The Knowles Story

Table of Contents

Introduction

• Prelude
• Reader Tips

 

Our Origins in Scotland and Ireland

Origins Chapters

• Origins of our Knowles Family
• Origins of our Black Family

William and Jane Knowles Chapters

• The William and Jane Knowles Family
• Ireland Land Records for Knowles and Wallace

Our Families in Canada

Thomas and Margaret Black Chapters

• The Thomas and Margaret Black Family

William and Isabella Knowles Chapters

• William's Years in Ireland
• Williams's Early Years in Canada
• NWMP History and William Knowles
• Marriage and Life in Montreal

 

Descendant Families in America

William and Isabella Knowles Chapters

• The Move to Chicago
• Voter's Lists for Knowles
• Unexpected Deaths
• Unpublished William Knowles Obituary/Eulogy - March 1897

James and Margaret Jordan Chapters

• James' Early Years
• James and Margaret Jordan's Family
• The Separation and Divorce
• James Oscar in Chicago
• Margaret Graham

The Herbert and Elizabeth Jordan Chapters

• The Herbert and Elizabeth Jordan Family

William and Muriel Leonhardt Chapters

• The Robert and Muriel Woodbury Family
• The William and Muriel Leonhardt Family

William and Mabel Knowles Chapters

• The William and Mabel Knowles Family
• The William and Gertrude Knowles Family

Closing

• Why They Came
• Acknowledgements

 

Appendices

Letters

• Wm. Knowles Testimonial Letter - January 25, 1869
• Wm. Knowles Testimonial Letter – March 17, 1871
• Wm. Knowles Testimonial Letter – May 21, 1872
• Wm. Knowles' Letter to Sir John Macdonald – May 19, 1873
• Wm. Knowles' Letter to Minister of Justice – May 29, 1873
• Knowles' Letter to J. M. Walsh at Fort Walsh – October 28, 1876
• E. M.'s Letter to Miss Black - November 10, 1888
• Protonotaire's Letter to M. K. Leonhardt - April 2, 1931
• Muriel Leonhardt's Letter to the RCMP – July 29, 1935
• RCMP Responses to Muriel Leonhardt's July 29, 1935 Letter
• William Knowles' N.W.M.P Service Record
• Knowles Genealogy Notes – circa 1930s
• Chuck Jordan's Letter to Dave Jordan - November 1977
• Elizabeth M. Jordan's Letter to Dave Jordan - December 29, 1977
• Frances Hollingshead's Letter to Betty Jordan - March 19, 1978
• Frances Hollingshead's Letter to Dave Jordan - May 1978
• Elizabeth M. Jordan's Letter to Dave Jordan - February 12, 1979
• Charlotte Leonhardt's Letter to Dave Jordan – February 26, 1989

Memorabilia and Memories

• None Documented

References

• Bibliography

 

Recollections

Knowles Descendants

• Recollections of William Wallace and Isabella Knowles (nee Black)
  • Recollections of James O. and Margaret J. Jordan (nee Knowles, subsequently Graham)
    • Recollections of Herbert A. and Elizabeth M. Jordan (nee Pajewski)

 

PDF Downloads

• All the chapters above in The Knowles Story and Knowles Recollections above are available as pdf downloads on The Knowles PDF Downloads Page.

 

Contact the Author

• If you would like to write a chapter, or corrrect or add to any of the stories in this section, please contact Dave.