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Note: 0 Emmet, Petovsky County, Michigan census, Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Petoskey, Emmet, Michigan; Roll: T623_710; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 90. This is the source of the names and birthdates of Samuel's wife and children. The census states that Mary was the mother of seven children and that in 1900 these five listed were the only ones living..
The discovery of the marriage of Samuel to Mary was instigated by the obituary of his sister Catharine Knecht from the Allentown Morning Call, Dec 24, 1906, which stated that she was survived by a brother, Samuel, who lived in Michigan. Upon checking the 1880 and 1900 Michigan census, a Samuel Knecht, born in 1837 in Pennsylvania, was found married to Mary A. Samuel's death certificate was subsequently found that confirmed this Samuel was the son of Henry and Lena Knecht. The source for his marriage to Mary in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio is from an 1870 census record which lists Samuel and Mary Knecht as a 33 year old married couple. This location for a marriage would fit in with the ever westward migration of Samuel, and Mary's birthplace listed in the 1900 and 1910 census as Ohio. Some problems and contradictions lie in the fact that they are listed as both age 33 in 1870 when Mary was about 8 years younger (error?), and that the 1900 census states they had been married 19 years (abt. 1871), and the 1870 census finds them already married and living together, though without children.. Perhaps the marriage was very late in 1870.
The marriage year was subsequently found at "Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDFJ-T9S : accessed 16 Feb 2014), Samuel Knecht and Mary Harley, 09 Nov 1869.
Mary Harley is found on the Chatfield, Crawford County, Ohio 1850 and 1860 census which is the source for the names and birth years of her parents. They are listed as John and Nancy on the 1850 census and John and Anna on the 1860. Nancy and Anna are most likely the same woman with the variation of the name, based on the fact that both Nancy and Anna are two years older than John on both census records. John's place of birth is listed as Germany on the 1850 census and Baden on the 1860.
The source for the death date and location of Mary and another source for the names of her parents (John Harley and Anna Rock) is Source Information
Ancestry.com. Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800–1995." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
Albert is not found on the 1900 Michigan census with the family of Samuel Knecht, and no 1880 census has been found for the family. Albert's connection with this family was his marriage certificate cited below which lists his parents as Samuel Knecht and Mary Harley.
The source for the marriage of Albert and Emma and their respective birth years, locations, and the name of the father of Emma is "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3X5-M81 : accessed 16 Feb 2014), Samuel Knecht in entry for Albert S. Knecht and Emma Purkiss, 25 Aug 1898.
The source for the second marriage of Albert Knecht and the names of Cecelia's parents is "Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC1D-3FD : accessed 16 Feb 2014), Albert Knecht and Cecelia Cushing, 20 Jun 1909.
The source for the birth of Mabel is "Michigan, Births and Christenings, 1775-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4Y3-L99 : accessed 16 Feb 2014), Mabel S. Knecht, 09 Oct 1889.
She is living with widowed mother, Mary, on the 1920 Michigan census and is single at age 30.
The source for the birth and death and married name of Anna Knecht is "Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFHF-ZHR : accessed 16 Feb 2014), Samuel Knecht in entry for Anna A Mcmahon, 1923.
Note: The reconstruction of the Samuel and Mary Knecht family is from the 190
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