Person Sheet

Name Edith Mary KNIGHT Occupation Homemaker144,143 Birth Date Oct 17, 1877143 Birth Place ON Canada Death Date Jan 21, 1944144,2,143 Death Place Regina SK Canada Death Memo Regina hospital; stroke Burial Date Jan 24, 19442 Burial Place Ogema SK Canada Burial Memo Ogema Cemetery, from Ogema United Church Religion Baptist, then United Church143 Father William KNIGHT (1854-1921) Mother Martha BONNEY
Spouses
1 Arthur Edmund McKAGUE Alias/AKA Art143 Birth Date Oct 14, 1877143,27,28 Birth Place Cramahe Twp, Northumberland Co. ON Canada Death Date May 5, 19572,143 Death Place Regina SK Canada Burial Place Ogema SK Canada30,144,2,143 Burial Memo Ogema Cemetery Occupation Streetcar Conductor, Drayman, Farmer30,144,143 Education Mount Pleasant School30,144 Religion Baptist, then United Church143 Father Robert James McKAGUE (1836-1920) Mother Caroline EAGLESON (1846-1925)
Marriage Date Apr 9, 1902144,143 Marriage Place Winnipeg MB Canada
Children Mable May (1903-1945) Frank Russell (1906-1976) George Kenneth (1915-1985) Audrey Grace
Notes for Edith Mary KNIGHT
Edith's mother died young, and at a young age she had to care for the house and her siblings until her father's remarriage. She left home "as soon as she could" after that. "It was my impression that the family were not as close as they might have been." (daughter Audrey) She then worked as a maid, including for the Orley Huycke family, whom she and her children later visited in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where they had moved.144 She moved west about 1900 to marry.84 For information about the pioneer life, see her husband's card. She had very little education, and always had a dictionary beside her when she wrote a letter.144 "She was dedicated to her home, family and friends. If she could help someone out she would. She was a true pioneer woman." (grandson Dennis Leonard)143 Obituary: "BURIED AT OGEMA "OGEMA.--Mrs. Arthur E. McKague died in a Regina hospital after a brief illness and was buried in Ogema cemetery following services at the United church. Mrs. McKague was born in Ontario in 1877, came west in 1900 and in 1902 married Arthur McKague. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. J.J. Stillwell, Bredenbury; Mrs. Albert Leonard, Ogema; two sons, Frank, Regina, and Kenneth, at home; four brothers, Richard, Oliver and Henry in Ontario, and George in the armed forces."84
Research Notes
NAME: Her first names are also given as Edith M.20 BIRTH: Her birthdate is also shown as Oct 17, 1876.28,27 It is also shown simply as 1877.6,2,84 She is shown in the 1891 census as 13.20 DEATH: Her death date is also shown as Jan 23, 1944,27 as Jan 194484 and as 1944.6,30 BURIAL: Her burial date is also shown as Jan 1944.143,144,84,30 ---------- 1891 census entry: KNIGHT, William 36 farmer, Mary E. 34, Edith M. 13, Richard T. 11, Julia M. 9, Oliver E. 5, Henry 320