William Henry KNIGHT [Parents]-LCJN-JWR was born on 19 Apr 1835 in Harmony, Saratoga, New York. He died on 12 May 1925 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. William married (MRIN:1772) Ella Joanna WATERS-LCJN-JHQ in May 1868 in Woodford, Benington, Vermont.

BIOGRAPHY: William Henry KNIGHT b 1835 Harmony, son of William Knight
Author: Dee Davidson  Date: 4 Apr 2001 12:00 PM GMT  
Surnames: KNIGHT, WATERS
Classification: Biography
William Henry, son of William Knight, was born in Harmony, Chautauqua county, New York, April 19, 1835, and removed to Los Angeles, California. He was educated in the Jamestown public school, which he attended from 1843 to 1848, and Jamestown Academy, which he attended from 1848 to 1851. He compiled "Bancroft's Handbook of the Pacific States," 1862; "Bancroft's Map of the Pacific States," 1863; was manager of Bancroft's Publishing Department, San Francisco, California, from 1864 to 1869; was partner in Bancroft, Knight & Company, publishers of music, from 1870 to 1879; was buyer for the Emerson & Fisher Carriage Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1879 to 1891, and auditor of Mt. Lowe Railway Company, Pasadena, California, from 1893 to 1896. He was also a writer and lecturer on astronomical and other scientific subjects, and a liberal contributor to leading scientific journals. He served in the capacity of president of the Southern California Academy of Sciences from 1894 to 1897, and from 1899 to 1902; secretary of the Forest and Water Society of Southern California from 1898 to 1903; secretary of the Highway Commission, Los Angeles county, California, from 1901 to 1903; secretary of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association, Los Angeles, 1896-97; honorary member of Cincinnati Society of Natural History from 1891; president of Unity Club, Cincinnati, 1885-87, and president of Unity Club, Los Angeles, 1893-95. In addition to all these he was an editorial writer on the Los Angeles Times.
Mr. Knight married Ella Joana WATERS, born April 3, 1846, at Woodford, near Bennington, Vermont, daughter of Elijah Dewey and Eliza Ann (Hinsdale) WATERS Seven children were born to them, four of whom surviving namely: Alfred,b 1874 Mrs. Christopher Ruess, of Oakland, California; Emerson, a resident of Los Angeles, California; Bertha, a resident of New York.
New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume III

The Tahoe Name Game
http://www.tahoecountry.com/visitors/tahoename.html
Perhaps no feature of the Sierra landscape has suffered under such a succession of names as the body of water we know today as Lake Tahoe. During the 140 years since John C. Fremont's first sighting of the lake on Valentine's Day, 1844, the big blue of this inland sea has been blessed popularly -- if not officially -- with seven different names, and as many more have been publically suggested (same with editorial tongue firmly in cheek) as alternative appellations. The protocol of wilderness exploration dictates that discoverers have the right of naming their discoveries. In keeping with such etiquette, the lake is properly known as "Lake Bonpland", the name given to it by Fremont in honor of Aime Jacques Alexandre, the French botanist who accompanied the van Humboldt party on an earlier expedition west. In the decade which followed Fremont's discovery, the designation "Bonpland" was favored in publications appearing on the Continent. However, the map drawn by Charles Preuss, cartographer for Captain Fremont's party, notes it simply as "Mountain Lake". In those days, few found themselves in a position to care. Those who did care found themselves further confused by Baker's 1855 "Map af the Mining Regions", which showed the lake as "Maheon". Bartlett's "Guide", another source of the day, referred to "Big Truckee Lake", with yet another casually-placed cognomen burdening the pristine alpine paradise. In March of 1853, California's Surveyor General, W.M. Eddy, had initiated the use of what would 17 years later become the"legal" name of the lake -- "Bigler". Yet from the start this name was destined to meet with widespread disfavor, with its most active opponents suggesting that John Bigler, the former democratic governor of California for whom the lake had been named, was less than worthy of such an honor. Controversy over Bigler's merit as a namesake waxed hot when the outbreak of the Civil War led to charges that he entertained Confederate sympathies. Several substitute names were promptly offered up. The Unionist party mounted an unsuccessful lobbying effort in April of 1861 to rechristen the lake with the exotic "Tua Tulia". Fanning the foolishness the following year, the "Sacramento Union" suggested "Largo Bergler" as a more suitable name, "as it wauld stand as a punishing illusion to the bibulous habits of 'Honest John' Bigler when he was governor of the State" In February of 1862, public sentiment against Bigler found expression in the form of an Interior Department map brought out under the direction of William Henry Knight, the department's chief cartographer. Knight enlisted the linguistic skills of Dr. Henry DeGroot, a "Sacramento Union" correspondent whose efforts to communicate with Washoe Indians had familiarized him with the rudiments of their dialect. "Ta-hoe", according to Dr. DeGroot, was translated 'Big Water" or "Water in a high place". And so, in the name of superior aesthetics, the name by which the lake is known today was established in the white man's vocabulary. However, the controversy raged on, refusing to be silenced even by the passage of a bill in the California State Legislature on February 10, 1870, giving legal status to Eddy's original designation of "Bigler". Various vassals of the Fourth Estate continued to offer their suggestions as to a more suitable epithet, among them fledgling correspondent Mark Twain, then connected with Virginia City's "Territorial Enterprise". Twain found himself drawn irresistibly into the fray, occasioning to comment that "Ta-hoe", in the dialect of the Digger and "Pi-ute" (sic) tribes meant "grasshopper soup", which, he contended, was among their delicacies. In light of public sentiment and popular usage, it is amazing that the name "Bigler" continued as a legal geographical designation until July 18, 1945 when a bill was adopted in the California State Legislature officially changing the name to "Lake Tahoe". In addition to its impressive cavalcade of cognomens, this mile-high marvel has acquired several nicknames, including "Lake of the Sky" and "Jewel of the Sierras". But for all the variety of its names, running the gamut from complimentary to condescending, the notive population's original appellative serves best, and seems most likely to endure.
STORY: by Carol Van Etten
TAHOE MAP: by Mona Schulte

William Henry Knight, California pioneer
Power, Bertha Knight, 1886-1927.  
921.73 K748 - 252 p. : ill., map, ports.
United States : Privately Printed, c1932 by Alfred Knight
Biography of William Henry Knight, (1835-1925), born in Harmony, New York and moved to San Francisco, California in 1859. He married Ella Joanna Waters in 1868, and they had seven children. He worked for H. H. Bancroft in San Francisco, and in 1879 moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to work for the Emerson Fisher Company (carriage builders). In 1891, they moved to Los Angeles, California, where he became the general manger of the United States Travelers and Tourists' Exchange. Descendants and relatives lived in California, Ohio, New York and elsewhere. Includes Power, Ruess and related families.

Legends of America
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Sandspring - In the 1860's, William Henry Knight, a map maker for the United States Department of the Interior, was gathering data for maps of the Pacific States when he came upon a cave who's walls were said to have been laced with gold.  But, even a mapmaker can lose his sense of direction in the many mountains of western   Nevada   .  Once he left, he was never again able to find the cave that was allegedly in a small mountain range near the Sand Spring known as Painted Hills.  Sand spring is on the northeast side of the White Mountains of Esmeralda County.

http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/bancroft/early/early.html
William H. Knight, editor. Hand-book Almanac for the Pacific States; an Official Register and Business Directory. San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft and Company, 1862.

