James William McKnight or MacKnight, 18571883 (aged 26 years)

Name
James William /McKnight or MacKnight/
Given names
James William
Surname
McKnight or MacKnight
Birth
Death of a paternal grandmother
Text:

Name: Christian Crawfurd MacKnight MacKnight
Maiden Name: MacKnight
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1862
Event Place: Edinburgh, , City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Photograph Included: N
Birth Date: 31 Jul 1780

Birth of a sister
Text:

Name: Macknight
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1863
Birthplace: EDINBURGH PARISH,EDINBURGH,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
Father's Name: James Macknight
Mother's Name: Helen Pearson

Death of a sister
Source: Find a Grave
Text:

Elizabeth Jane MacKnight
Find A Grave Index
Name: Elizabeth Jane MacKnight
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1873
Event Place: Edinburgh, , City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Photograph Included: N
Birth Date: 10 Nov 1852
Death Date: 10 Apr 1873
Affiliate Record Identifier: 157239696
Cemetery: Saint Cuthbert's Churchyard

Note: According to St. Cuthbert's Graveyard inscription Elizabeth Jane "died at the Bridge of Allan"
Death of a brother
Cause: Drowned in the Brisbane River
Death of a father
Note: JAMES MACKNIGHT, third son, born 8th October 1759, died 17th November 1793.

JAMES MACKNIGHT, third son, born 8th October 1759, died 17th November 1793.
SAMUEL MACKNIGHT, W.S., second son of Dr. Macknight, was born on the 23rd of January 1757, and died on the 24th August 1807
ELIZABETH McCORMACK, widow of Dr. Macknight, died 1813, in her 85th year; also to the memory of their first son,
THOMAS MACKNIGHT, D.D., one of the ministers of the Old Church, Edinburgh, who died 21st January 1836.
On Marble Tablet at Foot of Above:
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. CHRISTIAN CRAWFURD MACKNIGHT, widow of the above Thomas Macknight, born 31st July 1780, died 29th January 1862.
Oval Marble Tablet on Same Wall:
In memory of HUGH PEARSON MACKNIGHT, who was drowned in the Brisbane River, Queensland, on the 2nd May 1875, aged 27 years; also of
JAMES WILLIAM MACKNIGHT, who died at Roma, Queensland, on the 19th December 1883, aged 26 years.
Marble Cross in front of above on Ground:
Sacred to the memory of ELIZABETH JANE MACKNIGHT, who died at the Bridge of Allan 10th August 1873, aged 20 years.
Gothic Sarcophagus in front of Enclosure.
Sacred to the memory of JAMES MACKNIGHT, Writer to the Signet, who departed this life 6th November 1878, aged 68 years; also his wife,
HELEN PEARSON, who departed this life 9th March 1896, aged 74 years.

Death
Family with parents
father
18101878
Birth: September 23, 1810 48 30 Ratho, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: November 6, 1878Scotland
mother
18211896
Birth: June 12, 1821 25 25 Ratho, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: March 9, 1896Scotland
Marriage MarriageApril 28, 1842Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
14 months
elder brother
18431899
Birth: June 8, 1843 32 21 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: June 10, 1899Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
21 months
elder sister
1845
Birth: March 13, 1845 34 23 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
21 months
elder brother
18461875
Birth: December 14, 1846 36 25 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: May 2, 1875Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
5 years
elder sister
1851
Birth: June 3, 1851 40 29 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
18 months
elder sister
18521873
Birth: November 10, 1852 42 31 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: April 10, 1873Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
2 years
elder sister
1854
Birth: 1854 43 32 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
2 years
elder brother
18551900
Birth: about 1855 44 33
Death: November 16, 1900Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
3 years
himself
18571883
Birth: July 2, 1857 46 36 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: December 19, 1883Roma, Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia
7 years
younger sister
1863
Birth: December 14, 1863 53 42 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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