 13, b. Pa; brother-in-law Bruce Knight, 40, b. WVa, single, no occupation.

      1935 Florida State Census, Volusia County, New Smyrna (outside city limits):
      C. H. Smith, 52, b. WVa, laborer; wife Pauline, 40; son George, 18, b. Pa; dau Bettie, 17, b. Pa.

      1940 Census, Volusia Co, Florida (Village of Glencoe), enumerated on May 16 1940:
      Cecil H. Smith, 58, b. WVa, carpenter (building construction); wife Pauline, 54, b. WVa; dau Betty, 21, single.
    Children 
    +1. George Derwood SMITH,   b. 24 Jun 1916, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Betty Orton SMITH,   b. 31 May 1917, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1992  (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F34769  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S38] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S2396] Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health, Office of Vital Records).

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    6. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795153&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as C. H. Smith, 34, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Pauline Knight, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Nov 19 1915 "at the Baptist Parsonage, West Union, W.Va.," officiated by Rev. John D. Runkle, a Minister of the Gospel.