Knight joined The Bancroft staff in 1860 to edit a series of handbook guides to the Pacific States, the first of which appeared in 1862. His work proved to be the seed bed for The Bancroft Library.
"Mr. Bancroft went East in 1862 [more probably 1860] and on his return a few months later I accompanied him through the store occupying two deep floors on Montgomery and Merchant streets. He stopped at an alcove near my desk, containing about 100 volumes of various sizes, old and new, and not presenting a very artistic appearance. He asked what they were. I told him that they all pertained to the geography, history and mining of the region embraced in our map [a general map of the Pacific Coast]. He gave a cursory glance at some of the books, said nothing, and we passed on through the establishment. Returning, we again stopped at the historical alcove and he said, 'Mr. Knight, I wish you would visit all the other bookstores and stands in the city and purchase a copy of every book and pamphlet relating to this territory that is not already on your shelves.' With characteristic prompt decision he had instantly decided to form a complete Pacific Coast Library." (William H. Knight, "Bancroft's Exhaustive Work Described by Col- laborator," Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1918).

San Francisco Oct. 25, '68
My Dear Mother
You will have heard all about our great earthquake, the exaggerated reports, and the succeeding reports making light of the whole affair. But a few words about it direct from one who experienced it may have a peculiar interest. Today is Sunday. The earthquake occurred last Wednesday morning at five minutes to 8, I was just finishing breakfast & folding may napkin when house - a two story double house - was shaken as by a giant. The walls swayed, the timbers creaked and groaned, the dishes rattled on the table, a pail of milk slopped over in the buttery, and after rising from the table it was difficult to stand steadily. We all suddenly adjourned to the street - not because we were scared, of course, but we wanted to see if our neighbors were alarmed, and we found that they seemed to be animated by the same laudable curiosity. Some children screamed with terror, and some having just waked up, did not stop to arrange their toilets but made a hasty exit in scanty habilmatents. Our house is on a rocky foundation 300 feet above the level of the Bay and the business portions of the city. Shakers generally, do much less harm on hills then on the soft ground of the city front. I was prepared to expect great devastation down town and immediately hurried to the store. The business streets were full of exited people, and removed of killed, and fallen walls, etc were rife. In the store no perceptible damage had been done in the 1st storey. In the 2nd, whole shelves of books were emptied, and in the 3rd large files of paper were thrown down, and quantities of ink were broken. Several lighter shakers succeeded the 1st one, at each of which the clerks would scamper from the store. I was not there at any of them till half past ten when the sharpest shock after the first one occurred. I was in the polishing dept, in the 3rd story. The usual stamped occurred and every person but myself - left the store. I watched the gas fixtures vibrate, + heard the horrid grinding of the walls and experienced the visible and audible manifestations of power so vast, as to make one fell the littleness and impotence of human might. The store was then closed, and business throughout the city, as by common consent was suspended. During the day & following night many light shocks occurred, but the first great shock did all the damage. Only four lives were lost, though quite a number of others were hurt. A number of buildings on newly made ground settled on their foundations and will have to be torn down, several walls fell. But no substantially built houses were injured that I know of. It was a day of panic and excitement however that will never be forgotten by those who were in San Francisco or within a hundred mile of the city.
My wife and I are living very pleasantly with her father and mother and her married brother and sister. Melona, Jerome & Herman live half a mile away on Ellis St. Herman lives across the Bay at Burlingame. They sometimes come up to see us & we sometimes go down to see them. Jerome preaches at Burlingame, and we sometimes take Melona to church with us on Sunday eve. Jerome is not settled, He is mobile, supply in the place of the regular pastor who has gone east on a visit. Probably Melona has written you all about this however. I have requested her to write frequently to you about us all, while every thing is novel about her & she even invest all topics with interest. I am situated pretty much as I have been for several years, I still spend most of my evenings in the store, so much so that Ella complains of my absenting myself from her so much. Mr. H. H. Bancroft will return next month after an absence of 2 ? years. I do not know how I shall be situated in the future. I know that some matters connected with the publishing dept have not given satisfaction, not so much from want of effort on my part, as from the fact that I have not probably been quite equal to the position, which is a very trying & responsible one. If I could do so I should gladly go east & make you a short visit next summer. I would be willing to sacrifice a great deal to do it. I would like much to have you see Ella. She is a better wife for my impulsive and uneven disposition ---- I even expected to find till I became acquainted with her and during the five months we have been married my regard & affection for her has strengthened and deepened. We would both like to meet you all, but I fear it cannot be next year. But if the railroad is completed I do not see why Louisa, and Harrison, and Lillia, whom I have not seen since I held her in my arms, cannot come and make us a visit. It would be a very interesting trip for them, and our climate is bracing, healthy, and enjoyable in Summer.
The Board of Education of the City consists of 12 members, chosen, one from each ward. I am candidate of the Rep. Party for the 6th ward + shall probably be elected, San Francisco has now about 150,000 inhabitants, 40,000 children, 20,000 of which attend public schools, these schools require about 300 teachers and an annual expenditure of $300,000, so that the office is an important one, but there is no salary attached to it, else probably I should not have been nominated, still prominent citizens are usually selected for the position & three were contacted for it in our ward, I was selected through the intervention of active friends rather than my own exceptions.
Give my love to all, Louise, Lizzie, and there families, Ella writes with me in sending live.

New England Families Genealogical and Memorial
William Richard Cutter, A. M.,
Third Series - Volume III
Lewis Historical Publishing Company - New York
1915 - Page 1529
(VII) William Henry, son of William Knight, was born in Harmony, Chautauqua county, New York, April 19, 1835, and is now living in Los Angeles, California. He was educated in the Jamestown public school, which he attended from 1843 to 1848, and Jamestown Academy, which he attended from 1848 to 1851. He compiled “Bancroft's Handbook of the Pacific States,” 1862; “Bancroft's Map of the Pacific States,” 1863; was manager of Bancroft's Publishing Department, San Francisco, California, from 1864 to 1869; was partner in Bancroft, Knight & Company, publishers of music, from 1870 to 1879; was buyer for the Emerson & Fisher Carriage Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1879 to 1891, and auditor of Mt. Lowe Railway Company, Pasadena, California, from 1893 to 1896. He was also a writer and lecturer on astronomical and other scientific subjects, and a liberal contributor to leading scientific journals. He served in the capacity of president of the Southern California Academy of Sciences from 1894 to 1897, and from 1899 to 1902; secretary of the Forest and Water Society of Southern California from 1898 to 1903; secretary of the Highway Commission, Los Angeles county, California, from 1901 to 1903; secretary of the Merchant's and Manufacturers' Association, Los Angeles, 1896-97; honorary member of the Cincinnati Society Natural History from 1891; president of Unity Club, Cincinnati, 1885-1887, and president of Unity Club, Los Angeles, 1893-95. In addition to all these he is an editorial writer on the Los Angeles Times.
Mr. Knight married Ella Joana Waters, born April 3, 1846, at Woodford, near Bennington, Vermont, daughter of Elijah Dewey and Eliza Ann (Hinsdale) Waters.

