Ancestry of
Phil Knight

Co-Founder, Nike Inc.

Fred A. Knight

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• • Grandfather of Phil Knight — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Arrod Knight 
  • Mother:
  • Elnora Danner   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Dec 1877 
  • Birth Location:
  • Farmer City, DeWitt, Illinois 
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Oct 1951 
  • Death Location:
  • Douglas County, Oregon 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Edith M. Bartholomew
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Dec 1905 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Faribault County, Minnesota 
  • Child:

  William Wesley Knight (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Fred A. Knight

  • ¹ Clinton Daily Journal and Public (Clinton, Illinois), 10 NOV 1951, p. 4, Obituary for Fred A Knight.
  • ² Farmer City Journal (Farmer City, Illinois), 21 JUL 1911, p. 1, Obituary for father Arrod Knight.
  • ³ Federal Census, IL, DeWitt County, 1880, Santa Anna, E.D. 76, p. 4, Image 4 of 39.
  • ⁴ Minnesota, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980, Birth record for son William Wesley Knight.
  • ⁵ Oregon, U.S., Death Index, 1898-2008, Death record for Fred A Knight.
  • ⁶ The News-Review (Roseburg, Oregon), 06 MAR 1937, p. 2, Wedding notice for son William W Knight and Lota Hatfield.
  • ⁷ The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), 09 SEP 1925, p. 2, Obituary for mother Elnora Knight.
  • ⁸ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for Fred A Knight.
  • ⁹ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Draft registration for Fred A Knight.
  • ¹⁰ Minnesota Association of County Officers (MACO), Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS), Marriage record for Fred A Knight and Edith Boltz.

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