Gazlay Family History
Rebecca Traver
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 24 July 2012; Last Edited: 24 July 2012 |
| Person ID | 3945 |
| Name | Rebecca Traver |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | July 1845 in Canada1, 2, 3 |
| Married | ca. 1863 to Sayrs Gazlay Knight1, 2 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Sayrs Gazlay Knight (son of Albert Gallatin Knight and Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay) |
| Born | 27 September 1833 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont |
| Married | ca. 1863 to Rebecca Traver |
| Died | 20 May 1903 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin |
| Children | of Rebecca Traver and Sayrs Gazlay Knight: |
| 1. | Jane M. Knight |
| Born | ca. 1865 in Illinois |
| +2. | Albert G. Knight |
| Born | ca. 1874 in Wisconsin |
| Married | ca. 1896 to Carrie Nichol |
| 3. | Marietta Knight |
| Born | 20 November 1879 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin |
| Died | 10 October 1938 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota |
| +4. | William Traver Knight |
| Born | 6 May 1882 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin |
| Married | 5 December 1906 to Elizabeth H. ‘Libbie’ Van Buren |
| Married | 21 April 1917 in Hudson, Columbia County, New York to Caroline Agnes Wagner |
| Died | December 1968 |
| +5. | Harold Timothy Knight |
| Born | 5 November 1884 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin |
| Married | ca. 1914 to Mary Irene DeLong |
Sources
- 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).
- 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].
- 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).