MILITARY: American Civil War Soldiers
December 13, 2003 12:46 AM
Name:    William H Knight ,   
Enlistment Date:    14 June 1861  
Distinguished Service:    DISTINGUISHED SERVICE  
State Served:    New York  
Unit Numbers:    1514 1514  
Service Record:    Promoted to Full Sergeant
Enlisted as a Private on 14 June 1861 at the age of 30
Enlisted in Company B, 40th Infantry Regiment New York on 14 June 1861.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 01 July 1861
POW on 30 August 1862 at 2nd Bull Run, VA (Paroled)
Received a disability discharge Company B, 40th Infantry Regiment New York on 29 December 1862 in Alexandria, VA
Source Information:
Historical Data Systems, comp. Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works.
Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 - Historical Data Systems Inc.P.O. Box 196 Kingston, MA 02364

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
October 8, 2004 1:45 PM
Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soliders for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1895
New York
Name: Wm. H. Knight
Regiment: G
Rank: Sergeant
Months Served: 48
Birth Place: New York
Age: 50
Disability: hernia
Place of Admittance: Cal.
Status: Pacific Branch present  
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers [database online] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002. Original data: House of Representatives Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1895. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1896.

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: William Knight
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Birth Place: New York
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Ellicott, Chautauqua, New York
Household Members: Name Age
Albert Gray 19  
Mary A Johnson 29  
Willis Johnson 6  
George King 24  
Caroline Knight 7  
Jerome Knight 26  
Laura Knight 44  
Mariah Knight 13  
William Knight 15  
Samuel Spease 24  
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Ellicott, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M432_485; Page: 56; Image: 115.

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: William H Knight
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Age in 1870: 30  
Birthplace: New York  
Home in 1870: San Francisco Ward 6, San Francisco, California
Race: White  
Gender: Male  
Post Office: San Francisco  
Bookseller
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: San Francisco Ward 6, San Francisco, California; Roll: M593_81; Page: 135; Image: 272.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm. H. Knight
Home in 1880: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Ella
Father's birthplace: Ohio
Mother's birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Clerk
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Wm. H. Knight 35
Ella Knight 37
Alfred Knight 6
Irving Knight 4
Stella Knight 11M
Lotta Gaiser 18
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll  1027; Family History Film: 1255027; Page: 319B; Enumeration District: 158; Image: 0404.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: William Knight
Home in 1900: Los Angeles Ward 4, Los Angeles, California
Age: 65  
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835  
Birthplace: New York  
Relationship to head-of-house: Head  
Spouse's Name: Eva
Race: White  
Occupation:
Household Members: Name Age
William Knight 65  
Eva Knight 54  
Alfred Knight 24  
Stella Knight 20  
Emerson Knight 18  
Bertha Knight 13  
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Los Angeles Ward 4, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T623 89; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 40.

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: William H Knight
Age in 1910: 74
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Father's Birth Place: Connecticut
Mother's Birth Place: Vermont  
Spouse's Name: Ella J
Home in 1910: Los Angeles Assembly District 75, Los Angeles, California
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White
Gender: Male  
Household Members: Name Age
William H Knight 74  
Ella J Knight 64  
Emmon Knight 27  
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 75, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_84; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 106; Image: 1241.

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: William H Knight
Home in 1920: Los Angeles Assembly District 64, Los Angeles, California
Age: 84 years  
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Father's Birth Place: Connecticut
Mother's Birth Place: Vermont  
Marital Status: Widow  
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent  
Able to read: Yes  
Able to Write: Yes  
Image: 783  
Household Members: Name Age
William H Knight 84  
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 64, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T625_108; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 224; Image: 783.

OBITUARY: Berkeley Dailey Gazette, Saturday Evening, May 16, 1925
Wm. H. Knight, Noted In State History, Dies
William H. Knight, ninety years old, well known astronomer, who was prominent in the early history of the state as one of the founders of the Bancroft Library, who made the first map of California, the first map of San Francisco, and who gave Lake Tahoe its name, passed away Wednesday in Los Angeles, according to word received by relatives in this city. Mr. Knight was the uncle of Mrs. Ella M. Bateman of 2911 Regent street, and of Harry E. Dore and Miss Alice Dore of 2447 Russell street. He was great uncle to Walter H. Dore, professor of Plant Nutrition at the university. Mr. Knight was in an auto accident a week before his death when he received fatal injuries, never regaining regaining consciosness. Mr. Knight came to San Francisco in the early days and in the early 60’s was connected with the Bancroft Compahy of San Francisco. He was one of the founders of the famous Bancroft Library, which came in possession of the university about twenty years ago. While with the company, Mr. Knight was the editor of the Bancroft Almanac. He also made the first map of the state, and the first map of California, while associated with the company, Lake Tahoe before  that time had been called Lake Bigler, and after visiting the lake and learning the Indian name for the lake, Tahoe meaning “High Water”, he chose that name for the beautiful body of water, the name later being ratified .  Returning to the east for a number of years, Mr. Knight came back to California 35 years ago and during that time has resided in the southern part of the sate. He was the founder of the Astronomical society of Southern California, and contributed astronomical articles to the Astronomical and to the Los Angeles. He was one of the promoter of the Mount Lowe Railroad, and was one of those active in the inauguration of those active in the inauguration of the Easter sunrise services held annually at Mount Rubidooo. Mr. Knight was married in San Francisco in 1868 to Ella J. Waters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Dewey Waters, prominent pioneer family of San Francisco, who came from the east across the Isthmus of Panama in the early day. Mrs. Knight passed away a few years ago. Mr. Knight is survived by four children. Alfred Knight of New York manager of the Fleishchman Company, Bertha Knight Powers, wife of Tyron Powers, screen actor, Stella Knight Ruess, wife of Christopher Ruess, formerly of Oakland now of the east, and Emerson Knight, landscape gardner of San Francisco.

MEDIA: D1685 - William Henry Knight - William Henry Knight: California Pioneer by Bertha Knight Power
D1672 - William Henry Knight - Company B, 40th Infantry Regiment New York - William Henry Knight: California Pioneer - Larry Valterza
William Henry Knight - William Henry Knight: California Pioneer by Bertha Knight Power - Larry Valterza

Ella Joanna WATERS [Parents]-LCJN-JHQ was born on 3 Apr 1846 in Woodford, Bennington, Vermont. She died on 19 May 1918. Ella married (MRIN:1772) William Henry KNIGHT-LCJN-JWR in May 1868 in Woodford, Benington, Vermont.

MEDIA: D1674 - Ella Joanna Waters Knight w/o William Henry Knight - William Henry Knight: California Pioneer - Larry Valterza
D1673 - Ella Joanna Waters Knight w/o William Henry Knight - William Henry Knight: California Pioneer - Larry Valterza

MARRIAGE: Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., California
8 – 13 June 1868
Married – in San Francisco, June 4th, William Henry Knight to Ella J. Waters

Pastor Jerome Bonapart KNIGHT [Parents]-KHCD-W5N was born on 6 May 1824 in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York. He died in 1890 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Jerome married (MRIN:1773) Melona Clara HAYNES-LCVJ-3PP on 21 Feb 1853 in Norwich, Chenango, New York.

