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Captain Richard Knight
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Captain Richard Knight 2
- Born: 9 Oct 1823 3 4
- Marriage: Rhoda Elsworth on 27 Nov 1845 in Grand Lake, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada 1
- Died: 25 Jun 1903, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada aged 79 5
 Another name for Richard was Pickard Knight.1
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: woodboatman and ran a store: Mill Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 6 7 8
• Religion: a member of the Mill Cove Baptist church: Mill Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 3 6
• Census: Canadian, 1861, Cambridge, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 9
• Residence, 1865-1868, White's Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 7
• Census: Canadian, 1871, Cambridge Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 3
• Ethnic Origin: Listed as English on the census, 1871, Cambridge Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 3
• Occupation: farmer and trader, listed on the census, 1871, Cambridge Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 3
• Residence, 1871, Mill Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 8
• Census: Canadian, 1881, Cambridge, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 10
• Residence, 14 Dec 1881, Cambridge Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 2
• Census: Canadian, 1891, Cambridge, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 11
• Census: Canadian, 1901, Cambridge, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. 4
Richard married Rhoda Elsworth on 27 Nov 1845 in Grand Lake, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.1 (Rhoda Elsworth was born on 15 Jan 1826 in New Brunswick, Canada 12 13.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Marriage Performed By: Rev. A. Wood. 1
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Sources
1
Daniel F. Johnson, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, "Newspaper Vital Statistics," database, Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats : accessed 28 Mar 2010), Marriage of Rhoda Elsworths and Captain Richard Knight; Volume 11 Number 363, the The Loyalist, 25 Dec 1845.
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Daniel F. Johnson, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, "Newspaper Vital Statistics," database, Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats : accessed 4 Feb 2009), Marriage of Duncan Farris and Olive Rhoda Knight.
3
database, Census Records (http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbqueens/cen-intro.htm : accessed 17 Apr 2009), Census record for Richard Knight.
4
Library and Archives Canada, "1901 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Geneology (http://www.automatedgenealogy.com : accessed 21 Apr 2009), Census record for Richard Knight; Archives Microfilm: T-6444.
5
New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Vital Statistics from Government Records," database, New Brunswick Provincial Archives (http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA : accessed 28 Mar 2010), Death Record for Captain Richard Knight; citing New Brunswick Vital Statistics from Government Records (RS141): Reference C4/1903, Microfilm F18710.
6
Rev. Walter R. Greenwood M.A. Th.D., The Early Baptists of Cambridge Parish Queens County New Brunswick (N.p.: n.p., 1941), 24.
7
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, "Hutchinson Directories, 1865-1866, 1867-1868," database(http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/PrivRecs/HD/default.aspx?culture=en-CA : accessed 28 Mar 2010), Captain Richard Knight.
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New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Lovell Directory 1871," database, New Brunswick Provincial Archives (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/PrivRecs/LD/Search.aspx?culture=en-CA : accessed 28 Mar 2010), listed Captain Richard Knight's occupation as a boatman.
9
1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Queens, district 28, Cambridge, sub-district E, Cambridge, p. 20, Richard Knight; RG 31; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 0,477,555, item Library and Archives Canada film number: C-1004, Digital GS number: 4108520.
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1881 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district Queens (28), sub-district E, Cambridge, p. 22, dwelling 88, family 92, Captain Richard Knight; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada 1881 (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html?PHPSESSID=amblt64e1mokqd1p547d42ri45 : accessed 28 Mar 2010).
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1891 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 18, Cambridge, p. 44, family 210, Richard Knight; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada - 1891 (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html : accessed 21 Apr 2009); citing Library and Archives Canada, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada.
12
database, Census Records (http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbqueens/cen-intro.htm : accessed 17 Apr 2009), Census record for Rhoda Knight.
13
Library and Archives Canada, "1901 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Geneology (http://www.automatedgenealogy.com : accessed 21 Apr 2009), Census record for Rhoda Knight; Archives Microfilm: T-6444.
