Frederick Christian Knecht was born on July 12, 1882 on his grandfather's farm 1 mile west of Leona, Doniphan County, Kansas in Robinson Township, Brown County, Kansas. He was the son of Christian Knecht, Jr. and Magdalena Wanzig Knecht. He attended school at Leona completing the 8th grade.
On August 16, 1905 he married Emma Alberta Vandeveer at Hiawatha, Kansas. Together they had six children:
John Arthur Frederick, Vera Irene, Marie Adelene, Floyd Joseph, Lloyd Christian and Frederick Curtis Franklin.
After his mother and father moved to Leona in 1911, Frederick farmed the land. After his father, Christian, sold the remainder of the farm in 1918 to his daughter, Mary Knecht Hazen, Frederick rented the land from his sister but was also a road maintenance supervisor. Frederick moved from the farm to Leona and from Leona back to the farm on several occasions.
Frederick also played a "valve trombone" in the Leona band called the Leona Concert Band.
Frederick and Emma moved to Detroit, Michigan in late 1940 or early 1941 and remained there until 1946 when they returned to Leona, Kansas after WWII.
Frederick Christian Knecht died on September 24, 1968 at the Hiawatha Community Hospital and is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, north of Leona, Kansas.
On August 16, 1905 he married Emma Alberta Vandeveer at Hiawatha, Kansas. Together they had six children:
John Arthur Frederick, Vera Irene, Marie Adelene, Floyd Joseph, Lloyd Christian and Frederick Curtis Franklin.
After his mother and father moved to Leona in 1911, Frederick farmed the land. After his father, Christian, sold the remainder of the farm in 1918 to his daughter, Mary Knecht Hazen, Frederick rented the land from his sister but was also a road maintenance supervisor. Frederick moved from the farm to Leona and from Leona back to the farm on several occasions.
Frederick also played a "valve trombone" in the Leona band called the Leona Concert Band.
Frederick and Emma moved to Detroit, Michigan in late 1940 or early 1941 and remained there until 1946 when they returned to Leona, Kansas after WWII.
Frederick Christian Knecht died on September 24, 1968 at the Hiawatha Community Hospital and is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, north of Leona, Kansas.
Frederick Christian Knecht was born on July 12, 1882 on his grandfather's farm 1 mile west of Leona, Doniphan County, Kansas in Robinson Township, Brown County, Kansas. He was the son of Christian Knecht, Jr. and Magdalena Wanzig Knecht. He attended school at Leona completing the 8th grade.
On August 16, 1905 he married Emma Alberta Vandeveer at Hiawatha, Kansas. Together they had six children:
John Arthur Frederick, Vera Irene, Marie Adelene, Floyd Joseph, Lloyd Christian and Frederick Curtis Franklin.
After his mother and father moved to Leona in 1911, Frederick farmed the land. After his father, Christian, sold the remainder of the farm in 1918 to his daughter, Mary Knecht Hazen, Frederick rented the land from his sister but was also a road maintenance supervisor. Frederick moved from the farm to Leona and from Leona back to the farm on several occasions.
Frederick also played a "valve trombone" in the Leona band called the Leona Concert Band.
Frederick and Emma moved to Detroit, Michigan in late 1940 or early 1941 and remained there until 1946 when they returned to Leona, Kansas after WWII.
Frederick Christian Knecht died on September 24, 1968 at the Hiawatha Community Hospital and is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, north of Leona, Kansas.
On August 16, 1905 he married Emma Alberta Vandeveer at Hiawatha, Kansas. Together they had six children:
John Arthur Frederick, Vera Irene, Marie Adelene, Floyd Joseph, Lloyd Christian and Frederick Curtis Franklin.
After his mother and father moved to Leona in 1911, Frederick farmed the land. After his father, Christian, sold the remainder of the farm in 1918 to his daughter, Mary Knecht Hazen, Frederick rented the land from his sister but was also a road maintenance supervisor. Frederick moved from the farm to Leona and from Leona back to the farm on several occasions.
Frederick also played a "valve trombone" in the Leona band called the Leona Concert Band.
Frederick and Emma moved to Detroit, Michigan in late 1940 or early 1941 and remained there until 1946 when they returned to Leona, Kansas after WWII.
Frederick Christian Knecht died on September 24, 1968 at the Hiawatha Community Hospital and is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, north of Leona, Kansas.
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