Morris Helme Knapp 1853–1929

Morris Helme Knapp, 1853–1929 (aged 76 years)

Name: Morris Helme /Knapp/
Given names: Morris Helme
Surname: Knapp

Events of close relatives
Birth	February 23, 1853 25
Marriage	Angeline Strouse — View this family Pine City, N.Y.
Birth of a brother	John Holly Knapp May 9, 1855 (aged 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmother	Sally Benedict August 3, 1868 (aged 15 years)
Death of a mother	Elinor Miller May 28, 1876 (aged 23 years)
Birth of a daughter	Effie Knapp January 13, 1877 (aged 23 years)
Birth of a half-sister	Mary Amelia Knapp November 1877 (aged 24 years) At Southport Residence
Marriage of a parent	Henry Benedict Knapp — Margaret Oakley — View this family February 24, 1878 (aged 25 years)
Death of a paternal grandfather	William T. Knapp August 14, 1878 (aged 25 years) Elmira, N.Y.
Birth of a son	William Strouse Knapp September 6, 1878 (aged 25 years) Moshervill, Town Of Wells, PA.
Birth of a half-sister	Grace Oakley Knapp 1881 (aged 27 years)
Birth of a half-brother	Jessie Leverick Knapp 1883 (aged 29 years)
Birth of a son	Henry B. Knapp 1888 (aged 34 years)
Marriage of a child	William Strouse Knapp — Jennie Grinnell — View this family September 21, 1901 (aged 48 years) Mosierville, PA.
Death of a son	Henry B. Knapp 1915 (aged 61 years)
Death of a wife	Angeline Strouse 1927 (aged 73 years) Elmira, N.Y.
Death of a father	Henry Benedict Knapp
Death	October 29, 1929 (aged 76 years) Elmira, N.Y.

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: February 4, 1828 34 31 — Elmira, NY Marriage: January 1849 Marriage: February 24, 1878 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elinor Miller William Henry Knapp Morris Helme Knapp John Holly Knapp Family with spouse Margaret Oakley Mary Amelia Knapp Grace Oakley Knapp Jessie Leverick Knapp Henry Benedict Knapp 1828– Birth: February 4, 1828 34 31 — Elmira, NY Death:
mother	Links Marriage: January 1849 Death: May 28, 1876 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Henry Benedict Knapp William Henry Knapp Morris Helme Knapp John Holly Knapp Elinor Miller –1876 Death: May 28, 1876
Marriage	Marriage — January 1849 —
21 months elder brother	Links Birth: September 23, 1850 22 Marriage: Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Dorothey Holliday William Henry Knapp 1850– Birth: September 23, 1850 22 Death:
2 years himself	Links Birth: February 23, 1853 25 Marriage: Pine City, N.Y. Death: October 29, 1929 — Elmira, N.Y. Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Angeline Strouse Effie Knapp William Strouse Knapp Henry B. Knapp Morris Helme Knapp 1853–1929 Birth: February 23, 1853 25 Death: October 29, 1929 — Elmira, N.Y.
2 years younger brother	Links Birth: May 9, 1855 27 Marriage: Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah J. Morrell John Holly Knapp 1855– Birth: May 9, 1855 27 Death:

Father’s family with Margaret Oakley
father	Links Birth: February 4, 1828 34 31 — Elmira, NY Marriage: January 1849 Marriage: February 24, 1878 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elinor Miller William Henry Knapp Morris Helme Knapp John Holly Knapp Family with spouse Margaret Oakley Mary Amelia Knapp Grace Oakley Knapp Jessie Leverick Knapp Henry Benedict Knapp 1828– Birth: February 4, 1828 34 31 — Elmira, NY Death:
step-mother	Links Marriage: February 24, 1878 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Henry Benedict Knapp Mary Amelia Knapp Grace Oakley Knapp Jessie Leverick Knapp Margaret Oakley – Death:
Marriage	Marriage — February 24, 1878 —
-2 months half-sister	Links Birth: November 1877 49 — At Southport Residence Marriage: Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Fletcher Mathews Mary Amelia Knapp 1877– Birth: November 1877 49 — At Southport Residence Death:
4 years half-sister	Links Birth: 1881 52 Marriage: Death: April 20, 1978 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Burtis Knox Grace Oakley Knapp 1881–1978 Birth: 1881 52 Death: April 20, 1978
3 years half-brother	Links Birth: 1883 54 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jessie Leverick Knapp 1883– Birth: 1883 54 Death:

