Amanda Inez Knight
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1876 September 8
Date Details
Occurred On 1876 September 8
Birth
Relationships
Father
Jesse Knight
Mother
Amanda M. McEwan
Baptized
1888 July (Age 11)
Set Apart as Missionary
British Mission
1898 April 1 – 1900 May 19 (Age 21)
1898 April 1 – 1900 May 19 (Age 21)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1900 May 19
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
Location Served
Cheltenham Conference
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Edward Partridge
Additional Notes
She was one of the first two single women to serve full-time missions. She had planned to travel to England in 1898 to sight-see and to visit her brother Ray, who was serving a mission there, with her friend Lucy Jane Brimhall. Their bishop recommended that the two young women be called to serve as missionaries.
Mission Companionship
Media
Manchester Conference
Mission Photo
Sister Holbrook and Knight
London Conference Missionaries, Circa 1899 April
Nottingham Conference, England, 1898 October 30
Married Robert Eugene Allen
1902 June 11 (Age 25)
Died
1937 June 5 (Age 60)
Date Details
Occurred On 1937 June 5
Died
Media
Amanda Inez Knight (1876 - 1937) Profile
Manchester Conference
Mission Photo
Sister Holbrook and Knight
London Conference Missionaries, Circa 1899 April
Nottingham Conference, England, 1898 October 30