Biography

ANN KNIGHT

Burial register ID: 17159
Surname: KNIGHT
First name: ANN
Middle names:
Gender: Female
Age: 77 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 09-Sep-1952
Date of burial: 11-Sep-1952

Block: 27
Plot: 9
Inscription:

In loving memory of

MICHAEL and ANNIE HEADS

And daughter MARGARET

Also our loving mother

ANN KNIGHT

Daughter of above

Passed away 9th Sept. 1952.

Bio contributor: Pauline Ireland-Kenny

Ann, the sixth child of Annie Ireland and Michael Heads, was born on the 18 October 1874 in Dunedin. She attended George Street and North East Valley Schools. In 1905 she married Arthur John Knight. Arthur, known as “the Ganger,” was born in Springston in 1876 and became a platelayer and blacksmith. The Knights lived where Arthur’s work on the railway lines took him, from Lyttelton to the lower North Island. Arthur was admitted to the Seacliff Mental Hospital, where he died in 1943. He was buried at the Andersons Bay Cemetery. Annie died on the 9 September 1952 in Dunedin. She was buried with her parents in the Heads family grave in the Dunedin Northern Cemetery.

Their five children were: Mary Ann Knight (1905, Lyttelton), Ernest Knight (1907, Lyttelton), Robert William Knight (1909, Waipawa), Annie Louisa Knight (1910, Waipawa) and George Gordon Knight (1919, Levin).

Others buried here: Ann’s parents Annie and Michael Heads, and her sister Margaret.


Ann Knight
Source: Pauline Ireland-Kenny

There are 5 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
HEADS ANNIE 42 Years 29-Dec-1893 31-Dec-1893
HEADS GEORGE 10 Months 16-Apr-1873 18-Apr-1873
HEADS MARGARET 37 Years 28-Jun-1911 02-Jul-1911
HEADS MICHAEL 38 Years 25-Jan-1887 28-Jan-1887
KNIGHT ANN 77 Years 09-Sep-1952 11-Sep-1952