Family with Angeline Strouse
himself	Links Birth: February 23, 1853 25 Marriage: Pine City, N.Y. Death: October 29, 1929 — Elmira, N.Y. Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Angeline Strouse Effie Knapp William Strouse Knapp Henry B. Knapp Morris Helme Knapp 1853–1929 Birth: February 23, 1853 25 Death: October 29, 1929 — Elmira, N.Y.
wife	Links Birth: 1853 37 30 — Pine City, N.Y. Marriage: Pine City, N.Y. Death: 1927 — Elmira, N.Y. Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Morris Helme Knapp Effie Knapp William Strouse Knapp Henry B. Knapp Angeline Strouse 1853–1927 Birth: 1853 37 30 — Pine City, N.Y. Death: 1927 — Elmira, N.Y.
Marriage	Marriage — — Pine City, N.Y.
daughter	Links Birth: January 13, 1877 23 24 Marriage: Death: March 1, 1977 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Joseph Wright Myrtle Wright Arthur Wright Eleanor Wright Effie Knapp 1877–1977 Birth: January 13, 1877 23 24 Death: March 1, 1977
20 months son	Links Birth: September 6, 1878 25 25 — Moshervill, Town Of Wells, PA. Marriage: September 21, 1901 — Mosierville, PA. Death: August 28, 1958 — Pine City, N.Y. Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jennie Grinnell Katherine Lee Knapp Morris Edgar Knapp Glenn Grinnell Knapp Florence Angeline Knapp Helen Doris Knapp William Strouse Knapp 1878–1958 Birth: September 6, 1878 25 25 — Moshervill, Town Of Wells, PA. Death: August 28, 1958 — Pine City, N.Y.
11 years son	Links Birth: 1888 34 35 Death: 1915 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Henry B. Knapp 1888–1915 Birth: 1888 34 35 Death: 1915

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Shared note	[Sloan.ged]Ninth Generation From an account book of Morris H. Knapp He rented a farm in the Town of Wells, Pa. (near the N.Y. boarder) from a Mrs. Emma Helme Garrison. 1897-98-Rent was $200 a year. Paid by paying the taxes, some cash, and materials to keep up the farm; labor not included. 1899-04-Rent was $%225; same metnod of payment. 1906-16-Rent was $100 plus taxes. He usually gave her more but always under $200. Still no labor counted. Morris made his money by selling: butter, eggs, wheat, corn, cider, lard, buck-wheat, potatoes, oats, apples, hay, straw, pigs, calves, hides, and and, in the early years tobacco was a big cash crop; making as much as $447.41 a year. In 1902 hebegan selling milk by the can eventually becoming the biggest money-maker. This same year his son, William S. Knapp was living with them. His highest income was in 1906 ($1733.59)

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[Sloan.ged]Ninth Generation
From an account book of Morris H. Knapp
He rented a farm in the Town of Wells, Pa. (near the N.Y. boarder) from a Mrs. Emma Helme Garrison.
1897-98-Rent was $200 a year. Paid by paying the taxes, some cash, and materials to keep up the farm; labor not included.
1899-04-Rent was $%225; same metnod of payment.
1906-16-Rent was $100 plus taxes. He usually gave her more but always under $200. Still no labor counted.
Morris made his money by selling: butter, eggs, wheat, corn, cider, lard, buck-wheat, potatoes, oats, apples, hay, straw, pigs, calves, hides, and and, in the early years tobacco was a big cash crop; making as much as $447.41 a year. In 1902 hebegan selling milk by the can eventually becoming the biggest money-maker. This same year his son, William S. Knapp was living with them. His highest income was in 1906 ($1733.59)

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9415D5211ECE4243A1BC7491ACC15FA8E611

Last change April 28, 2010 – 14:25

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Family with parents
father Parents William T. Knapp Sally Benedict	Henry Benedict Knapp 1828–
mother	Elinor Miller –1876
elder brother Family Dorothey Holliday	William Henry Knapp 1850–
himself	Morris Helme Knapp 1853–1929
younger brother Family Sarah J. Morrell	John Holly Knapp 1855–

Father’s family with Margaret Oakley
father Parents William T. Knapp Sally Benedict	Henry Benedict Knapp 1828–
step-mother	Margaret Oakley –
half-sister Family Fletcher Mathews	Mary Amelia Knapp 1877–
half-sister Family Burtis Knox	Grace Oakley Knapp 1881–1978
half-brother	Jessie Leverick Knapp 1883–

Family with Angeline Strouse
himself	Morris Helme Knapp 1853–1929
wife Parents William Strouse Catherine Mosher Jenkins	Angeline Strouse 1853–1927
daughter Family Joseph Wright Myrtle Wright Arthur Wright Eleanor Wright	Effie Knapp 1877–1977
son Family Jennie Grinnell Katherine Lee Knapp Morris Edgar Knapp Glenn Grinnell Knapp Florence Angeline Knapp Helen Doris Knapp	William Strouse Knapp 1878–1958
son	Henry B. Knapp 1888–1915

Descendants

Morris Helme Knapp(1853–1929)
- Angeline Strouse