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Walter Leonard Knight 1901 – 1985 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 SEP 1901

Birth Location: Cairo, Grady, Georgia, United States

Death Date: 11 JUN 1985

Death Location: Jacksonville, Duval, Florida

Father: George Knight

Mother: Lucy Weathers

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Children(s):

In 1901, Walter Leonard Knight entered the world in Cairo, Grady, Georgia, United States, born to George Washington Knight and Lucy Pearl KNIGHT Weathers. Walter Leonard Knight died in 1985 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida.

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George Knight
1876 – 1949
Birth Location: Decatur County, Georgia
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Lucy Weathers
1882 – 1967
Birth Location: Dothan, Henry, Alabama
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 28 SEP 1901
    Event Place: Cairo, Grady, Georgia, United States
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1920; Census Place: Cairo, Grady, Georgia; Roll: T625_257; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 81; Image: 947, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cairo, Grady, Georgia; Roll: T624_189; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0095; FHL microfilm: 1374202

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Cairo, Grady, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cairo, Grady, Georgia; Roll: T624_189; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0095; FHL microfilm: 1374202

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Cairo, Grady, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Cairo, Grady, Georgia; Roll: T625_257; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 81; Image: 947

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 JUN 1985
    Event Place: Jacksonville, Duval, Florida
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cairo, Grady County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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