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Daniel Ridgway KNIGHT [175]
(1839-1924)
Rebecca Morris WEBSTER [174]
(1849-Bet. 1909)
Elisha Franklin BREWSTER [104]
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Sarah Ridgway MACY [1]
(-)
Louis Aston KNIGHT [163]
(1873-1948)
Caroline Ridgway BREWSTER [101]
(1882-1959)
Ridgway Brewster KNIGHT [90]
(1911-2001)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth R. SPALDING [254]

2. Colette Benjamine LALIER [79]

Ridgway Brewster KNIGHT [90] 1

  • Born: 12 Jun 1911, Paris, France 1
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth R. SPALDING [254] on 01 Oct 1932 in Chilson, Essex, New York, USA 1
  • Marriage (2): Colette Benjamine LALIER [79] on 26 Aug 1946 in Paris, France 1
  • Died: 14 Aug 2001, Le Touquet, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France at age 90 1

bullet  General Notes:

Enlisted in the US army in 1943, he prepared the landing of the allied forces in Cherchell, Algeria and particpated to the italian and french campaign against the germans.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Syria, 1961-65; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1965-69; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1969-73
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Source <http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mygenlists/pafg10.htm> :
... 54. "Ridgway Brewster11 Knight (Caroline Ridgway10 Brewster, SarahRidgway9 Macy, Silvanus Jenkins8, Eliza L7 Jenkins, Silvanus F6,Jonathan5, Jonathan4, John3, Zachariah2, John1) was born June 12, 1911 inParis,France. He married (1) Elisabeth Spalding October 01, 1932 inChilson,NY, daughter of Eliot Spalding and Beatrice Collins. He married(2) Colette Lallier Mattieu August 27, 1946 in Paris,France..."

bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Nationality. U.S.

• Occupation. US Ambassador


Ridgway married Elizabeth R. SPALDING [254] [MRIN: 47], daughter of Eliot SPALDING [964] and Beatrice COLLINS [965], on 01 Oct 1932 in Chilson, Essex, New York, USA.1 (Elizabeth R. SPALDING [254] was born on 20 Aug 1911 in Endicott, Broome, New York, USA 1 and died on 23 Jun 1975 in Tucson, AZ 1.)


Ridgway next married Colette Benjamine LALIER [79] [MRIN: 49] on 26 Aug 1946 in Paris, France.1


Sources


1 KNIGHT Family archives.


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