CENSUS: 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: James Knight (Jerome)
Age in 1860: 36  
Birth Year: abt 1824  
Birthplace: New York  
Home in 1860: Danville, Des Moines, Iowa
Gender: Male  
Post Office: Danville
Household Members: Name Age
James Knight 36  
Malona Knight 29  
Hiram Knight 6  
Huram Knight 5  
Charles Miller 27  
Missionary Baptist Clergyman
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Danville, Des Moines, Iowa; Roll: M653_319; Page: 209; Image: 465.

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Jerome Knight
Birth Year: abt 1824
Age in 1870: 46
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1870: San Francisco Ward 11, San Francisco, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: San Francisco
Household Members: Name Age
Jerome Knight 46
Caroline Knight 39
Hiram Knight 15
Huram Knight 14
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: San Francisco Ward 11, San Francisco, California; Roll  M593_84; Page: 467A; Image: 95; Family History Library Film: 545583.

BIOGRAPHY: Rev. Jerome B. Knight   Pacific Herald of Holiness   editor                                   16 Montgomery Av San Francisco CA 1889
 
Rev. Jerome B. Knight   editor   r. 640 Clay San Francisco CA 1890

MEDIA: D1676 - Rev. Jerome Bonapart Knight - William Henry Knight: California Pioneer - Larry Valterza

Melona Clara HAYNES [Parents]-LCVJ-3PP was born on 13 Dec 1830 in Frankfort Hill, Chenango, New York. She died on 30 Dec 1907 in King County, Washington. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, King, Washington. Melona married (MRIN:1773) Pastor Jerome Bonapart KNIGHT-KHCD-W5N on 21 Feb 1853 in Norwich, Chenango, New York.

CENSUS: 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Melona C. Knight
Home in 1880: Township 5, Contra Costa, California
Age: 49
Estimated birth year: abt 1831
Birthplace: New York
Relation to head-of-household: Mother
Father's birthplace: Vermont
Mother's birthplace: Connecticut
Occupation: House Keeper
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
Hiram Knight 26  
Ida Knight 31  
Henry Knight 4  
Louis Knight 1  
Lilly Knight 1M  
Charles Walker 10  
Edmond Walker 9  
Melona C. Knight 49  
Hinam D. Knight 24  
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Township 5, Contra Costa, California; Roll: T9_64; Family History Film: 1254064; Page: 695.2000; Enumeration District: 49; Image: 0636.

BIOGRAPHY: Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Melona C Haynes
Spouse: J B Knight
Parents: Hiram H Haynes , Louise Moriah Paddock  
Birth Place: Frankfort Hill, NY
Birth Date: 13 Dec 1830
Marriage Place: Norwich, Chenango CO, NY
Marriage Date: 21 Feb 1853
Source Citation: Birth year: 1830; Birth city: Frankfort Hill; Birth state: NY.

The Paddock Genealogy
Descendants of Robert Paddock of Plymouth Colony
Blacksmith and Constable 1646
Fort Collins
Colorado
1977

From: WilbornDuffer@aol.com
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:12:32 EST
Subject: Knight family info
To: williamknight57@yahoo.com
As it happens I have been posting information to my records regarding Ida Fuller Walker Knight and came across the following that I think should be of great interest to you.

Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 63, page 260 63
Mrs. Melona C. Knight
DAR ID Number:  62783
Born in Ilion, N. Y.
Wife of Jerome B. Knight
Descendant of Lieut. Simeon Hathaway.
Daughter of Hiram H. Haynes and Louisa M. Paddock, his wife.
Granddaughter of Ira Haynes and Hannah Hathaway, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Simeon Hathaway and Deborah Austin, his wife
Simeon Hathaway in 1776-77 was a member of the conventions of Dorset and
Windsor.  He was lieutenant under Capt. Samuel Robinson of Bennnington, and
with him were six sons.  He was born in Suffield, Conn.
Also No. 5437

I think this is very exciting, especially if you are interested in the DAR.
Melona C. Knight is listed as the mother of Hiram Knight, 1880 Census, Antioch, California - also listd is Hinam D. Knight, brother, are listed as members of Hiram's household. Not until I started the genealogy of my father's family did I know they came from Antioch - my first discovery of this was obituaries for my father's brothers and sister - they were born in Antioch.  I never heard my father speak of Antioch. I made a visit to Martinez and one to Antioch to do research.  I plan to go to Antioch in the near future. At some date Ida moved to the state of Washington and made her home with her daughter Lily and this where Ida died - Bainbridge Island or Seattle.  
Am rushed as I must get ready to go to a Lenten Soup Supper at my church.  I wanted to clue you in on the DAR material.
Your coz
Phyllis

Hiram Hathway HAYNES was born on 7 Jan 1804 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont. Hiram married (MRIN:1774) Louisa Moriah PADDOCK.

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Hiram H Haynes
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1804
Birth Place: Vermont
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Norwich, Chenango, New York
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Norwich, Chenango, New York; Roll: M432_487; Page: 195; Image: 388.

Louisa Moriah PADDOCK [Parents] was born on 12 Jul 1808 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Louisa married (MRIN:1774) Hiram Hathway HAYNES.

BIOGRAPHY: Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Louise Moriah Paddock
Spouse: Hiram H Haynes
Parents: William   Paddock , Mehitable   Johnson  
Birth Place: Middletown, CT
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1808
Source Citation: Birth year: 1808; Birth city: Middletown; Birth state: CT.

The Paddock Genealogy
Descendants of Robert Paddock of Plymouth Colony
Blacksmith and Constable 1646
Fort Collins,Colorado
1977 - Page 158

Elijah Dewey WATERS was born on 4 Apr 1804 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont. He died on 6 Sep 1881 in Stockton, San Joaquin, California. Elijah married (MRIN:1775) Eliza Ann HINSDILL on 25 Sep 1825 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont.

CENSUS: 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: E D Waters
Age in 1860: 54
Birth Year: abt 1806
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1860: San Francisco District 9, San Francisco, California
Gender: Male
Post Office: San Francisco
Household Members: Name Age
E D Waters 54
Eliza Waters 51
Mary A Waters 33
E D Waters 24
Fredk Waters 21
Maria Waters 16
Emma J Waters 14
Edward Waters 10
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: San Francisco District 9, San Francisco, California; Roll: M653_68; Page: 1032; Image: 220; Family History Library Film: 803068.

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Elijah D Waters
Age in 1870: 65
Birth Year: abt 1805
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1870: San Francisco Ward 6, San Francisco, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: San Francisco
Household Members: Name Age
Elijah D Waters 65
Eliza A Waters 63
Frederick Waters 31
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: San Francisco Ward 6, San Francisco, California; Roll: M593_81; Page: 135B; Image: 275; Family History Library Film: 545580.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Eligah Walters
Age: 75
Birth Year: abt 1805
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1880: Alameda, Alameda, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Isabel Walters
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members: Name Age
Edgar H. Montell 36
Maria Montell 34
George A. Montell 10
Ella Montell 6
Frederick Montell 3
Eligah Walters 75
Isabel Walters 74
Frederick Walters 41
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Alameda, Alameda, California; Roll: 62; Family History Film: 1254062; Page: 641D; Enumeration District: 030; Image: 0853.

