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James Herbert Knightstep1,2

Male, b. 26 February 1914, d. 3 March 1976, #60023


Birth* 26 February 1914  Park Springs, Wise Co., TX3 
Marriage* circa 1936  Hall Co., TX, Principal=Pauline Alice Morrison1,4 
Census* 1940  1940 Federal Census, Texas, Hall County, Precinct 2, ED: 96-11, Series: T627, Roll: 4050, Page: 3A, April 4
Sheet 3A
05, 45, R, 4, Yes, Knightstep, James H, Head, 0, M, W, 26, M, No, H4, 30, Texas, 87, , R, Hall, Texas, Yes, x0v2, No, Yes, -, -, , 2, , 40, Laborer, Farm, PW, 000|vv|2, 32, 260, No,
06, 45, , , , Yes, Knightstep, Pauline A, Wife, 1, F, W, 22, M, No, H4, 30, Texas, 87, , R, Hall, Texas, Yes, x0v2, No, No, No, No, H, 5, , , , , , , , 0, 0, No,
07, 45, , , , Yes, Knightstep, James H Jr, Son, 2, M, W, 3, S, No, 0, , Texas, 87, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
08, 45, , , , Yes, Knightstep, Norma J, Daughter, 2, MF, W, 32, S, No, 0, , Texas, 87, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,4 
Draft Registration* 16 October 1940  Plaska, Hall Co., TX, Name: James Herbert Knightstep
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 16 Oct 1940
Event Place: Plaska, Hall, Texas, United States
Race: White
Complexion: Ruddy
Employer: Day Laborer
Relationship to Veteran: Wife
Birth Date: 26 Feb 1914
Birthplace: Park Springs, Texas
Height: 5 11
Weight: 145
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Black
Relative's Name: Pauline Alice Knightstep
Affiliate Publication Number: 2169790
Affiliate Publication Title: World War II Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 1940-1945
Digital Folder Number: 103229256
Image Number: 00415
Citing this Record "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3J-SYNG : 27 November 20193
Death 3 March 1976  Vernon, Wilbarger Co., TX, Name: James H Knightstep
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 03 Mar 1976
Event Place: Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Divorced
Birth Date: 26 Feb 1913
Birthplace: , Texas
Father's Name: James H Knightstep
Mother's Name: Ella Appling
Certificate Number: 25010
GS Film number: 2243930
Digital Folder Number: 005145757
Image Number: 03284
Citing this Record "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K38T-13X : 13 March 20185 
Death Cert* 3 March 1976  Vernon, Wilbarger Co., TX, Name: James H. Knightstep
Titles & Terms:
Death Date: 03 Mar 1976
Death Place: Vernon, Wilbarger Co., Texas
Birth Date: 26 Feb 1913
Estimated Birth Year:
Birthplace: Texas
Death Age: 63
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Divorced
Race or Color: White
Street Address: 4001 Jackson
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Amarillo, Randall Co., Texas
Burial Date: 3 Mr 1976 (Removal)
Burial Place: Amarillo, Texas
Cemetery Name: Llano Cemetery
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: James H. Knightstep
Father's Title & Terms:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Ella Appling
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace:
Informant: Ronnie Knightstep
File Number: 25010
Registration District:
Primary Registration District:
Registered Number:5
Burial* after 3 March 1976  LLano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall Co., TX, Inscription: Knightstep
"J.H."
James Herbert
Feb. 26, 1913
Mar. 3, 1976
"Murr"
Pauline Alice
Dec. 8, 1917
June 2, 2003
6
News/Obit* 4 March 1976  James H. Knightstep

James H. Knightstep, 63, of 4001 Jackson, died Wednesday in Vernon.

Services will be at 4 p m. today in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Calvin Warpula, minister Southwest Amarillo Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.

Mr. Knightstep was a native of Park Springs and had lived in Amarillo 26 years. He was a retired farmer.

Survivors include his widow Pauline, three sons, Ronnie of Amarillo, James H. Jr. of Denver and John Ray of Valverde, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs Geanine Celey 3nd Mrs Martha Crawford, both of Amarillo; one brother, Olin Knightstep of Denver; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Published in the Amarillo Globe Times, (TX), Thursday, March 4, 19767

Family Pauline Alice Morrison b. 8 December 1917, d. 2 June 2003
Marriage* circa 1936  Hall Co., TX, Principal=Pauline Alice Morrison1,4 
Children  1. James Herbert Knightstep III
  2. Norma Jeanine Knightstep
  3. John Ray Knightstep
  4. Ronald Dillard Knightstep
  5. Martha Leona Knightstep

Last Edited 21 Dec 2019

Citations
  1. [S1125] Newspaper Archive, online http://www.newspaperarchive.com, https://access.newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/amarillo/amarillo-sunday-news-globe/1968/04-07/page-71.
  2. [S1218] Texas Birth Certificates 1903-1934 Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997, online https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fcollection%2F1949342.
  3. [S1019] Unknown subject, WWII Draft Registration Cards, 1942.
  4. [S1286] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , 1940 U.S. Federal Census.
  5. [S838] Texas Deaths 1890-1976, online https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1983324.
  6. [S626] Find-A-Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com.
  7. [S1125] Newspaper Archive, online http://www.newspaperarchive.com, https://access.newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/amarillo/amarillo-globe-times/1976/03-04/page-2.


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