Ancestry of
Phil Knight

Co-Founder, Nike Inc.

William Wesley Knight

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• • Father of Phil Knight — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Fred A. Knight 
  • Mother:
  • Edith M. Bartholomew   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Feb 1909 
  • Birth Location:
  • Winnebago, Faribault, Minnesota 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Feb 1981 
  • Death Location:
  • Portland, Multnomah, Oregon 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lota Cloy Hatfield
  • Marriage Date:
  • 4 Mar 1937 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Riverdale, Multnomah, Oregon 
  • Children:
  
  

  Joanne Knight

  Philip Hampson Knight (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  Jeanne Knight

  • Notes: 

  • Publisher of the Oregon Journal

• Sources for William Wesley Knight

  • ¹ Minnesota, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980, Birth record for William Wesley Knight.
  • ² Oregon, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009, Marriage record for Wm W Knight and Lota Hatfield.
  • ³ Oregon, U.S., State Marriages, 1906-1971, Marriage certificate for son Philip Hampson Knight and Penelope Parks.
  • ⁴ Oregon, U.S., State Marriages, 1906-1971, Marriage certificate for Michael Frederick Seppa and daughter Jeanne Knight.
  • ⁵ The News-Review (Roseburg, Oregon), 06 MAR 1937, p. 2, Wedding notice for William W Knight and Lota Hatfield.
  • ⁶ The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), 13 MAR 2007, Obituary for spouse Lota Hatfield Knight.
  • ⁷ The World (Coos Bay, Oregon), 19 FEB 1981, p. 3, Obituary for William W Knight.
  • ⁸ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for William Wesley Knight.
  • ⁹ Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota People Records Search, Birth record for William Wesley Knight.
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "William W. Knight (publisher)", (accessed 12/04/2020).

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