Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay and 32 of her descendants down to the fifth generation.


First Generation
1. Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay,1 born 14 December 1813 in Cairo, Greene County, New York, the daughter of James Gazlay and Huldah Carter;1, 2 died 18 April 1858 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin.3, 4 Della married, 12 November 1832 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, Albert Gallatin Knight3, 9, 10 (born 28 May 1808 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, the son of Timothy Knight and Dolly Rice;1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 Albert died 5 January 1886 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin5).

The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin provides an interesting biographical sketch of Albert G. Knight:3

Albert G. Knight was born in Brattleboro, Vt., in May, 1808; he received the advantages of the Schools of the place, but they were not very extensive; he, however, acquired a taste for solid reading, and literally devoured the few books which were within his reach; soon after reaching his teens, he went to Providence, R.I., and served some years in a large crockery store; he then went to Baltimore and engaged in the same business; from there, he crossed the mountains, and settled in the young town of Cincinnati, where he married Miss Delia Gazlay, soon after which event he removed to Wayne Co., N.Y., and engaged in farming, where he was joined by his parents, his two brothers and only sister; the fever and ague was a little too much for them there, and early in the year 1836, Albert G. started for the West, a solitary horseman, arriving at Chicago the last of March, where he sold his horse and pushed forward to Racine on foot, because at that early season of the year there was no grass, neither hay nor grain on which the animal could be fed, had yet been raised. His sister Mary followed him in May, coming by schooner from Oswego, and the rest of the family, which had been increased by the birth of a daughter, followed, arriving in Racine August 29, 1836, by the same mode of conveyance. As elsewhere stated, there were but few settlers in the clearing known as Racine upon his arrival, and other pages of this work show so much of his relation to public affairs that it is unnecessary to repeat. In 1851, he engaged in the business of making abstracts of title, conveyances, and the like, for which he was eminently fitted. In 1854, he associated with him the late Eliphalet Cram, between whom and himself sprang up the warmest friendship based upon mutual regard. Mr. Cram died in 1868, and the firm of Knight -- Cram was changed to that of Knight -- Whiteley, Mr. Knight’s son-in-law, Simeon Whiteley, having purchased the interest of Mr. Cram in the valuable books of record and other property of the old firm. The business is still carried on by them. It is worthy of note that Mr. Knight’s grandfather, Samuel Knight, was appointed one of the Judges of the Colony of Vermont, by the English crown, his commission as such being one of the heir-looms in the family. During the early part of the Revolutionary war, Judge Knight retained his office under authority of the State of New York, which, history informs us, claimed jurisdiction over Vermont until the State was admitted to the Federation, at which time Judge Knight was made the first Chief Justice of the State, and he remained upon the bench until the time of his death. Mr. Knight’s wife and the mother of his children, died in the year 1858. She was a woman of superior mind and culture, and the deepest piety. The Gazlay family, of which she was a member, were among the first settlers of Cincinnati, her oldest brother, James W., who but recently died at a very advanced age, being one of the representatives in Congress from the Cincinnati District. Another brother, Sayrs, was a prominent clergyman of the straightest sect of the Presbyterian faith, and figured in the celebrated trial of Lyman Beecher, for heresy. Mrs. Knight’s sister, Karenda, is the mother of Rev. Prof. Swing, of Chicago, whose recent trial for the same crime as that of Lyman Beecher is still fresh in memory. Mrs. Knight was the mother of six children--Sayrs G. (now City Surveyor); Jane G. (Mrs. Simeon Whiteley); Mary H. (Mrs. Capt. Chas. E. Jewett--now living in California); John Wesley (now in the West Indies); James Mason (who died in 1874); and Miss Delia (now Third Assistant Principal in the Racine High School). In 1868, Mr. Knight married Miss Anna Hanson, a native of the island of Laaland, in the Baltic Sea, a dependency of the Kingdom of Denmark, who now presides over his present home at the corner of College avenue and Fifteenth street, a charming spot, where good taste adorns and a boundless hospitality is dispensed, as especially the Presiding Elders and Preachers of the Methodist denomination of the Northwest will attest.3


Children of Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay and Albert Gallatin Knight:

