Robert James McKnight

1829 - 1894  (65 years)

• Name	Robert James McKnight
  Birth	1829	County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Cause of Death	Bilious fever
  Death	25 Jul 1894	Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
  		MCKNIGHT Robert McKnight - death statement
  Burial	Grace Presbyterian Cemetery, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
  		MCKNIGHT Robert James McKnight - Find a Grave: 148785338
  Person ID	I1	Descendants of Robert McKnight
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Samuel McKnight,   b. 1805, Republic of Ireland d. 1861, Cavan, Ontario, Canada (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Agnes Welsh,   b. 1806, Republic of Ireland d. 11 Jun 1890, Cavan, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Republic of Ireland
  Family ID	F1001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary White,   b. 25 Nov 1833, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 19 Jan 1919, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1852	Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Mary Jane McKnight,   b. 1856, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada d. 3 May 1905, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada (Age 49 years) + 2. Samuel McKnight,   b. 9 Mar 1856, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Jun 1936, Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 80 years) + 3. William McKnight,   b. 12 Jun 1857, South Monaghan Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Jul 1925, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years) + 4. Rev. Robert MacKnight,   b. 1859, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada d. 1 Apr 1946, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 87 years) + 5. Jonathan McKnight,   b. 12 Aug 1863, Republic of Ireland d. 1 Apr 1949, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years) + 6. David McKnight,   b. 25 Jun 1865, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Apr 1912, Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1829 - County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Marriage - 1852 - Ontario, Canada Death - 25 Jul 1894 - Millbrook, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Grace Presbyterian Cemetery, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  MCKNIGHT Robert James McKnight. This is the original. There is another Robert James who is a descendant.

  
  

  Headstones

  MCKNIGHT WHITE Robert James McKnight; Mary McKnight, née White Plot: Range 2, Section A, Plots 1~6. West side.

  
  

• Notes

  This is cornerstone of this website. It started with Robert James McKnight (ID#1), then came Mary White (ID#2). The McKnights came from County Down, Ireland, in the early 1830's on the same ship with the Whites of South Monaghan, and the Wrights. A grandson, Dr. John Wright, was a well,known and respected doctor for many years in Millbrook and father of Allan Wright of Cavan Township at Bailieboro. Mrs. Clarence Ball (Ula White) is a descendent of the Whites. It took nine weeks under sail to make the trip from Ireland. Mary White was seasick all the way over. When the river narrowed the ship was towed up the St. Lawrence River to Montreal by oxen. The Wrights settled in Hope Township, the Whites in South Monaghan and the McKnights in Cavan Township. Robert James McKnight married Mary White. He died in 1894 and she died in 1918 aged 88. They first settled in South Monaghan but soon moved to Lot 14, Cone. 6, Cavan Township. County Down (named after its county town, Downpatrick) is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the south-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,448 km² and has a population of about 531,665. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland and is within the province of Ulster. The county was archaically called Downshire. It borders County Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east and south, County Armagh to the west, and County Louth to the southwest. In the east of the county is Strangford Lough and the Ards Peninsula. The largest town is Bangor, on the northeast coast. Three other large towns and cities are on its border: Newry lies on the western border with County Armagh, while Lisburn and Belfast lie on the northern border with County Antrim. Down contains both the southernmost point of Northern Ireland (Cranfield Point) and the easternmost point of Ireland (Burr Point). It is currently one of only two counties of Ireland to have a majority of the population from a Protestant community background, according to the 2001 census. The other is County Antrim.