DEATH: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JN5W-MZS Name: Elijah D Waters Event: Burial Event Date: 06 Sep 1881 Event Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California Gender: Male Age: 77 Marital Status: Widowed Birth Date: Birthplace: Vermont Death Date: Estimated Birth Year: Burial Date: Funeral Home: N. Gray & Co. Funeral Records Funeral Home Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California Obituary: Father: Mother: Record Type: Register Volume: p. 1-140, 1879-1887 Digital Folder Number: 4183785 Image Number: 00039 Number of Images: 2 Collection: California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1931

BIOGRAPHY: William Henry Knight: California Pioneer" by Bertha Knight Power
Page 42
In 1854 Mr. Waters moved his family of wife and ten children from Vermont to California, by way of Nicaragua. They had a most interesting trip, especially in crossing Nicaragua, which was then accomplished, first by on the backs of natives from ship to shore and then by mule back to the point of sailing on the Pacific. Mr Waters bought eight acres of land which is today the heart of Oakland. However, he later sold this property at a small profit to undertake the publishing of the "Mercantile Gazette," a commercial newspaper. It was too early for such an adventure, and it did not prove successful. Later he settled down on a ranch near Stockton, California, where he remained for many years.

Eliza Ann HINSDILL [Parents] was born on 26 Nov 1806 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont. She died on 15 Sep 1877 in Stockton, San Joaguin, California. Eliza married (MRIN:1775) Elijah Dewey WATERS on 25 Sep 1825 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont.

OBITUARY: Stockton Daily Independent September 18, 1877
At her residence, near this city, September 15th, Eliza A., wife of E. D. Waters, aged 70 years and 10 months. The deceased was for many years a resident of San Francisco, where she reared a large and respected family of children, but for the past few years with her husband has resided on farm near this city, where after a brief illness, her calm, even life ended. In her daily walk she was the embodiment of Christian graces, uniformly kind, cheerful and happy, rendering her long life a blessing to her friends and her presence in the home circle a constant benediction. May her bereaved companion and children find consolation in the memories of her pure life and peaceful departure. Her remains have been embalmed and will be taken to San Francisco for interment.

DEATH: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JNP7-13R Name: Eliza A Waters Event: Burial Event Date: 19 Sep 1877 Event Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California Gender: Unknown Age: 70 Marital Status: Married Birth Date: Birthplace: Vermont Death Date: 1877 Estimated Birth Year: 1807 Burial Date: Funeral Home: N. Gray & Co. Funeral Records Funeral Home Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California Obituary: Father: Mother: Record Type: Register Volume: p. 301-594, 1869-1878 Digital Folder Number: 4177322 Image Number: 00277 Number of Images: 2 Collection: California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1931

Dr. Alfred Henry KNIGHT [Parents]-LCJN-JQ1 was born on 29 Mar 1874 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. He died on 30 Oct 1958 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona. Alfred married (MRIN:1776) Harriet Hieatt BLACK-LCJN-J7P on 4 Jun 1896 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.

CENSUS: 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Alfred Knight
Home in 1880: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Birthplace: California
Relation to head-of-household: Son
Father's name: Wm. H.
Father's birthplace: Ohio
Mother's name: Ella
Mother's birthplace: California
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Wm. H. Knight 35  
Ella Knight 37  
Alfred Knight 6  
Irving Knight 4  
Stella Knight 11M  
Lotta Gaiser 18  
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll: T9_1027; Family History Film: 1255027; Page: 319.2000; Enumeration District: 158; Image: 0404.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Alfred Knight
Home in 1900: Cincinnati Ward 9, Hamilton, Ohio
Age: 26  
Estimated birth year: abt 1874  
Birthplace: California  
Relationship to head-of-house: Head  
Spouse's name: Hannah H
Race: White  
Occupation: Sect. Treasurer
Household Members: Name Age
Alfred Knight 26  
Hannah H Knight 24  
Siegmund Euphrat 61  
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Cincinnati Ward 9, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll: T623 1275; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 74.

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Alfred Knight
Age in 1910: 36
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Father's Birth Place: New York  
Mother's Birth Place: New York  
Spouse's name: Hattie B
Home in 1910: Cincinnati Ward 9, Hamilton, Ohio
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White
Gender: Male  
Household Members: Name Age
Alfred Knight 36  
Hattie B Knight 34  
Vernon Knight 3  
Anna Paper 20  
Auditor - Yeast Company
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Cincinnati Ward 9, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll: T624_1190; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 110; Image: 1190.

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Alfred Knight
Home in 1920: Yonkers Ward 10, Westchester, New York
Age: 45 years  
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Spouse's name: Hattie B
Father's Birth Place: New York  
Mother's Birth Place: Vermont  
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own  
Able to read: Yes  
Able to Write: Yes  
Image: 523  
Household Members: Name Age
Alfred Knight 45  
Hattie B Knight 44  
Vernon Knight 12  
Sect. Treasurer Yeast Co.
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Yonkers Ward 10, Westchester, New York; Roll: T625_1281; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 270; Image: 523.

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Elfred Knight
Home in 1930: Yonkers, Westchester, New York
Age: 56
Estimated birth year: abt 1874  
Birthplace: California  
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Spouse's name: Harriet Henriett
Race: White
Occupation:Company Vice President - Kitchen Supply Co.
Household Members: Name Age
Elfred Knight 56  
Harriet Henriett Knight 54  
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Yonkers, Westchester, New York; Roll: 1669; Page: 27A; Enumeration District: 79; Image: 573.0.

DRAFT: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Alfred Knight
City: Cincinnati  
County: Hamilton  
State: Ohio  
Birth Date: 29 Mar 1874
Race: White  
Roll: 1819800  
DraftBoard: 2  
Age:44
Occupation:Vice President (The Hischmann Co.?)
Nearest Relative:Hattie Black Knight (Wife)
Height/Build:Medium/Medium
Color of Eyes/Hair:Gray/Brown
Source Citation: Registration Location: Hamilton County, Ohio; Roll: 1819800; Draft Board: 2.

PASSPORT: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Alfred Knight
Arrival Date: 16 Aug 1926
Estimated Birth Year: 1874
Age: 52  
Gender: Male  
Port of Departure: Cherbourg, France  
Ship Name: Leviathan  
Port of Arrival: New York, New York  
Nativity: California  
Line: 7  
Microfilm Serial: T715  
Microfilm Roll: T715_3904  
Birth Location: California  
Birth Location Other: San Francisco  
Page Number: 17  
Source Citation: Year: 1926; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_3904; Line: 7; .