+2i. Sayrs Gazlay Knight, born 27 September 1833 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont; died 20 May 1903 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin. Married Rebecca Traver.
+3ii. Jane G. Knight, born 3 March 1836 in Huron, Wayne County, New York; died 11 July 1907 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin. Married Simeon Whiteley.
+4iii. Mary Huldah Knight, born 7 September 1843 in Wisconsin. Married Charles Elam Jewett.
+5iv. John Wesley Knight, born 8 May 1851 in Wisconsin. Married Cora Luix (née Bliss) .
 6v. James Mason Knight, born ca. 1854 in Wisconsin;6, 7 died 1874.3
 7vi. Dr. Delia Gazlay Knight, born ca. 1858 in Wisconsin.3, 6, 8, 11, 12 Delia Knight graduated from the Elementary Course of the Oshkosh Normal School in 1878. She was a high school teacher in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in the early 1880s. In 1886, Delia was selected to the chair of Natural and Physical Science at the Iowa State Normal School, a position she held until 1890. She left the Normal School for Boston where she became a professional nurse, having graduated from the Boston City Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1891. Delia wrote an article entitled “The Nurse and the Psychic Factor” that appeared in the very first volume of the American Journal of Nursing, November 1900.13, 14, 15 In 1907, Delia Gazlay Knight graduated from the American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Missouri, and she is listed as a member in good standing in the New York City Society of the American Osteopathic Association as of 1 August 1907. She is shown as Dr. Delia G. Knight in various New York City directories from 1911 through 1920. The program for the November 1913 meeting of the New York City Society of the American Osteopathic Association lists, among other presentations, “My Experience with the Jireh Foods,” by Delia G. Knight.16, 17, 18 The 1920 US Census lists her, age 61, as a patient at the infamous Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital, Middletown, Orange County, New York, and she is similarly listed, at age 66, in the 1925 New York State Census.12

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Wisconsin, Racine County, Town of Racine, Page No. 88, family of Albert G. Knight (42, VT, farmer); Delia G. Knight (36, NY); Sayrs G. Knight (16, VT); Jane Knight (14, NY); Mary H. Knight (6, Wis.); Timothy Knight (69, VT); Dolly Knight (60, VT).
  2. Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
  3. The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879, page 596, biographical sketch of Albert G. Knight. Digitized by Google and available at Google Books.
  4. History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Racine, Wisconsin, by Eugene Walter Leach. Western Printing & Lithographing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1912. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  5. Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968; Albert G. Knight; died 5 Jan. 1886 in Racine, Wis.; born 28 May 1808 in Vt.; spouse: Anna Knight; father: Timothy Knight; occupation: real estate agent.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Wisconsin, Racine County, City of Racine, Page No. 198, family of Albert G. Knight (52, Vermont, conveyaurio [?]); Sayrs. G. Knight (26, Vermont, lawyer); Mary H. Knight (16, Wis.); John Knight (9, Wis.); James Knight (6, Wis.); Delia Knight (2, Wis.); Simon Whiteley (29, England, printer); Jane K. Whiteley (24, NY).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Wisconsin, Racine County, City of Racine, Page No. 376, family of Albert Knight (62, Vermont, land agent); Anna Knight (24, Denmark); James Knight (16, Wis.); Mary Albino (20, Wis., domestic servant).
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 162, Page No. 8, family of Albert G. Knight (72, Vermont, abstract office); wife Anna Knight (34, Denmark); son John Knight (29, Wisconsin, fire insurance agent); daughter Delia Knight (22, Wisconsin); servant Marg Cowick (20, Wisconsin, servant).
  9. Marriage Records, Hamilton County, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Chapter, D.A.R., 1941. Knigh [sic], Albert G., and Gazley [sic], Delia, married on 12 November 1832.
  10. Gazlay History, written by Spencer G. Kuhn, a grandchild of Theodore Gazlay; undated. This is a typewritten re-compilation of the earlier Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, compiled by Theodore Gazlay in 1890, including the 1852 statement of the family history by Reverend Sayers Gazlay, an elder brother of Theodore. This document re-formats the information in the 1890 work. For example, facts originally shown in list form, such as birth and death dates, are incorporated in the narrative of this later work. Two post-1890 sections are unique to this document: one with additional details about Theodore Gazlay’s family, with dates as late as 1951; and another on the Donaldson family, featuring Jean Gazlay Donaldson and her six marriages, with several dates in 1965.
  11. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Wisconsin, Racine County, City of Racine, Page No. 25, family of Simon Whiteley (39, England, insurance agent); Jane Whiteley (34, N.Y.); Elizabeth Whiteley (2, Wis.); Albert Whiteley (8/12, Wis., Oct.); Delia Knight (12, Wis.); Barbery Servery (12, Wis., Dom. Servt.); Minney Lawson (20, Denmark, Dom. Servt.).
  12. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Orange County, Middletown, Enumeration District 119, Sheet No. 15A, Delia G. Knight (61, Wisconsin, father from Vermont, mother from New York; patient).
  13. Annual Catalog, Wisconsin State University (Oshkosh) School Year 1902-1903, Castle-Pierce Press, Oshkosh, 1903. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  14. The Normal Eyte, The Normal School, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Vol. 7, No. 35, 11 June 1898. Digitized copy available online, University of Northern Iowa, Rod Library-Special Collections.
  15. Annual Report to the Trustees of the City Hospital, Boston. Issues 36-38, Pg 212. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  16. 1907 American School of Osteopathy Graduation Program; image of program front cover and list of graduates available at Museum of Osteopathic Medicine (website).
  17. Journal of the New York City Society of the American Osteopathic Association, Volume 7, September 1907. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  18. The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, Volume 13, December 1913. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
Second Generation
2. Sayrs Gazlay Knight2 (Adelia ‘Della’1), born 27 September 1833 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 died 20 May 1903 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin.1 Sayrs married, ca. 1863, Rebecca Traver4, 5 (born July 1845 in Canada, parents not determined4, 5, 9).

