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Ann “Annie” <I>McMillan</I> Knott

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Ann “Annie” McMillan Knott

Birth
Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Death
20 Dec 1941 (aged 90)
Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.300391, Longitude: -83.1370906
Plot
Section G, Lot 433
Memorial ID
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1900 U. S. census: 49 Alexandria Avenue, Ward 2, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA. Mother of two (2) children, both of whom are living at the time of the census, June 1, 1900.
1910 U. S. census: 106 Gainsboro Street, Ward 10, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Occupation: Editor, Newspaper. Mother of three (3) children, only two (2) of whom are living at the time of the census, April 26, 1910.
1930 U. S. census: 1056 Beacon Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Occupation: Director, Christian Science.
1940 U. S. census: 18 Commonwealth Terrace, Ward 21, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

Removed from Detroit to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts in 1903.

DEATH INFORMATION:

Cause of death: Cerebral hemorrhage.

Burial site: Section G, Lot 433.

Obituary from the Hartford Courant (Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA) on Sunday, December 21, 1941, page 15, column 2:

Annie Knott, 90, Dies
Christian Science Pioneer


Brookline, Mass., Dec. 20, - (AP.)
- Mrs. Annie M. Knott, about 90, first woman member of the Christian Science board of directors and former associate editor of the Christian Science periodicals, died today.

She had been active in the movement for 60 years and studied with Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science.

Mrs. Knott, a native of Scotland, was a pioneer in the progress of Christian Science and helped start the movement in Chicago and in Detroit.

After her marriage to Kennard Knott of Portsmouth, England, she went to London to live until 1882, when she came to this country.

In 1898, she became a member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, and served until 1903, when she became associate editor of the Christian Science periodicals.

She served on the board of directors until 1934. She also served as a trustee under the will of Mary Baker Eddy and on the Bible Lesson Committee.
1900 U. S. census: 49 Alexandria Avenue, Ward 2, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA. Mother of two (2) children, both of whom are living at the time of the census, June 1, 1900.
1910 U. S. census: 106 Gainsboro Street, Ward 10, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Occupation: Editor, Newspaper. Mother of three (3) children, only two (2) of whom are living at the time of the census, April 26, 1910.
1930 U. S. census: 1056 Beacon Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Occupation: Director, Christian Science.
1940 U. S. census: 18 Commonwealth Terrace, Ward 21, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

Removed from Detroit to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts in 1903.

DEATH INFORMATION:

Cause of death: Cerebral hemorrhage.

Burial site: Section G, Lot 433.

Obituary from the Hartford Courant (Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA) on Sunday, December 21, 1941, page 15, column 2:

Annie Knott, 90, Dies
Christian Science Pioneer


Brookline, Mass., Dec. 20, - (AP.)
- Mrs. Annie M. Knott, about 90, first woman member of the Christian Science board of directors and former associate editor of the Christian Science periodicals, died today.

She had been active in the movement for 60 years and studied with Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science.

Mrs. Knott, a native of Scotland, was a pioneer in the progress of Christian Science and helped start the movement in Chicago and in Detroit.

After her marriage to Kennard Knott of Portsmouth, England, she went to London to live until 1882, when she came to this country.

In 1898, she became a member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, and served until 1903, when she became associate editor of the Christian Science periodicals.

She served on the board of directors until 1934. She also served as a trustee under the will of Mary Baker Eddy and on the Bible Lesson Committee.


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