Person:Malcolm Knight (3)

DEATH: Social Security Death Index Name: Malcolm Knight SSN: 563-05-3125 Last Residence: 93562 Trona, San Bernardino, California, United States of America Born: 4 Apr 1910 Died: May 1972 State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951 ) Source Citation: Number: 563-05-3125;Issue State: California;Issue Date: Before 1951.

BIRTH: California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Name: Malcolm Knight Birth Date: 3 Apr 1910 Gender: Male Mother's Maiden Name: Croll Birth County: Tulare Source Citation: Birthdate: 3 Apr 1910; Birth County: Tulare. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

BIOGRAPHY: The following information is as given by Malcolm Douglas Knight, son of Malcolm Steven Knight via a phone interview on 1 Oct 2000. Malcolm D. Knight's address at the time was: Mac Knight 1242 Millbrook Rd. Jackson Ctr, PA 16133 Phone #(814) 786-8446

 Accordingly, Malcolm owned a gold/silver mine in Death Valley California, and sold it to the U.S. Government in 1944/1945 (Malcolm D. about 2 Yrs old), when Death Valley became a National Monument. Malcolm D. has visited the said mine and relates that it is aproximately 8 miles towards Trona from Furnace Creek.

 It is reported that Malcolm S. Knight served in the U.S. Army during WW2 as a cook. Apparently when he got out of the service(possibly AWOL) in 1941 he moved to Death Valley and there mined until his children reached school age. At this time he sold the mine and moved the family to Argus,California. It is reported that at this time the family purchased a home in Argus which supsequently burned down on the christmas eve that Malcolm D. was aprox 4/5 years old. The family the bought another home "just up the road" and there resided until the couple divorced. While living in the Furnace Creek area of Death Valley, the family apparently did not live in a home or other building structure, but lived in the mouth of the mine.

MILITARY: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Name: Malcolm S Knight Birth Year: 1910 Race: White, citizen (White) State: California County or City: Santa Barbara Enlistment Date: 2 Nov 1943 Enlistment State: California Enlistment City: Los Angeles Branch: No branch assignment Branch Code: No branch assignment Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: 4 years of high school Civil Occupation: Wire Chief, Telephone And Telegraph Marital Status: Married Height: 69 Weight: 900 Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

CENSUS: 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Macolm Knight Age in 1910: 1/12 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1910 Birthplace: California Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Name: Waloce Father's Birth Place: Idaho Mother's Name: Edna Mother's Birth Place: California Home in 1910: Lemoncove, Tulare, California Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Waloce Knight 22 Edna Knight 16 MacOlm Knight 1/12 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Lemoncove, Tulare, California; Roll: T624_110; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 192; Image: 1315.