A brief biographical sketch appears in his obituary, which is excerpted here: Sayres G. Knight was born in Battleboro, Vermont, September 27, 1833, a son of the late Albert G. Knight, who came to Racine on horseback in the year 1836, and was identified with the early history of the city. Sayrs came the following spring when but a few years old, and his education was acquired in the primitive schools of the early days, and he also experienced all of those hardships known to the pioneer. His first experience as a civil engineer was when the old Racine and Mississippi railway was built. In later years he was the city engineer of Racine. Sayrs surveyed, gave lines and laid out a large portion of the north, south and west sides of the city. After retiring as city engineer he went west and was engaged in the engineering department at Omaha, Nebraska, where he remained for some years and returned to Racine. Soon he was elected county surveyor, and was a surveyor there for over forty years. He was occasionally called upon to make surveys to settle disputes. He was a quiet and unassuming man, and there was not a better known or more honored citizen in the county. He was survived by his wife, three sons, Albert G., head engineer of an electric railway in La Salle, Ill.; William, employed in the Racine East Manufacturing company offices, and Harold, who assisted his father in his engineering work; two daughters, Jane M. Knight, of New York, and Marietta, a music teacher of Racine; three sisters, Mrs. Jane Whiteley, Racine; Mrs. Jewett, California, and Delia Knight, Andover, Massachusetts.6


Children of Sayrs Gazlay Knight and Rebecca Traver:

 8i. Jane M. Knight, born ca. 1865 in Illinois.4, 9
+9ii. Albert G. Knight, born ca. 1874 in Wisconsin. Married Carrie Nichol.
 10iii. Marietta Knight, born 20 November 1879 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin;4, 5, 9, 10, 11 died 10 October 1938 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.11
+11iv. William Traver Knight, born 6 May 1882 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin; died December 1968. Married (1) Elizabeth H. ‘Libbie’ Van Buren Married (2) Caroline Agnes Wagner.
+12v. Harold Timothy Knight, born 5 November 1884 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin. Married Mary Irene DeLong.

3. Jane G. Knight2 (Adelia ‘Della’1), born 3 March 1836 in Huron, Wayne County, New York;2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15 died 11 July 1907 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin.8, 12 Jane married, 1853 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, Simeon Whiteley8, 17 (born 18 March 1831 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, the son of William Whiteley and Elizabeth _____;3, 13, 14, 16, 17 Simeon died 13 January 1890 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin16).

Jane wrote “Our Denver Story, 1863,” which includes remembrances of her trip to Denver by stage coach in 1863. She describes life in Denver, a major flood and an “Indian scare” which precipitated her return to Wisconsin again by stage.18

Jane was active in the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Racine. She was elected President of the church’s Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society in 1887, and was re-elected every year for twenty years until her death in 1907.19

The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin provides an interesting biographical sketch of Simeon Whiteley, an excerpt of which is presented here:17

Simeon Whiteley was born March 18, 1831, at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. The financial crash in the woolen manufacturing district in 1841-42 swept away what fortune his father had acquired, so Simeon came to America with his parents, arriving at New York August 4, and at Racine August 29, 1842. He worked in a woolen factory and later in the printing business, serving an apprenticeship of nearly four years, at Geneva, Ill. His first newspaper editorial was upon the death of Henry Clay, for the Watertown (Wis.) Chronicle, of which paper he had temporary charge soon after his 21st birthday. Simeon started a new paper at Aurora, Ill., the Aurora Guardian, a politically Democratic paper. However, his strong opposition to the extension of slavery alienated his most valued friends, and for two years he struggled with poverty, but, in 1856, friends and prosperity returned. In 1858, his health gave way and he was obligated to retire from business, and in early 1859 he again took up residence in Racine, but spent a large portion of the summer in Chicago, where he was induced to join a political club, the Cameron and Lincoln Club. Hee was soon elected Corresponding Secretary, and at once put the Club in communication with the rural press. In December, 1859, Simeon went to Washington as the correspondent of the Springfield Journal (Mr. Lincoln’s home organ). As he passed through Ohio, bells were being tolled for the death of John Brown, and, arriving at Baltimore, hotels were full of militia who had assisted at the execution. After the Republican convention, he edited a campaign paper at Chicago, aptly called The Rail Splitter, which reached a circulation of over 30,000 copies. In 1861, the day after Gen. Cameron was sworn in as Secretary of War, Mr. Whiteley was immediately assigned to duty in the Secretary’s office. When Sumter was fired upon, he enrolled as a private soldier in the battalion formed for the immediate defense of Washington, and performed military duty after office-hours. After the battle of Bull Run, a Wisconsin Soldiers’ Relief Association was formed, and Mr. Whiteley was made Chairman of the Executive Committee. During the remainder of his stay in Washington, he devoted a large share of his time to looking after the welfare of “the boys” in different hospitals. During the second Bull Run battle, he was granted leave of absence from the office that he might go to the front; on this occasion he was for the first time under fire, while assisting in removing the wounded out of range of the enemy’s guns, but escaped unharmed. In 1862, he was urged to accept a position in Colorado, the Agency to the Grand River Ute Indians, and he arrived in Denver early in 1863. In the fall he purchased the Commonwealth, the oldest daily paper in Colorado. Aside from his duties as Indian Agent, he devoted every energy to assisting the State movement, and a State Constitution was adopted by a large vote in 1865. Afterward, Mr. Whiteley returned to Racine to assume his partnership with his father-in-law. In 1853, he married Jane, the eldest daughter of Albert G. Knight. To them seven children have been born, only two of whom are living--Bessie, born July 4, 1867, and Lillian, Jan. 29, 1878. One sister, Mrs. A. P. Dutton, lives in Racine; another resides at Youngstown, Ohio, while his oldest brother lives in Middlesex Co., Mass. His father died at Youngstown, Ohio, in January, 1869, and his mother is still in the enjoyment of good health and a fair degree of strength, being in the 80th year of her age; she resides with his brother in Massachusetts. Mr. Whiteley has charge of the insurance department in the business of the firm of Knight & Whiteley. He is an enthusiastic member of the Racine County Old Settlers’ Society, and has three times been elected Chairman of its Executive Committee, which position he now holds.