BIOGRAPHY: New England Families Genealogical and Memorial
William Richard Cutter, A. M.,
Third Series - Volume III
Lewis Historical Publishing Company - New York
1915 - Page 1529
(VIII) Alfred, son of William Henry Knight, was born at San Francisco, California, March 29, 1874. He received his early education in the public schools and high school of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Nelson Business College of that city. He was then employed for one year by the Emerson & Fisher Carriage Company, and during the following ten years served as assistant secretary and treasurer of the Cincinnati Edison Electric Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and since 1901 has been general auditor of the Fleischmann Company, manufactures of yeast, vinegar, etc., at the general office of the company at Cincinnati. He is a member and past worshipful master of Lafayette Lodge, No. 81, Free and Accepted Masons; a member and past high priest of Kilwinning Chapter, No. 97, Royal Arch Masons; a member of Cincinnati Council, No. 1, Royal and Select Masters; a member of Hanselmann Commandery, No. 16, Knights Templar; a member of Ohio Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite (thirty-second degree), and a member of Syrian Temple Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, all of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is vice-president of the Society of Past Masters of Free and Accepted Masons of Hamilton county, Ohio; for several years he edited The Five Points of Fellowship, a Masonic publication, and has been a frequent contributor to Masonic and other periodicals. He is a member of the Ohio Society of the Sons of the Revolution and served on the board of governors in 1904. He served as adjutant in the Ohio National Guard for a number of years. He is a member of the Business Men's Club, of Cincinnati, and a charter member of the Efficiency Society, of New York. For a number of years he has lectured on accounting, auditing, etc., before the Cincinnati College of Finance, Commerce and Accounts. He is a member of the New England Society, the Ohio Valley Historical Association and the Cincinnati Astronomical Society. In politics he is a Republican and he attends the Unitarian church.
Mr. Knight married, June 4, 1896, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Harriet Hieatt Black, born December 19, 1876, at Minneapolis, Minnesota, daughter of George W. and Mary S. (Hieatt) Black. Her father was born near Madeira, Ohio, February 19, 1841, and her mother at Montgomery, Ohio, December 27, 1848. Mahlon Black, her grandfather, of Herrodsburg, Kentucky, was born in 1801, died in 1863; married Harriet Jones, born in 1814, died in 1841. David Black, father of Mahlon Black, born 1763, died 1832, was a captain in Colonel Courtland's regiment of New Jersey Volunteers in the war of the revolution; married Catherine Cramer, who died in 1849. Harriet Jones was the daughter of John Jones, of a Quaker family, living at the time of her birth at Newtown, Ohio. On her mother's side, Mrs. Knight is descended from New England stock, Roger Williams having been one of her ancestors. Mr. and Mrs. Knight have one childe, Vernon, born at Cincinnati, Ohio, February 22, 1907.

DEATH: Name: Alfred Knight
Death date: 30 October 1958
Death place: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Race or color (expanded): White
Age at death: 84
Estimated birth year: 1874
Birthdate: 29 March 1874
Birthplace: California
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Harriett
Father's name:  William Henry Knight
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's name: Ella Joanne Waters
Mother's birthplace: Vermont
Occupation: Investment
Street address: 146 N. Country Club Drive
Residence: Phoenix
Cemetery name: Greenwood Crematory
Burial place:
Burial date: 3 November 1958
Funeral home: Grimshaw Mortuary
Informant's name: Leslie B. Smith
Additional relatives:
Film number: 7163-2971
Digital GS number:
Image number:
Reference number:
Collection:  Arizona Death Certificates

FINDAGRAVE#: Findagrave # : 51853310
Photo: Yes
Request:
Ownership: Yes
Cemetery:  Greenwood Memory Lawn
City: Phoenix
County: Maricopa
State: Az
Created By: 46842549

Harriet Hieatt BLACK-LCJN-J7P was born on 19 Dec 1875 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. Harriet married (MRIN:1776) Dr. Alfred Henry KNIGHT-LCJN-JQ1 on 4 Jun 1896 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.

PASSPORT: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Hattie Knight
Arrival Date: 16 Aug 1926
Estimated Birth Year: 1875
Age: 50  
Gender: Female  
Port of Departure: Cherbourg, France  
Ship Name: Leviathan  
Port of Arrival: New York, New York  
Nativity: Minnesota  
Line: 8  
Microfilm Serial: T715  
Microfilm Roll: T715_3904  
Birth Location: Minnesota  
Birth Location Other: Minnespolis
Page Number: 17  
Source Citation: Year: 1926; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_3904; Line: 8; .

FINDAGRAVE#: Findagrave # : 51853429
Photo: Yes
Request:
Ownership:  Yes
Cemetery: Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery
City: Phoenix
County: Maricopa
State: Az
Created By: 46842549

Irving KNIGHT [Parents]-KHHZ-GBT was born on 28 Jan 1876 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. He died on 6 Nov 1904 in New York City, New York, New York. Irving married (MRIN:1777) Hazel CHILDRESS.

CENSUS: 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Irving Knight
Home in 1880: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1876
Birthplace: California
Relation to head-of-household: Son
Father's name: Wm. H.
Father's birthplace: Ohio
Mother's name: Ella
Mother's birthplace: California
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Wm. H. Knight 35  
Ella Knight 37  
Alfred Knight 6  
Irving Knight 4  
Stella Knight 11M  
Lotta Gaiser 18  
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll: T9_1027; Family History Film: 1255027; Page: 319.2000; Enumeration District: 158; Image: 0404.

Hazel CHILDRESS. Hazel married (MRIN:1777) Irving KNIGHT-KHHZ-GBT.

Christopher George RUESS-LCJN-JXJ was born on 10 Dec 1878 in Kansas. He died on 14 Apr 1954 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Christopher married (MRIN:1778) Stella KNIGHT-KZQB-6LH on 2 Apr 1905 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

CENSUS: 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Christopher Ruess
Age in 1910: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Birthplace: Kansas
Relation to Head-of-house: Head  
Father's Birth Place: Germany  
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania  
Spouse's name: Stella
Home in 1910: Oakland Ward 1, Alameda, California
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White
Gender: Male  
Household Members: Name Age
Christopher Ruess 31  
Stella Ruess 30  
Earl K Kaplinger 13  
Miss Clona R Salem 25  
Waldo Ruers 8/12  
John Callins 34  
Edwin Callins 28  
Joseph Callins 23  
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Oakland Ward 1, Alameda, California; Roll: T624_69; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 76; Image: 1116.

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Christopher G Ruess
Home in 1930: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879  
Birthplace: Kansas  
Relation to Head-of-house: Head  
Spouse's name: Stella K
Race: White
Occupation:
Household Members: Name Age
Christopher G Ruess 51  
Stella K Ruess 50  
Walda Ruess 20  
Everett Ruess 16  
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 133; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 139.0.

DEATH: California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Christopher George Ruess
Social Security #: 572425348  
Sex: MALE  
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1878
Birthplace: Kansas  
Death Date: 14 Apr 1954
Death Place: Los Angeles  
Mother's Maiden Name: Heit  
Father's Surname: Ruess  
Source Citation: Place: Los Angeles; Date: 14 Apr 1954; Social Security: 572425348.

