Adaline Knight (1831-1919)

Gathered here is the most comprehensive repository of materials on the life of Adaline Knight, wife of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap.  Click on the links below to access biographical and historical information by or about Adaline Knight:

Biographies and Related Materials

• Belnap, W. Dean. Heritage With Honor: Genealogy and History of the Ancestry and Descendants of Gilbert Belnap (1821 – 1899) (1974)
• Centennial History in Honor of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap, 1850-1950 (including 1952 and 1956 Supplements)
• Belnap, Brent J. “Life Story of Adaline Knight Belnap” (1995) (prepared for DUP book)
• “Adaline Knight Belnap,” Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, vol. __ (Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1998), p. ___
• Marion Adaline Belnap Kerr Collection, LDS Church Archives
• Kerr Family Collection (register), Weber State University
• Belnap, James G. (“Jim”). “A Christmas Story” (n.d.) (fictionalized account of Adaline Knight as a young girl growing up in Nauvoo experiencing her first Christmas)

Letters

Letters from Adaline Knight to:

• Adaline Belnap to Gilbert Belnap (husband), 22 Mar 185[7]
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• Adaline and Henrietta Belnap (cousin) to Gilbert Belnap (husband), 24 Apr 185__
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• Adaline Belnap to Hyrum Belnap (son), 5 Dec 1909/11 [TO COME]
• Adaline Belnap to Augustus Weber Belnap (son), 13 Jan 1908 (transcription)

Letters to Adaline Knight from:

• Gilbert Belnap to Adaline Belnap (wife), 25 Feb 1856
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• Gilbert Belnap to Adaline Belnap (wife), 28 Mar 1856
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• Gilbert Belnap to Adaline and Henrietta Belnap (wives), 18 Feb 1857
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• Gilbert Belnap to Adaline and Henrietta Belnap (wives), 7 Apr 1857
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• Gilbert Belnap to Adaline and Henrietta Belnap (wives), 12-13 May 1857
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• Gilbert Belnap to Adaline and Henrietta Belnap (wives), 1857
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• Russell Gibbons and Andrew V. Gibbons (nephews); also addressed to Gilbert Belnap (husband), 19 Mar 1870
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LDS Materials

• Patriarchal Blessing: Adaline Knight,  Ogden, Weber,  Utah,  25  Jan  1869
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Newspaper Articles

Relief Society/Y.L.M.I.A. Matters

• “Quarterly Conference,” Ogden Standard, 10 Jun 1881
• “Mad Runaway,” Ogden Standard, 20 Jul 1882
• “Quarterly Conference,” Ogden Standard, 16 Dec 1882
• “Quarterly Conference,” Ogden Standard, 18 Dec 1884 

Property Matters

• “Real Estate Sales,” Ogden Standard, 26 Aug 1892

Wedding Anniversary

• “Golden Wedding at Hooper,” Ogden Standard Examiner, 27 Dec 1895
• “Ogden Society,” Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Dec 1895

Social Matters

• “At The Peery Mansion,” Deseret News, 4 Dec 1897

Obituary

• “Mrs. Belnap Dies In Salt Lake At Age Of 89,” Ogden Standard, 11 Jun 1919
• “Prominent Lady Passes Away,” Franklin County Citizen, 26 Jun 1919

Receipts

• Woman’s Exponent Subscription Receipt, 6 Apr 1880
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• Woman’s Exponent Subscription Receipt, 7 Apr 1883

Census Records

• 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Weber County, UT (1850)
• 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Weber County, UT (10 Jul 1860)
• 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Weber River Valley, Weber, UT (8 Jul 1870)
• 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Hooper, Weber, UT (11 Jun 1880)
• 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Hooper, Weber, UT (8 Jun 1900)
• 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Beaver Dam, Box Elder, UT (16 Apr 1910)

Death Records

• Death Certificate: Adeline [sic] Knight Belnap, 1919
• Adaline Knight Funeral Service (Hyrum Belnap typescript copy prepared by his daughter, Flora Belnap), 15 Jun 1919
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Photographs and Images

Individual Images

• Adaline Knight Belnap, younger (from Marion Adaline Belnap Kerr photo collection), 1874
• Adaline Knight Belnap, younger, 1874
• Adaline Knight Belnap, younger (same as above; appears to be copied from original and pasted on card stock; taken in Ogden, Utah, by Weber), 1874
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• Adaline Knight Belnap, older
• Adaline Knight Belnap, older (appears to be copied from original and pasted on card stock; taken in Ogden, Utah by Weber)
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Group Images

• Gilbert Belnap with wives Adaline Knight (standing left) and Henrietta McBride (standing right), Adaline’s sister Rizpah Knight Gibbons (seated left) and Adaline’s and Rizpah’s mother Martha McBride Knight (seated right), late 1800s
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• Gilbert Belnap with wives Adaline Knight (standing left) and Henrietta McBride (standing right), Adaline’s sister Rizpah Knight Gibbons (seated left) and Adaline’s and Rizpah’s mother Martha McBride Knight (seated right), late 1800s (same as above)
• Adaline Knight with Martha McBride Knight and others, early 1900s

Headstone

• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Adaline Knight (Aug 1990)
• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Adaline Knight (unknown date)
• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Adaline Knight (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)

Spouse

• Gilbert Belnap (1821-1899)

Children

• Gilbert Rosel Belnap (1847-1929)
• John McBride Belnap (1849-1850) [no issue]
• Reuben Belnap (1851-1923)
• Joseph Belnap (1853-1922)
• Martha Jane Belnap (1855-1923)
• Hyrum Belnap (1858-1938)
• Augustus Weber Belnap (1860-1948)
• Volney Belnap (1862-1862) [no issue]
• Vinson Knight Belnap (1863-1920)
• Amasa Belnap (1866-1929)
• Adaline Lorinda Belnap (1868-1934)
• Mary Louisa Belnap (1870-1950)
• Lola Almira Belnap (1874-1921)

reared by Gilbert Belnap and Adaline Knight (but not adopted by or sealed to)

• Eli Roy Stoddard (1888-1949)  (NOTE:  Eli Roy Stoddard was the son of John Martin Stoddard and Mary Jane Priest.  Eli’s mother died when he was one year old.  Adaline reared Eli to adulthood.)

Parents

• Vinson Knight (1804-1842)
• Martha McBride (1805-1901)

Last update:  1 Oct 2020