Children of Jane G. Knight and Simeon Whiteley:

 13i. Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Whiteley, born 4 July 1867 in Wisconsin.13, 14, 15, 17
 14ii. Albert Whiteley, born October 1869 in Wisconsin.13
 15iii. Lillian Whiteley, born 29 January 1878 in Wisconsin.14, 17

4. Mary Huldah Knight2 (Adelia ‘Della’1), born 7 September 1843 in Wisconsin.2, 3, 7, 8, 20, 21 Mary married, 19 January 1869 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, Charles Elam Jewett7, 22 (born 27 April 1843 in Weybridge, Addison County, Vermont, the son of Solomon W. Jewett and Mary K. _____;20, 22 Charles died 30 May 1892 in Kern River Canyon, California22).

Born in Weybridge, Vermont, Charles moved with his parents to Racine, Wisconsin, when he was thirteen years old. The Civil War broke out shortly before he was to graduate public school. He enlisted and served with distinction in the First and Second Battles of Bull Run as well as other notable battles. Wounded severely in battle, Charles was commissioned after the war and continued his gallant and meritorious army service until he resigned in 1877. Moving to Kern County, California, Charles worked as assistant cashier of the Kern Valley Bank. He was a devout Episcopalian, friend and benefactor to the weak and helpless. Charles was drowned in the Kern River on 30 May 1892 in the heroic, yet futile, attempt to save the lives of two small children who had fallen into the rapids.22


Children of Mary Huldah Knight and Charles Elam Jewett:

 16i. Josephine Antonia Jewett, born 25 November 1869 in Fort Antonia, Texas.20, 21, 22 Although her birth place is given as Fort Antonia, Texas, in the Jewett family genealogy, a fort by that name has not been identified, and is more likely meant to be Fort San Antonio, Texas.22
 17ii. Russell Mcintosh Jewett, born 14 June 1872 in Fort McIntosh, Texas.20, 21, 22
 18iii. Agnes Roxbury Jewett, born 13 September 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts.20, 21, 22
 19iv. Dorothy Kern Jewett, born 14 February 1884 in Bakersfield, Kern County, California.21, 22

5. John Wesley Knight2 (Adelia ‘Della’1), born 8 May 1851 in Wisconsin.3, 7, 8, 15, 23, 24, 25 John married, 26 January 1899 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, Cora Luix (née Bliss) 15, 27 (born October 1870 in Wisconsin, the daughter of George S. Bliss and Cornelia Packark15, 24, 25, 26).

Children of John Wesley Knight and Cora Luix (née Bliss) :

 20i. Helen C. Knight, born March 1894 in Wisconsin.15, 24
 21ii. Joselyn Knight, born 29 August 1900 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin.24, 25, 26, 28

