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Note: e same boat as Mary Ann Andrews. They met en route to Adrian, Michigan on that boat. They had not known each other before coming to the U.S. However, the 1900 census clearly gives two different years of immigration for both Thomas and Mary Ann. Knight, Thomas, 40, gardner, b. England, NOT a citizen Mary, 33, b. England, Not a citizen Joseph, 10, b. Ohio, at school Thomas, 8, b. Canada, at school Chas. 2, b. Michigan Thomas KNIGHT self M M W 49 ENG.LaborerFa: ENG.Mo: ENG. Mary A. KNIGHT Wife F M W 42 ENG.Keeping housefa:ENG.Mo:ENG. Charles KNIGHT SonM S W 11 MIAt SchoolFa: ENG.Mo: ENG. Knight, Thomas, Oct. 1830, M. 42 yrs. Eng. Eng. Eng. Imm. 1852 Alien, Mary Ann, Feb. 1838, M. 42 yrs. Eng. Eng. Eng. Imm 1856 Knight, Thomas, 71, m.51 yr., Imm 1852, Own income Mary A., wife, 70, m. 51 yr., mo 4, 3 living, Imm 1853? Emigrated to the United States 1851. Reference show he had 12 siblings. Places of residence: England, Monroe and Lenawee Counties in Michigan, Lorain County, Ohio. Church affiliation: Church of England. Thomas Knight moved from Lorain, Ohio the Adrian, Michigan in 1861. Thomas' wife Mary Ann died in Adrian from organic hear disease. Thomas died at the home of his son Andrews, in Ida Township, Monroe County, near Petersburg, Michigan from La Grippe (influenza). Both Thomas and Mary Ann are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian, Michigan.
Note: According to family tradition, Thomas Knight emigrated to the U.S. on th
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