The Knowles Story

Introduction

Reader Tips

by Dave Jordan

The Knowles Story has been placed on Our Knowles Family web pages for easy distribution and updates.

The home address for Our Knowles Family web pages is:  http://homepage.mac.com/ourhistory/Knowles/

Frequency of Updates

Current stories may occasionally be updated with new information and a date tag will show the latest date of the various stories. As new stories become available they will be added. Readers may wish to check the What's New Page to easily identify when material has been added.

Printing

Some of the stories are too lengthy to be read on-line and you may wish to print rather than reading from the screen. When printing, your browser may allow you to adjust the font and font sizes, which are set in your browser's preferences. You may also wish to experiment with your percent reduction command to fit it just right to your page. In the future, a "pdf" version will be available to enable more controlled printing; however, this may be a while since I want to wait until the text settles down and adds and fixes become infrequent.

Related Information

While it's possible to just read the Stories, there is much companion information contained in the Topics Section on Our Knowles Family home page.  Topics include: Address Data, Census Data, Family Overview Pages, Family Charts, Genealogy Source Records and Photos.

Connections

Many readers will most likely be offspring of one of the Knowles, Black, Leddy or Leonhardt families. It may be helpful to consult Our Knowles Family Overview page to figure out which family you are from and to learn some of the names and relationships. My purpose was not to create a detailed genealogy of all the offspring, so you may need to do a little research to first work your way back to a couple of original families. If you can't figure it out, drop me a line and I may be able to get you onto the right family.

The key families included in The Knowles Story are:

  1. The William Knowles and Isabella Black Family: William and Isabella's children are Margaret (1878), Muriel (1886), and Wilfred (1887).
  2. The James and Margaret Jordan Family: James and Margaret's children are Herbert A. (1898), Frances F. (about 1900), Edward A. (about 1902), Charles J. (1903), and Art S. (about 1904). Their current offspring could be in the hundreds.
  3. The Robert and Muriel Woodbury Family: Robert and Muriel's children are Dolores (1910).
  4. The William and Muriel Leonhardt Family: William and Muriel's children are Granville (1916) and Richard (1919).
New Information

I am always looking for new information so if you can add any stories, anecdotes, or pictures it would be appreciated. If you wish to make a contribution, please contact Dave via e-mail.

Notes
  1. Initial Web Publication Date: 4/1/2003
  2. Modified:
  3. Desktop Master file: Stories_Knowles