  1. Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968; Sayrs G. Knight; died 20 May 1903 in Racine, Racine [County], Wis.; born 27 Sep. 1833 in Vermont; surveyor; spouse: Rebecca; father: A. G. Knight, born in Vermont; mother: Delia Knight, born in Vermont.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Wisconsin, Racine County, Town of Racine, Page No. 88, family of Albert G. Knight (42, VT, farmer); Delia G. Knight (36, NY); Sayrs G. Knight (16, VT); Jane Knight (14, NY); Mary H. Knight (6, Wis.); Timothy Knight (69, VT); Dolly Knight (60, VT).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Wisconsin, Racine County, City of Racine, Page No. 198, family of Albert G. Knight (52, Vermont, conveyaurio [?]); Sayrs. G. Knight (26, Vermont, lawyer); Mary H. Knight (16, Wis.); John Knight (9, Wis.); James Knight (6, Wis.); Delia Knight (2, Wis.); Simon Whiteley (29, England, printer); Jane K. Whiteley (24, NY).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 162, Page No. 8, family of Sayrs G. Knight (47, Vermont, land surveyor); wife Rebecca Knight (35, Canada); daughter Jane M. Knight (15, Illinois); son Albert G. Knight (6, Wisconsin); daughter Mariette Knight (6/12, Wisconsin, Nov.); servant Carrie Grostabel (19, Wisconsin).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 35, Sheet No. 19B, family of Sayrs Knight (33, Vermont, Sept 1833. county surveyor); wife of 37 years Rebecca Knight (54, Canada, July 1845, 5 children, 5 living); daughter Marietta Knight (20, Wisconsin, Nov. 1879); son William T. Knight (18, Wisconsin, May 1882); son Harold T. Knight (15, Wisconsin, Ju. [?] 1884].
  6. Obituary, The Racine Weekly Journal, Friday, May 22, 1903. Sayrs G. Knight.
  7. The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879, page 596, biographical sketch of Albert G. Knight. Digitized by Google and available at Google Books.
  8. Gazlay History, written by Spencer G. Kuhn, a grandchild of Theodore Gazlay; undated. This is a typewritten re-compilation of the earlier Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, compiled by Theodore Gazlay in 1890, including the 1852 statement of the family history by Reverend Sayers Gazlay, an elder brother of Theodore. This document re-formats the information in the 1890 work. For example, facts originally shown in list form, such as birth and death dates, are incorporated in the narrative of this later work. Two post-1890 sections are unique to this document: one with additional details about Theodore Gazlay’s family, with dates as late as 1951; and another on the Donaldson family, featuring Jean Gazlay Donaldson and her six marriages, with several dates in 1965.
  9. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 84, Sheet No. 2B, family of Rebecca Knight (64, Canada, widow, 5 children, 5 living); daughter Jane M. Knight (44, Illinois, selling goods); Mariette Knight (30, Wisconsin, teacher of music); son Timothy H. Knight (25, Wisconsin, civil engineer, surveyor).
  10. Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926, available at familysearch.org; Knight, female; born 20 Nov. 1879 in Racine, Racine [County], Wisconsin; father: Sayers Knight; mother: Rebecca Traver.
  11. Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990, Knight, Marietta; died 10 Nov. 1938 in Minneapolis, Hennepin [County], Minnesota; age 58; father: Sayrs G. Knight; mother: Rebecca Traver.
  12. Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968; Jane Knight Whiteley; died 11 July 1907 in Racine, Racine [County], Wisconsin; buried [same place]; born 3 March 1836 in Huron, Wayne [County], NY; spouse: Simon Whiteley; widowed; father: Albert G. Knight; mother: Delia Gazloy [sic].
  13. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Wisconsin, Racine County, City of Racine, Page No. 25, family of Simon Whiteley (39, England, insurance agent); Jane Whiteley (34, N.Y.); Elizabeth Whiteley (2, Wis.); Albert Whiteley (8/12, Wis., Oct.); Delia Knight (12, Wis.); Barbery Servery (12, Wis., Dom. Servt.); Minney Lawson (20, Denmark, Dom. Servt.).
  14. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 160, Page No. 9, family of Simon Whiteley (49, England, agent for fire ins. co.); wife Jane Whiteley (43, N.Y.); daughter Bessie Whiteley (12, Wis.); Littia Whiteley (2, Wis.); servant Minnie Thompson (19, Denmark).
  15. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 32, Sheet No. 3A, family of Jane Whiteley (64, New York, March 1836, widow, 7 children, 2 living); daughter Elizabeth A. Whiteley (32, Wisconsin, July 1867, P. O. Clerk); border John W. Knight (48, Wisconsin, April 1858 [sic, probably an error, believed to be May 1851 from other sources], real estate agent); wife of 1 year Cora B. Knight (29, Wisconsin, Oct. 1870, 1 child, 1 living); daughter Helen C. Knight (6, Wisconsin, March 1894); servant Maggio Nelson (21, Denmark, Dec. 1878).
  16. Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968; Simon Whiteley; died 13 Jan. 1890 in Racine, Racine Co., Wis.; born 1832 in England; real estate agt.; spouse: Jane K. Whiteley; father: Wm. Whiteley; mother: Elizabeth Whiteley.
  17. The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879, pages 615-17, biographical sketch of Simeon Whiteley. Digitized by Google and available at Google Books.
  18. “Our Denver Story, 1863,” by Jane Whiteley, wife of Simeon Whiteley, newspaperman and strong Unionist during the Civil War. The text is illustrated with colored ink drawings. Includes photographs and a coat of arms. The collection comprises three folders (51 pages), and is listed as OCLC Number 29150315. Abstract. A copy of this undated manuscript is apparently held in the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison.
  19. History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Racine, Wisconsin, by Eugene Walter Leach. Western Printing & Lithographing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1912. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  20. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, California, Kern County, Mount Breckinridge, Enumeration District 17, Page No. 20, family of Charles E. Jewett (37, Vermont, farmer); wife Mary K. Jewett (36, Wisconsin); daughter Josephine Jewett (10, California); son Rafael [sic] Jewett (8, Texas); daughter Agnes R. Jewett (4, Massachusetts).
  21. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, California, Alameda County, City of Oakland, Enumeration District 373, Sheet No. 5B, family of Mary F. Jewett (56, Wisconsin, Sept. 1843, widow, 4 children, 4 living); daughter Josephine A. Jewett (30, Texas, Nov. 1869, stenographer); son Russell M. Jewett (28, Texas, Jan. 1872, clerk, hdw.); daughter Agnes R. Jewett (24, Massachusetts, Sept. 1875, school teacher); daughter Dorothea Jewett (16, California, Feb. 1884).
  22. History and Genealogy of the Jewetts in America, by Frederic Clarke Jewett, M.D., Volume II. The Grafton Press, New York: 1908. Pages 734-736. Includes a biographical sketch and likeness of Captain Charles Elam Jewett, and details about his wife and children. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  23. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 162, Page No. 8, family of Albert G. Knight (72, Vermont, abstract office); wife Anna Knight (34, Denmark); son John Knight (29, Wisconsin, fire insurance agent); daughter Delia Knight (22, Wisconsin); servant Marg Cowick (20, Wisconsin, servant).
  24. Wisconsin State Census, 1905, Racine County, Racine City, family of J. W. Knight (54, Wisconsin); wife Cora Knight (35, Wisconsin); daughter Helen Knight (15, Wisconsin); daughter Joselyn Knight (5, Wisconsin); Lena Wertz (15. Wisconsin).
  25. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 67, Sheet No. 12A, family of John Knight (68, Wisconsin, abstract office, 2nd marriage); wife of 9 years Cora Knight (39, Wisconsin, 2 children); daughter Hellen Knight (15, Wisconsin); daughter Joclyn Knight (8, Wisconsin); servant Hellen Martz (20, Kentucky).
  26. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 47, Sheet No. 12A, family of Cora Knight (48, Wisconsin, widow); Jocelyn (19, Wisconsin).
  27. Wisconsin Marriages 1836-1930, available at familysearch.org; Groom: John W. Knight; born: Racine, Wis.; father: Albert G. Knight; mother: Delia Gazlary [sic]; Bride: Cora Bliss Luix; born: Racine, Wis.; father: George S. Bliss; mother: Cornelia Packark; married 26 Jan. 1899 in Racine, Racine [County], Wisconsin.
  28. Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926, available at familysearch.org; Knight, Joselyn, born 29 Aug. 1900 in Racine, Racine [County], Wisconsin; father: John W. Knight, age 49, born in Racine; mother: Cora Bliss Trux, age 30, born in Racine.
Third Generation
9. Albert G. Knight3 (Sayrs,2 Adelia ‘Della’1), born ca. 1874 in Wisconsin.1, 2 Albert married, ca. 1896, Carrie Nichol2 (born ca. 1870 in Nebraska, parents not determined2).

