Ancestry of
Phil Knight

Co-Founder, Nike Inc.

Elnora Danner

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• • Great-grandmother of Phil Knight — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 9 
  • Father:
  • William Danner 
  • Mother:
  • Esther Johnson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 26 Feb 1845 
  • Birth Location:
  • Mt. Pleasant (now Farmer City), DeWitt, Illinois 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Sep 1925 
  • Death Location:
  • Farmer City, DeWitt, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • City Cemetery, Farmer City, DeWitt, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Arrod Knight
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Oct 1866 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Clinton, DeWitt, Illinois 
  • Child:

  Fred A. Knight (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for Elnora Danner

  • ¹ Farmer City Journal (Farmer City, Illinois), 03 APR 1908, p. 1, Obituary for mother Esther Knight.
  • ² Federal Census, IL, DeWitt County, 1880, Santa Anna, E.D. 76, p. 4, Image 4 of 39.
  • ³ Federal Census, IL, DeWitt County, 1860, Santa Ana, p. 226, Image 16 of 22.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, IL, DeWitt County, 1850, Township 19 and 20, N R 3 and 4 E, Image 3 of 9.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/09/2020).
  • ⁶ Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Marriage record for Arrod Knight and Elnora Danner.
  • ⁷ The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), 09 SEP 1925, p. 2, Obituary for Elnora Knight.

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