Helen Francés KNIGHT
1881 - -
Name Helen Francés KNIGHT Born Nov 1881 Michigan 
Gender Female Person ID I715 John Willson, Piscataway, NJ and Ontario Family Tree Last Modified 26 Dec 2018
Family Sherman Anson WILLSON
b. 25 May 1885, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan
d. 1941 (Age 55 years)Married 22 Jun 1907 Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan Children 1. Harry (?) WILLSON
b. 18 Nov 1908, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan2. Lt. Com. Shermen Anson WILLSON, .2
b. 18 Nov 1908, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan
d. 8 Feb 2013, Lexington, Michigan (Age 104 years)3. JEANne Helen WILLSON
b. 25 Oct 1914, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan
d. 25 Mar 2002, Redford, Wayne Co., Michigan (Age 87 years)Last Modified 25 Feb 2015 Family ID F856 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Helen is the daughter of Harriet Turner & James A Knight.
Abstract from Interview with his son Anson Willson Junior:
My mother, Helen Frances Knight, was one of the first women to play basketball & wear bloomers. She was also one of the first women to teach in that area in a school. Her father was a farmer & she grew up on the farm. She went into the city & got an office job. She met my father & almost at the same time, her aunt, May Ringe (who had married a man who was the richest man in California). It would have been nice if he had married my mother instead. She always felt a little embarrassed about it. She didnʼt have a couple of million dollars. I My motherʼs father, my grandfather McDermit, was a Knights Templar in Canada & my first memory of grandpa was riding on a big black horse, because I was very little, with a big high plume on his hat in the Masonʼ s parade once a year. He was the leader of the Knights Templar & I thought he was very grand, indeed. I have nothing but good & wonderful memories.
Ref: Legacy Series: Oral Histories with Past Grand Masters of Michigan. - - -
- Helen is the daughter of Harriet Turner & James A Knight.