Children of Albert G. Knight and Carrie Nichol:

+22i. Sayrs Gazlay Knight, born 15 April 1900 in Nebraska; died 4 May 1974 in McDade, Bastrop County, Texas. Married Ella F. Oakley.
 23ii. Thomas G. Knight, born ca. 1905 in Illinois.2
 24iii. Marion Knight, born ca. 1907 in Illinois.2

11. William Traver Knight3 (Sayrs,2 Adelia ‘Della’1), born 6 May 1882 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin;3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 died December 1968.5 William married, first, 5 December 1906, Elizabeth H. ‘Libbie’ Van Buren7, 10 (born 1869 in New York, the daughter of John Thompson Van Buren and Jennie Myers7, 9, 10). William married, second, 21 April 1917 in Hudson, Columbia County, New York, Caroline Agnes Wagner4 (born ca. 1880 in Germany, the daughter of John Wagner and Margaret Klett4, 8).

Children of William Traver Knight and Elizabeth H. ‘Libbie’ Van Buren:

 25i. Elizabeth Wilna Knight, born January 1910 in New York.7, 8, 10
 26ii. Harold Knight, born ca. 1912 in New York.8, 10
 27iii. Rebecca J. Knight, born ca. 1915 in New York.8

12. Harold Timothy Knight3 (Sayrs,2 Adelia ‘Della’1), born 5 November 1884 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin.6, 11, 12 Harold married, ca. 1914, Mary Irene DeLong15 (born 7 April 1890 in Wisconsin, the daughter of James E. DeLong and Verna Jane Owen;13, 14, 15 Mary died 22 July 1971 in Wisconsin13, 16).

Children of Harold Timothy Knight and Mary Irene DeLong:

+28i. Ruth Eleanor Knight, born 29 February 1916 in Wisconsin; died 15 December 1997. Married Reuben Earl Lee.
+29ii. Everett Wayne Knight, born 19 January 1918 in Wisconsin; died 3 January 1977. Married Ellen Lucille Stuckert.