BIOGRAPHY: Boston, Massachusetts, 1913 Harvard University Alumni Directory
March 26, 2005 11:55 AM
Given Name:    Christopher George
Surname:    Ruess
Occupation:    Social Service  
Address:    833 57th. St.  
City:    Oakland  
State / Province:    CA  
Country:    U.S.A.  
Source Information:
Armstrong, Amy, comp. Boston, Massachusetts, 1913 Harvard University Alumni Directory. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Harvard University Directory, 1913. Harvard University Press.Harvard Alumni Association, Boston MA, 1913

Past and Present of Alameda County California, Vol. II
Published in Chicago by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1914
Pages 150-152
Alameda County Biography
Christopher Ruess
Christopher Ruess, of Oakland, was appointed probation officer of Alameda county in 1907 and his labors in this connection have since been of incalculable benefit in the work of moral uplift here. He was born in Sterling, Kansas, on the 10th of December, 1878, his parents being William E. and Katharine Ruess. He acquired his early education in the public schools of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, and at the age of fourteen entered high school in Los Angeles, California, graduating when a youth of eighteen. Subsequently he matriculated in Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and completed a four years' course in 1900, while three years later he was graduated from the Divinity School of Harvard University, a non-sectarian institution. He then made his way to San Francisco and became head of Boys Work and editor of The Kingdom, a social service monthly, at the People's Place Social Settlement, in the meantime acting as superintendent of the Sunday School of the First Unitarian church under Rev. Bradford Leavitt until 1904. In that year he became minister of the First Unitarian church in Alameda, there remaining until 1906, and afterward acted as a representative of the American Unitarian Association in the earthquake and fire relief work in San Francisco for one year. At the end of that time he was appointed probation officer of Alameda county.
When Mr. Ruess first undertook the duties of this responsible position he occupied half of a desk in the office of District Attorney Brown and the Detention Home comprised one small room in the Receiving Hospital of Alameda county. Mr. Ruess was the first full time probation officer in the county and his salary for the first two years was paid by private subscription, as it had been paid since 1903 to his predecessors, who were Miss Anita Whitney, recently the president of the California Civic League, and Ezra Decoto, now prosecuting attorney for Oakland, under whom the work was successfully carried forward. Great credit is due for ten years of successful juvenile court and probation work in Alameda county to the Oakland Club and to the Child's Welfare League in particular, under the leadership of Miss Bessie J. Wood, Mrs. Elinor Carlisle and Dr. Susan J. Fenton, as well as to many other women's organizations in this county. Fifty such organizations sent in resolutions to the supervisors in 1908, when John Mitchell was president of the board, asking for the present juvenile court building to be rented. Recently one hundred women's organizations have petitioned the present supervisors to appropriate money for land and a building. The supervisors have since purchased for twenty thousand dollars the entire block between Eighteenth and Nineteenth and between Poplar and Union streets, in Oakland. Mr. Ruess' policy has been to enlist the cooperation of men and women of ability and caliber by permitting and encouraging self-expression and initiative. During his incumbency as probation officer the juvenile court has been under the direction of Judges Harry A. Melvin, E. J. Brown, F. B. Ogden and William S. Wells, whose successive policies he has endeavored to carry out.
The Detention Home is not under the direction of the probation officer but under that of the probation committee, whose members are as follows: J. B. Richardson, Herbert D. Clark, Mrs. A. S. Lavenson, J. D. McCarthy, R. A. Leet, Dr. Sarah I. Shuey and Mrs. C. S. Chamberlain, secretary. These are unpaid and are appointed for four-year terms by the superior judges.
Mr. Ruess' hobby may be said to be public service. He has been interested in many reforms in the county, especially those bearing on the juvenile court, adult probation, child labor, the larger use of public-school buildings and the enforcement of educational rights of children. He did a great deal of campaigning under the auspices of the Women's Christian Temperance Union for the red light injunction and abatement act in towns within one hundred miles of Oakland. Among the local reforms which have enlisted his active support are those pertaining to the reduction of the number of saloons, the closing of the segregated vice district, the censorship of public amusements, the persistent advocacy of more and better playgrounds and the establishment of municipal club houses like the Young Men's Christian Association in every part of the city. He is a valued member of the Santa Fe Improvement Club, the Central California Social Workers Club and the Alameda County Social Workers Club.
On the 2d of April, 1905, in Los Angeles, Mr. Ruess was united in marriage to Miss Stella Knight, her father being William H. Knight, a journalist who is connected with several Los Angeles papers. They now have two children, Waldo, aged five, and Everett, aged one. Mrs. Ruess is a former president of the Mothers Club of the Washington school, Oakland, and to her sympathy and interest in his work Mr. Ruess attributes his success in great measure.

DRAFT: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
March 26, 2005 11:49 AM
Name:    Christopher George Ruess
City:  Valpariso  
County:    Porter  
State:    Indiana  
Birth Date:    10 Dec 1878  
Race:    White  
Roll:    1653183  
DraftBoard:    0  
Age: 39   
Occupation: Sales Manager - L.E. Meyers & Co. Valpariso, Ind.
Nearest Relative: Stella Knight Ruess  
Registration Place:  Providence,Providence,Rhode Island  
Height:  Medium
Build:   Medium
Color of Eyes: Lt. Blue  
Color of Hair: Brown
Source Citation: Registration Location: Porter County, Indiana; Roll: 1653183; Draft Board: 0.

MEDIA: D1670 - Christopher & Stella Knight Ruess - From newspaper article about there missing son who vanished in 1934

Stella KNIGHT [Parents]-KZQB-6LH was born on 9 Jul 1879 in Cincinnati, Boone, Ohio. She died on 10 May 1964 in Los Angeles County, California. Stella married (MRIN:1778) Christopher George RUESS-LCJN-JXJ on 2 Apr 1905 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

DEATH: California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Stella K Ruess
Social Security #: 558669294  
Sex: FEMALE  
Birth Date: 9 Jul 1879
Birthplace: Ohio  
Death Date: 10 May 1964
Death Place: Los Angeles  
Mother's Maiden Name: Waters  
Source Citation: Place: Los Angeles; Date: 10 May 1964; Social Security: 558669294.

MEDIA: D1670 - Christopher & Stella Knight Ruess - From newspaper article about there missing son who vanished in 1934

Charles Howard MILLS was born in 1886. Charles married (MRIN:1779) Bertha KNIGHT-KHZB-6H2 on 2 Nov 1908 in Los Angeles County, California.

Bertha KNIGHT [Parents]-KHZB-6H2 was born in Jul 1886 in Ohio. She died in 1927. Bertha married (MRIN:1779) Charles Howard MILLS on 2 Nov 1908 in Los Angeles County, California.

Other marriages:

POWER, Frederick Tyrone

MARRIAGE: The New York Times
February 19, 1921
Tyrone Power Wed for Third Time.
Miss Bertha Knight and Frederick Tyrone Power, the actor known to theatergoers as Tyrone Power, were married by Recorder Louis Hauenstein at his home at Union Hill, N.J., on Thursday. Mr. Power gave his age as 51 years and his bride’s as 34. This is his third marriage. His first wife was Miss Edith Crane, and actress, whom he married in 1908. Some time after her death he married Miss Emma Reaume, who obtained a divorce from him in the Autumn of 1920. Mr. Power is a native of England and has starred in many productions and supported many famous players.

California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
Name: Charles Howard Mills
Event: Marriage
Event Date: 02 Nov 1908
Event Place: Los Angeles, California
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year:
Father: Benjamin Fay ?
Mother: Mary Russell Hill
Spouse: Bertha Knight
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Estimated Birth Year:
Spouse's Father: William Henry
Spouse's Mother: Ella J Waters
Reference Number:
Film Number: 1033214
Digital Folder Number: 4540562
Image Number: 00357

Frederick Tyrone POWER was born on 2 May 1869 in London, Engand. He died on 30 Dec 1931 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Frederick married (MRIN:1780) Bertha KNIGHT-KHZB-6H2 on 17 Feb 1921 in Union Hill, Morris, New Jersey.

