Knapp, Flora Frances

1843 - 1918  (74 years)

• Name	Knapp, Flora Frances
  Birth	7 Jul 1843	Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA
  Christening	21 Jan 1886	Rice Station, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Confirmation	26 May 1895	Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, USA
  	St. John's Church, (Episcopal)
  	Confirmation card
  Relocation	Abt 1900	Sentinel Butte, Billings, North Dakota, USA   [1]
  	She and Lycurgus homesteaded. Their son Alfred also lived in Sentinel Butte.
  Relocation	Abt 1908	Los Angeles, California   [2]
  	Flora and Lycurgus moved to Los Angeles where he operated a fruit ranch.
  Death	3 Mar 1918	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA   [3]
  	Flora's death certificate says she died of pellagra.
  Burial	5 Mar 1918	Oakland Cemetery, Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I22	Martin-Bloom
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Knapp, David Benjamin,   b. Abt 1813, New York d. 1 Oct 1897, Rockland, Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Orsborn (Osborn), Hannah,   b. 29 May 1820, Mayfield, Fulton, New York, USA d. 4 Dec 1882, Rockland, Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1836	Mayfield, Montgomery, New York
  	Wedding date from biosketch of Arthur D. Knapp.
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martin, Lycurgus Fargo,   b. 27 Jun 1841, Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Sep 1910, Sentinel Butte, Billings, North Dakota, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1867	Rockland, Manitowoc, Wisconsin   [5]
  	Lycurgus and Flora were married in Clarks Mills by Thomas B. Dooley, who was the pastor at St. James Episcopal Church in Manitowoc. Dooley did not register the marriage until 5 March 1869, 17 months after the event. By that time he did not remember Lycurgus' and Flora's first names. He also gave the bride's mother's name as Mary (a sister) rather than Hannah. He did name the witness as Angeline Knapp, one of Flora's sisters. Angeline was married about a month after Flora, and Dooley also recorded her mother's name as Mary rather than Hannah. Dooley registered 17 other marriages the same day. The earliest was performed 13 Dec 1866, almost two years and four months before he registered it. He did not record the marriage date for one of them. Dooley came to Manitowoc from Michigan about 1865 and returned to Michigan in 1870. He is identified as F. B Dooley in "A History of Manitowoc County" by Ralph G. Plumb.
  Children	+ 1. Martin, Alfred Lycurgus,   b. Jul 1869, North La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin d. 20 Oct 1926, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA (Age ~ 57 years) + 2. Martin, Jira Kenneth,   b. 8 Oct 1871, Watab, Benton, Minnesota, USA d. 6 Mar 1943, Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota, USA (Age 71 years)   3. Martin, Maud Estella,   b. 8 Apr 1874, Rice, Benton, Minnesota, USA d. 2 Sep 1962, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA (Age 88 years) + 4. Martin, Blanche Alma,   b. 11 Apr 1876, Buckman, Morrison, Minnesota d. 2 Jul 1964, Morrison County, Minnesota (Age 88 years)
  Photos		Martin, Lycurgus' and Flora's Children L to R. Alfred Lycurgus, Blanche Alma, Jira Kenneth, Maud Estella
  		Martin, Lycurgus Family Portrait. Front: Lycurgus and Flora Rear: L. to R. Alfred L., Blanche, Maud, Jira
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 May 2014

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 7 Jul 1843 - Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA Marriage - 4 Oct 1867 - Rockland, Manitowoc, Wisconsin Relocation - She and Lycurgus homesteaded. Their son Alfred also lived in Sentinel Butte. - Abt 1900 - Sentinel Butte, Billings, North Dakota, USA Relocation - Flora and Lycurgus moved to Los Angeles where he operated a fruit ranch. - Abt 1908 - Los Angeles, California Death - 3 Mar 1918 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Burial - 5 Mar 1918 - Oakland Cemetery, Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Martin, Flora F.
  		Martin, Flora Knapp Flora mailed this photo from Los Angeles to her grandson Kenneth when he was ill. She wrote on the back: "My Dear Little Sufferer, I have come to see you and brought my cow. I hope you will be glad to see her -- I hope you soon be well and able to return this visit some time this winter. I would be so glad to see you. Lovingly Grandma Martin Photo before 1910.
  		Martin, Flora F.

  
  

  Headstones		Martin, Flora F. Knapp Headstone.
  		Martin, Lycurgus F. Family stone.

  
  

• Notes

  Flora's birth year is most likely 1843. The date on her gravestone in Little Falls is 1843, but some family records say 1844. Flora is found at two locations in the 1860 US Census, and her age in them is ambiguous. First, she is 16 years old living in Rockland, Manitowoc, Wisconsin with her father, mother and siblings; second she is a 17 year old school teacher living with a family in Eaton, Manitowoc. This discrepancy may have resulted from confusion arising from Flora's birthday (July 7), the official date of the Census (June 1) and the dates the actual Censuses were taken (August). If Flora's birth year was 1843, she would have been 16 on June 1 and 17 in August. After Lycurgus died in North Dakota, Flora moved to Minneapolis where her daughter Maud was teaching school and lived there until she died. Flora's sister Selina belonged to the Methodist-Episcopal Church of Mayfield, Montgomery, New York. Her husband Lycurgus was listed as Church of England in the 1851 Canadian Census. Flora's brother Arthur D. Knapp was a Presbyterian (see his biosketch). [6, 7, 8] She is listed as Flora Franier Martin in the death certificate index at the Minnesota Historical Society. At the time of her death she was living in Ward 8 in Minneapolis, which is where her daughter Maud was living.

  
  

• Sources

  [S138] Clara K. Fuller, History of Morrison and Todd Counties Minnesota , (1915, B.F. Bowen and Co., Indianapolis, Indiana), Vol 1. p. 416. [S138] Clara K. Fuller, History of Morrison and Todd Counties Minnesota , (1915, B.F. Bowen and Co., Indianapolis, Indiana), Vol 1, p. 416. [S39] Death Certificate, Minnesota (in file). [S202] findagrave.com, Memorial # 104516435. [S49] Wisconsin marriage registration, (Page of marriage registry book for Manitowoc County. From microfilm at Wis Hist Soc in Madison; Manitowoc marriages Vol 2, page 58.), Manitowoc County marriage registry Vol 2, p. 58. [S69] 1860 US Census, Eaton, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, page 159, line 13. [S69] 1860 US Census, Rockland, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, line 16. [S34] L. Frederick Martin, L. Frederick Martin's family records, p. 8.