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 162, Page No. 8, family of Sayrs G. Knight (47, Vermont, land surveyor); wife Rebecca Knight (35, Canada); daughter Jane M. Knight (15, Illinois); son Albert G. Knight (6, Wisconsin); daughter Mariette Knight (6/12, Wisconsin, Nov.); servant Carrie Grostabel (19, Wisconsin).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Nebraska, Douglas County, Omaha City, family of Albert G. Knight (36, Wisconsin, engineer); wife of 14 years Carrie N. Knight (40, Nebraska, 3 children, 3 living); son Sayrs G. Knight (10, Nebraska); son Thomas G. Knight (5, Illinois); daughter Marion Knight (3, Illinois).
  3. Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926, available at familysearch.org; Knight, William T.; born 6 May 1882 in Racine, Racine [County], Wisconsin; father: Sayrs G. Knight, 59, born in Bratleborough, Vt.; mother: Rebecca Triever, born in Canada.
  4. New York Marriages 1686-1980, available at familysearch.org. Wm. Traver Knight; 35; Racine, Wis.; weaver; father: Sayrs Gasley Knight; mother: Rebecca Traver; 2nd marriage, 1st wife dead; and Caroline Agnes Wagner; 37; Germany; nurse; father: John Wagner; mother: Margaret Klett (both from Germany); married 21 April 1917 in Hudson, Columbia County, New York.
  5. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Knight, William; no. 005-03-4717; died Dec 1968; born 6 May 1882.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 35, Sheet No. 19B, family of Sayrs Knight (33, Vermont, Sept 1833. county surveyor); wife of 37 years Rebecca Knight (54, Canada, July 1845, 5 children, 5 living); daughter Marietta Knight (20, Wisconsin, Nov. 1879); son William T. Knight (18, Wisconsin, May 1882); son Harold T. Knight (15, Wisconsin, Ju. [?] 1884].
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Columbia County, Stockport Town, Enumeration District 81, Sheet No. 3A, family of William T. Knight (30, Wisconsin, farmer); wife of 4 years Elizabeth H. Knight (30, New York, 1 child, 1 living); daughter Elizabeth W. Knight (3/12, New York).
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Albany County, Watervliet, Enumeration District 174, Sheet No. 2A, family of William T. Knight (37, Wisconsin, loom operator, woolen mill); wife Caroline Knight (40, Germany); daughter Wilna Knight (9, New York); son Harold Knight (8, New York); daughter Rebecca Knight (5, New York); border Catherine V. Alexander (28, Pennsylvania, saleswoman); son John G. Alexander (7, New York).
  9. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Columbia County, Stockport Township, Enumeration District 25, Page No. 16, family of John T. Van Buren (37, New York, farmer); wife Jenny Van Buren (31, Canada); son John M. Van Buren (12, New York); daughter Elizabeth Van Buren (10, New York); daughter Ida Van Buren (8, New York); son Charles Van Buren (1, New York); son Isaac Van Buren (2/12, New York, Mar[ch]).
  10. History of Cornelis Maessen Van Buren, by Harriett C. Waite Van Buren Peckham, A.B., M.D., Brooklyn, N.Y. New York, Tobias A. Weight, Printer and Publisher, 1913.
  11. Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926, available at familysearch.org; Knight, male; born 5 Nov. 1884 in Racine, Racine [County], Wisconsin; father: S. G. Knight, born in Putney, Vermont; mother: Rebecca Traver, born in Colensville.
  12. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 84, Sheet No. 2B, family of Rebecca Knight (64, Canada, widow, 5 children, 5 living); daughter Jane M. Knight (44, Illinois, selling goods); Mariette Knight (30, Wisconsin, teacher of music); son Timothy H. Knight (25, Wisconsin, civil engineer, surveyor).
  13. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Knight, Mary, no. 396-34-8238; died July 1971; born 7 April 1890.
  14. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 69, Sheet No. 10B, family of James E. DeLong (57. Wisconsin, laborer, automobile tires); wife Verna DeLong (52, Wisconsin); daughter Mary I. Knight (29, Wisconsin, widow); grand daughter Ruth E. Knight (3 10/12, Wisconsin); grand son Everet W. Knight (1 11/12, Wisconsin); border Ellen Gilbert (29, Wisconsin, teacher, grade school); border Ella Foxwell (36, Wisconsin, teacher, grade school); border Inez M. Lacey (24, Wisconsin, teacher, grade school).
  15. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine City, Enumeration District 51-35, Sheet No. 30B, family of James E. DeLong (66, Wisconsin, first married age 25); wife Verna DeLong (61, Wisconsin, first married age 20); daughter Mary I. Knight (40, Wisconsin, widow, first married age 23, teacher, public school); grand daughter Ruth Eleanor Knight (14, Wisconsin).
  16. Wisconsin Death Index 1959-1997, Knight, Mary I., died 22 July 1971, Wisconsin, age 81.
Fourth and Fifth Generations
22. Sayrs Gazlay Knight4 (Albert,3 Sayrs,2 Adelia ‘Della’1), born 15 April 1900 in Nebraska;1, 2, 3, 4 died 4 May 1974 in McDade, Bastrop County, Texas.1, 5 Sayrs married Ella F. Oakley3 (born ca. 1895 in Nebraska, the daughter of Fred M. Oakley and (unidentified)3, 4).