BIOGRAPHY: Frederick Tyrone Power, born May 2, 1869, in London, England. The son of Harold Power, an accomplished concert pianist, Frederick Tyrone was also raised and educated in England. When he became an actor, he began using the stage name, Tyrone Power II.
   In 1898, he married Edith Crane, a noted stage actress. They were married for fourteen years, until her death in 1912. When she died, he was grief-stricken and lost interest in his stage career for several months.
   He married Helen Emma Reaume (stage name after marriage was Patia Power), who had been a friend of his first wife, Edith Creane, in 1912 or 1913. On May 5, 1914, she presented him with a baby boy, Tyrone Edmund Power. Just over a year later, their daughter, Anne was born. Power Sr. was busy with his career and spent months away from his family, appearing in different stage productions across the country. The marriage became strained, and, in the fall of 1920, the Powers were divorced.
  On February 17, 1921, just a few months after the Powers divorced, Tyrone Power, Sr. married for the third time, at his home in Union Hill, N.J.. The 51-year-old groom's bride, Bertha Knight, was 34.
  Power was a highly respected Shakespearean actor, though he also played other types of stage roles. He made his first Broadway appearance in 1899 in Becky Sharp at a theater known as Fifth Avenue Theatre (demolished in 1939). Throughout his long career, Tyrone Power, Sr. appeared in twenty-five Broadway productions, with his most famous role as Marcus Brutus in Julius Cesar. His last Broadway role was in The Merchant of Venice, at the Royale Theater, shortly before his death in 1931. In addition to a fine stage career, he also had a successful career in silent films. He broke into films in 1914, in the silent film, Aristocracy. He played leading roles and, later, character roles. Power appeared in forty films, only one of which, The Big Trail, was a sound film. The Big Trail starred John Wayne. In December 1931, Tyrone Power suffered a fatal heart attack while in Hollywood to film The Miracle Man . Historians have given him the name Tyrone Power, Sr. to distinguish him from his even more famous son, film star of the 1930's-1950's, Tyrone Power III.
   During the last six months of his life, Tyrone Power, Sr. and his son got to know one another, trying to make up for lost time. After his graduation from Purcell High School in 1931, Ty joined his dad in Quebec, for a summer of coaching in Shakespearean acting. They crammed a lot into those six months. In September, Power Sr. and his son went to Chicago. There, Tyrone Power, Sr. asked his good friend, Fritz Lieber, to give Ty a job in his Shakespearean company. Ty, Jr. was assigned to a very small role in The Merchant of Venice, in which Power Sr. played Duke of Venice, at Chicago's Civic Auditorium. By November Mr. Power was playing in in The Merchant of Venice, for six performances on Broadway, at the Royale Theater. It was then to Hollywood, where the senior Power began work on the movie The Miracle Man. Tyrone Power, Sr. never finished the movie. About six weeks into the film's production, he became seriously ill. On December 30, 1931, he was at his rooms at the Hollywood Athletic Club, when he suffered a massive heart attack, collapsed, and died in Ty's arms. On January 2, 1932, funeral services were held for Tyrone Power, Sr. His ashes were to be buried at Isle Aux Noix, Quebec, his former home.
   Tyrone, Jr., as he was then called, was very proud of his father's accomplishments and ability as an actor. He also took with him months of advice and encouragement about the pursuit of acting career from his father. When Tyrone got his hands and feet in cement at Grauman's theater, he wrote: "To Sid - Following in my father's footsteps."

The Life & Times of Joseph Haworth
http://www.josephhaworth.com/tyrone_power_sr.htm
Power, Frederick Tyrone (1869-1931) Born in London, he was the grandson of the famous Irish comedian, the first Tyrone Power (1795-1841), and father of the dashing film star Tyrone Power Jr. His father was the concert pianist Harold Power. Tyrone was educated at Dulwich College in England. When his family emigrated to America in 1886, he was sent to Florida to study orange raising on a citrus farm. As he always wanted to be an actor, his life as a farmer quickly ended and he made his stage debut in St. Augustine, FL in The Private Secretary in 1886. He toured the US, Britain and Australia becoming a famed matinee idol using the name Tyrone Power II and Tyrone Power the Younger. He made his New York debut in 1891 at the Union Square Theatre, and in 1894 he became a leading man with Augustin Daly's famous company where he did The Taming of the Shrew and later went with him to England. He appeared successfully with Fanny Januschek and later joined up with Minnie Maddern Fiske (1899-1902) where among other parts, he played the Marquis of Steyne in Mrs. Fiske's Becky Sharp, a role for which he was especially well received. Other big plays were Ulysses (1903); The Servant in the House (1905); and Chu Chin Chow (exotic musical, 1907). In 1912 he was acclaimed for his Brutus in Julius Caesar and in 1922 he appeared as Claudius in John Barrymore's Hamlet. Later in his career he performed largely in major supporting roles in Shakespeare revivals. His last New York appearance was in The Merchant of Venice, in 1931 with the Chicago Civic Shakespeare Society. In 1914 he made the transition into film where continued to play the leading man until age moved him into often villainous character roles. At home one night after shooting on the film The Miracle Man in 1931, he suffered a massive heart attack and died in the arms of his 17 year old son, Tyrone Power, Jr. He was 62.

MEDIA: D0840 - Frederick Tyrone Power Sr. and Tyrone Power Jr.
D0841 - Portrait of Tyrone Power Sr. by Joseph Haworth
D0842 - Frederick Tyrone Power Sr.

Bertha KNIGHT [Parents]-KHZB-6H2 was born in Jul 1886 in Ohio. She died in 1927. Bertha married (MRIN:1780) Frederick Tyrone POWER on 17 Feb 1921 in Union Hill, Morris, New Jersey.

Other marriages:

MILLS, Charles Howard

MARRIAGE: The New York Times
February 19, 1921
Tyrone Power Wed for Third Time.
Miss Bertha Knight and Frederick Tyrone Power, the actor known to theatergoers as Tyrone Power, were married by Recorder Louis Hauenstein at his home at Union Hill, N.J., on Thursday. Mr. Power gave his age as 51 years and his bride’s as 34. This is his third marriage. His first wife was Miss Edith Crane, and actress, whom he married in 1908. Some time after her death he married Miss Emma Reaume, who obtained a divorce from him in the Autumn of 1920. Mr. Power is a native of England and has starred in many productions and supported many famous players.

California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
Name: Charles Howard Mills
Event: Marriage
Event Date: 02 Nov 1908
Event Place: Los Angeles, California
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year:
Father: Benjamin Fay ?
Mother: Mary Russell Hill
Spouse: Bertha Knight
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Estimated Birth Year:
Spouse's Father: William Henry
Spouse's Mother: Ella J Waters
Reference Number:
Film Number: 1033214
Digital Folder Number: 4540562
Image Number: 00357

Zebulon PEASE [Parents] was born on 2 Nov 1749 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. He died in 1829 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Zebulon married (MRIN:1781) Hannah RUGG.

Hannah RUGG was born on 10 Jun 1755. Hannah married (MRIN:1781) Zebulon PEASE.