KNIGHT family of Clones, late 19thC, early 20thC

[Keith Sherwood]

Hello, High1543, and welcome to Rootschat!
This has been a very productive thread indeed, and I will PM you (send you a message on here by the Personal Message route).  My cousin, for whom I started all this, would be very interested to discover that she has another relative.  But you need to make another couple of posts on here before I can do that - if you reply on here to this, then I'll acknowledge your reply, then if you post again I can send you a PM message.  Please don't post your e-mail address on here, for we can continue to communicate "behind the scenes" as it were.
Very best wishes, keith
p.s. I've just realised your initial post is not on the one with all the information about Michael KNIGHTS and family, but you should be able to find it easily enough on the County Monaghan boards, a little bit further down the page, with over 50 posts to date on it...

[high1543]

Hi Keith,
Thanks for getting back so quickly, I have discovered how hard it is to trace irish family this website is a godsend!!! I see from the thread that your cousin lives in gloucester which is uncanny as I live about 20 miles away.  Thanks again look forward to hearing from you. Regards Gemma

[Keith Sherwood]

Hi again, Gemma,
Was that other thread at all useful in discovering more about your KNIGHT family?  People on there have, as usual, been really helpful.  My cousin is not back in this country until the middle of the week after next.  If you post once more on this thread I can PM you with more precise personal details...
Regards, Keith

[high1543]

hi keith,
I am still navigating my way around the site!! I am really a bit of a technophobe, but  I will get there in the end! I spoke to my mother last night and she is really interested in all this as she doesn't know too much about her fathers side of the family.
Great to hear from you again. Best wishes Gemma

[Keith Sherwood]

Gemma,
Got a postcard from my cousin this morning, and she'll be back next week, and I'll talk to her about your interest in and connection to this branch of the KNIGHT family.  Will very shortly PM you...
Regards, keith

[hallmark]

Michael Elliott KNIGHT was a Solicitor in Clones  as far as I know there still are Knights Sols in business there. Try emailing someone from http://www.clones.ie/ they might know.

As they traded in The Diamond there is a good chance they attended St Tighernach's and there is a plaque there for 3 Knights who were killed in WW1.

[Keith Sherwood]

Hallmark,
Thanks very much for this WW1 memorial - I'll have to check with my cousin to see whether those three KNIGHT's listed were indeed part of this same family.
I believe this thread was one I began earlier to another one further down the Monaghan page.  This subsequent, second thread proved to be a goldmine of KNIGHT information and extremely uselful contacts...
Regards, keith
N.B. Actually, I see that I started this thread at the end of December 2007, and the other, longer one on 1st January 2007, so my memory is playing tricks with me...!

[P Cantley]

I'm working on a family tree that includes the Knight family of Clones, Monaghan.  Recently whilst adding info re Dr Alexander Knight (son of James Irwin Knight & Anne Willis) born about 1821 at Corcummins, Clones, Monaghan I have come across references to nieces & nephews of Alexander named or from the Riddall family namely John K Riddall, James K Riddall, William Riddall, Margaret Macauley & Anna Ruth Bell.  From my research it appears most of them moved to Canada but I'm not certain its the same family.  If anyone can shed any light on this it would be great. Many thanks.

[hallmark]

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