Children of Sayrs Gazlay Knight and Ella F. Oakley:

 30i. Robert S. Knight, born ca. 1922 in Nebraska.3, 4
 31ii. Richard O. Knight, born ca. 1928 in Colorado.3, 4

28. Ruth Eleanor Knight4 (Harold,3 Sayrs,2 Adelia ‘Della’1), born 29 February 1916 in Wisconsin;6, 7, 8, 9 died 15 December 1997.6 Ruth married, 29 January 1938 in Racine County, Wisconsin, Reuben Earl Lee9 (born 9 May 1910 in Sylvania, Racine County, Wisconsin, the son of Horace Lee and May Lettie Toase;9, 10 Reuben died 22 December 199710).

Child of Ruth Eleanor Knight and Reuben Earl Lee:

 32i. Patricia Mae Lee.

29. Everett Wayne Knight4 (Harold,3 Sayrs,2 Adelia ‘Della’1), born 19 January 1918 in Wisconsin;7, 11 died 3 January 1977.11 Everett married Ellen Lucille Stuckert (born 20 November 1916, parents not determined;11, 12 Ellen died 16 April 197811). Everett and Ellen are buried in Yorkville Cemetery, Yorkville, Racine County, Wisconsin.11

Child of Everett Wayne Knight and Ellen Lucille Stuckert:

 33i. Gayle Knight, born 20 November 1944 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin.12

  1. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Knight, Sayrs; no. 505-09-5056; died May 1974; born 15 April 1900.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Nebraska, Douglas County, Omaha City, family of Albert G. Knight (36, Wisconsin, engineer); wife of 14 years Carrie N. Knight (40, Nebraska, 3 children, 3 living); son Sayrs G. Knight (10, Nebraska); son Thomas G. Knight (5, Illinois); daughter Marion Knight (3, Illinois).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Colorado, Denver County, Denver, Enumeration District 26, Sheet No. 15A, family of Sayrs G. Knight (29, Nebraska); wife Ella F. Knight (35, Nebraska); son Robert S. Knight (8, Nebraska); son Richard O. Knight (2, Colorado); father-in-law Fred M. Oakley (70, Connecticut).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Nebraska, Douglas County, Omaha, Enumeration District 94-203, Sheet No. 12B, family of Sayrs Knight (40, Nebraska, stationary engineer); wife Ella Knight (45, Nebraska); son Robert S. Knight (18, Nebraska); son Richard Knight (12, Nebraska [sic].
  5. Texas Deaths, 1890-1976; Knight, Sayrs Gazlay; died 4 May 1974 in Mcdade, Bastrop [County], Texas; age 74; father: Albert G. Knight; mother: Carrie Nichol.
  6. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Lee, Ruth E., no. 396-10-8119; died 15 December 1997; born 29 February 1916; last residence: Cochise, Arizona.
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 69, Sheet No. 10B, family of James E. DeLong (57. Wisconsin, laborer, automobile tires); wife Verna DeLong (52, Wisconsin); daughter Mary I. Knight (29, Wisconsin, widow); grand daughter Ruth E. Knight (3 10/12, Wisconsin); grand son Everet W. Knight (1 11/12, Wisconsin); border Ellen Gilbert (29, Wisconsin, teacher, grade school); border Ella Foxwell (36, Wisconsin, teacher, grade school); border Inez M. Lacey (24, Wisconsin, teacher, grade school).
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine City, Enumeration District 51-35, Sheet No. 30B, family of James E. DeLong (66, Wisconsin, first married age 25); wife Verna DeLong (61, Wisconsin, first married age 20); daughter Mary I. Knight (40, Wisconsin, widow, first married age 23, teacher, public school); grand daughter Ruth Eleanor Knight (14, Wisconsin).
  9. Jan’s Digs (website), by Jan Cortez. Sylvania Cemetery, Yorkville Township, Racine County, Wisconsin, compiled by Mary Anne Falk, April, 1991; cemetery lot of Horace Lee: the record gives family details of his two wives and their children, including Reuben E. Lee who married Ruth E. Knight [sources are not provided for any of the family information].
  10. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Lee, Ruben E., no. 398-09-9462; died 22 December 1997; born 9 May 1910; last residence: Cochise, Arizona.
  11. Find a Grave (website). Yorkville Cemetery, Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, Knight / Father / Everett W. / Jan. 19, 1918 / Jan. 3, 1977 / Mother / Ellen L. / Nov. 20, 1916 / Apr. 16, 1978. [From Headstone].
  12. The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 21 November 1944, Family Now Has Three Births on the Same Day; birth of Gayle Knight, daughter of Ellen (Stuckert) Knight, 25, and great-granddaughter of Mrs. Matilda Stuckert, 82, all with the same birth day, 20 November.