Bio: Knops, Francis & Dorothy

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Knops, Cornelius, Hoogland, Ott, Volk

----Source: Family Scrapbook

Francis Knops was born on November 20, 1896, at Glenwood City, Wisconsin. His parents were John and Catherine Cornelius.

He was married to Dorothy Hoogland on June 15, 1920 at Kenman, Wisconsin. She was born at Blue Island, Il¬linois on August 15, 1900.

Two children were born to them, Robert of Chicago and Eunice of Crystal Lake, Illinois.

In July of 1931 they moved to Willard where they bought the Tioga Cheese Factory from Walter Ott. They operated the factory until 1944. They sold the building to Rudy Volk and left Willard.

Dorothy passed away on January 14, 1958. Both Robert and Eunice are married. Francis now lives in New Rich¬mond, Wisconsin.


By: Francis Knops

 

 


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