Person Record

Metadata

Name

Knight, Dick

Othernames

Kenneth Burton Knight or Burton Knight

Born

1918

Places of residence

Meaford, Grey County

Father

F. Stanley Knight (b. 1883-d. 1964)

Mother

Louise Victoria Knight (nee Lewis, d. 19

Nationality

Canadian

Notes

Dick Knight is the former proprietor of "The Knight Press" (a Division of Stanley Knight Ltd.). This printing business, started by his father in 1929, operated until 1990, at Meaford, Ontario.

Several of his letterpress printing equipment items are now at the Grey Roots Museum & Archives.

Mr. Knight is descended from Alfred Knight, an Englishman (and Quaker) who had moved to the Queen's Bush in 1847. He is also descended from the Luton family (also a Quaker family).

Occupation

Printer / Printing
Proprietor / Owner of The Knight Press (at Meaford)

Publications

-See PICTORIAL MEAFORD
-Hard-cover family geneaology book about the Knight family

Relationships

Grandfather: George Thomas Knight (b. 1849-d. 1929)
Great-grandfather: Alfred Knight (b. 1821-d. 1909)

Brother: Ivan Knight
Brother: James Knight
Brother: David Knight
Brother: Victor Lewellyn Knight b. 1926 (m. Elinore Young Eagles)
Sister: Rosalie E. Knight, m. William J. Sims, she died in 1985
Sister: Maureen Knight