Ethel Rose McKnight

1895 - 1979  (83 years)

• Name	Ethel Rose McKnight
  Birth	12 Aug 1895	Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Mar 1979	Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
  		MCKNIGHT Ethel Rose Reid, née McKnight - Obituary
  		MCKNIGHT Ethel Rose Reid, née McKnight - At Rest/The Funeral
  Burial	30 Mar 1979	Riverside Cemetery, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
  		MCKNIGHT Ethel Rose Reid, née McKnight - Find a Grave: 148788259
  Person ID	I61	Descendants of Robert McKnight
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	William McKnight,   b. 12 Jun 1857, South Monaghan Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Jul 1925, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Margaret Jane Hampton,   b. 10 Feb 1855, Millbrook, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Jul 1933, Cavan, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	8 Oct 1879	Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Kenneth Reid,   b. 19 Apr 1894, Reaboro, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Jan 1983, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1936	Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2015

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Aug 1895 - Millbrook, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 25 May 1936 - Millbrook, Ontario, Canada Death - 28 Mar 1979 - Lindsay, Ontario, Canada Burial - 30 Mar 1979 - Riverside Cemetery, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		MCKNIGHT Ethel Rose Reid, née McKnight
  		MCKNIGHT Ethel Rose Reid, née McKnight - School Class
  		MCKNIGHT Ethel Rose Reid, née McKnight - School Class
  		MCKNIGHT Ethel Rose Reid, née McKnight - School Class
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  Documents » Slide Show		MCKNIGHT Ethel Rose Reid, née McKnight - School honour
  		ARMSTRONG MCKNIGHT Ernest Lewers Armstrong; Margaret Agnes Armstrong, née McKnight - 25th wedding anniversary
  		HAMPTON Mary Ann Hampton - 96th birthday, last birthday before her passing in March
  		HAMPTON Mary Ann Hampton - 95th Birthday

  
  

  Headstones

  REID MCKNIGHT MCCREDIE William Kenneth Reid; Ethel Rose Reid, née McKnight; William Isaac Reid: Emily L. Reid, née McCredie

  
  

• Notes

  The early log school that Ethel Rose McKnight taught in was rough, small and ill-equipped. Like other log schools of this period, Whitfield's school would have been built by the men from the school district who combined their efforts to construct a building measuring 20 by 22 feet. The spaces between the logs were often filled with mud and there were generally two or three windows in the log structure which provided the only light in the room. The interior of the school room was furnished with makeshift benches without backs located around the walls of the room. There was a crude fireplace which provided the only warmth, a table or desk for the master or teacher and a water pail and one cup. In 1863, at a cost of $607, one of the first brick school houses to be built in Cavan Township replaced the log school of 1841. A well was dug and there was a pump on the grounds. The minute books record the purchase of the blackboard in 1866. This advancement was probably made whenever a new brick school was built. From 1918 to 1930 Miss Ethel McKnight taught at Whitfield's. Many of her pupils earned the Baptie Scholarship for outstanding accomplishment. The building is now owned by the Lions Club. Ethel Rose McKnight taught for twelve years at Whitfield school, (now the Lions Den). When she retired she received a highly complimentary letter of recommendation from Colonel O'DelI who was the Inspector of Public Schools all the time she taught. Many of her students received the coveted 'Baptie Scholarship' that was available at that time for the Township of Cavan.