Person:Elwin Knight (1)

BIRTH: South Dakota Births, 1856-1903 Name: Elwin Mayne Knight Birth Date: 1 Sep 1901 Gender: Male County: Deuel Father's Name: Elwin Bruce Knight Mother's Name: Emma Miller File Date: 28 Nov 1941 State file number: 563889 Source Information: Ancestry.com. South Dakota Births, 1856-1903 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data: South Dakota Department of Health. South Dakota Birth Records With Birth Dates Over 100 Years. South Dakota Department of Health.

DEATH: Family Data Collection - Individual Records January 14, 2005 10:22 AM

Name: Elwin Mayne Knight Spouse: Velva Mae Relyea Parents: Elwin Bruce Knight , Emma May Miller Birth Place: Deuel, Clear Lake, SD Birth Date: 1 September 1901 Death Date: 11 February 1974

Source Information: Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.

OBITUARY: Idaho Statesman Feb. 13, 1974 P. 4-D Elwin Maine Knight

    Services for Elwin Maine Knight, 73, of 1000 North Liberty No. 22, who died Monday at a Boise Hospital after a brief illness, will be conducted at 2p.m. Friday at Relyea Mortuary by the Rev. Newell Morgan of the First Christian Church. Interment will be at Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens.

     Born Jan. 9, 1901, In Clearlake, S.D. he attended schools at Fruitland and served in the U.S. Army from Aug. 8, 1918, to July 24, 1919, most of the period in France. He married Velva Relyea in Coeur d'Alene on Nov. 4, 1925. He began work for the Railway Mail Service, later called the Postal Transportation Service, at Spokane on March 6, 1924. In 1927, he moved from Spokane to Pocatello and continued with the Postal Transportation Service there for 30 years. He transfered back to Spokane in 1957, and to Seattle in 1958, where he was regional director of the service, retiring in 1962.

     Surviving are his wife, Velva, of Boise; a son, Bruce Knight of Salt Lake City; a daughter, Mrs. John R. (Jacqueline) Alderman of Yakima, Wash.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Ed (Ruth) Brandel of Boise; and four brothers, Ralph and Lynn, both of Boise, Ray of New Plymouth and Kenneth of Casa Grande, Ariz. Two sisters and a brother preceded him in death.

     Friends may call at Relyea Mortuary 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. today and Thursday and until service time Friday.

     Family requests that donations be given to favorite charity in liew of flowers.

CENSUS: 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Elwin Knight Home in 1920: White Cross, Ada, Idaho Age: 18 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1902 Birthplace: South Dakota Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Name: Elwin Father's Birth Place: Minnesota Mother's Birth Place: Wisconsin Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Male Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 739 Household Members: Name Age Elwin Knight 49 Julius H Knight 20 Elwin Knight 18 Marie Knight 16 Ralph Knight 14 Ray Knight 12 Lynn Knight 10 Kenneth Knight 6 Ruth Watts 21 Ford Watts 22 Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: White Cross, Ada, Idaho; Roll: T625_287; Page: 27A; Enumeration District: 33; Image: 739.

1930 United States Federal Census Name: Elwin M Knight Home in 1930: Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho Age: 28 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1902 Birthplace: South Dakota Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Velva Race: White Occupation: Household Members: Name Age Elwin M Knight 28 Velva Knight 25 Jacqueline Knight 3 8/12 Bence Knight 9/12 Ralph Knight 25 Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho; Roll: 396; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 307.0.