Joan HorachekJoan Horachek
Rev. James Knight
-James Knight son of James and Frances Knight.
-apprenticed as tool maker
-born august 3, 1867 in acocks green, yardley - hamlet later part of birmingham (1911)
-married Florence Taylor 17 jan 1892
-they had 6 children
-worked as tool maker in Birmingham
-1894 converted from Anglican to Wesleyan Methodist, decided to become a Meth minister
-1897 became local lay minister, enrolled in saltely college, birm, studying greek and latin
-family left 18 april 1907 from liverpool on ss ionian, 3rd class/steerage
-sept 1907 arrived in Hamilton
-J may have worked for westinghouse and tallman brass
-november 1908, family moved to Wisconsin, so J could study to be minister
-rev. vipond in Hamilton told him he could study in west wisc. conference to become ordained
-could continue as lay minister while taking courses
-had preaching appt in tunnel city, wisc. (a village)
-1909 moved to soldier's grove, apptd as student minister
-1910 apptd to Louisville charge
-1911 Knights returned to Hamilton, J accepted into Ham Meth Conf
-1912 they went to England
-stationed in decewsville 1914, wellandport 1916, also webbwood in 1916
-2 years was average length of appt for Meth ministers
-minister at Wellandport 1918-20
-1920-22 at York
-1923 canboro
-1924-5 Sheffield
-25-26 ravenswood
-26-7 bosanquet
-1928 stoney point, kettle point
-28-30 stafforville
-31 innerkip
-1932 dawn mills
-35-36 hamilton - fairfield united
-retired June 1936
-james c Knight died 92a, one of oldest ministers in Ontario - acc to obituary, died at Henderson Hospital
-buried White Chapel Memorial Gardens
-active member of calvary United in Hamilton after retiring - lived in Hamilton
-died with 15 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren
-died 9 july 1960
From "The Story of our Grandparents - James and Florence Knight" Alan Knight. Feb. 2010 Edmonton
