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Dorothy Mae KNIGHT

Dorothy Mae KNIGHT

Female 1929 - 1956  (26 years)


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  • Name Dorothy Mae KNIGHT
    Birth 23 Aug 1929  Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Age 21 in Aug 1946 marriage record would put birth in about 1925, birth date on headstone is 1926, and her birth date appears on her death record as Aug 23 1926. But her age in the 1930 Census (enumerated in April) was seven months, age in 1940 Census was 10, and her birth record shows her birth date as Aug 23 1929.
    Gender Female
    Census 1930  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1946  Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1950  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 5 Feb 1956  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Cause: struck by motor vehicle 
    Burial Blandville Cemetery, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I85451  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Jun 2025

    Father Harley KNIGHT,   b. 11 Sep 1905   d. 24 Aug 1974 (Age 68 years)
    Mother Lura Gay THOMPSON,   b. 16 Jan 1908, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1984 (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F36615  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Earl BURTON,   b. 9 Mar 1918, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1985, East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Marriage 20 Aug 1946  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Janet Mae BURTON,   b. 17 May 1947, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1956, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)
     3. Living
    >4. Living
    Family ID F36616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

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

    3. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1984517&frame=01388.

    4. [S2544] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).