Byron Knight Belnap (1914-1995)

Gathered here is the most comprehensive repository of materials on the life of Byron Knight Belnap, grandson of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap through Gilbert’s son Hyrum Belnap.  Click on the links below to access biographical and historical information concerning Byron Knight Belnap:

Biographical Materials

• Belnap, W. Dean. Heritage With Honor: Genealogy and History of the Ancestry and Descendants of Gilbert Belnap (1821 – 1899) (1974)
• Hyrum Belnap and Anna C. Bluth Family Record (typescript copies; initial transcript prepared by Arias G. Belnap, 17 Jun 1953; retyped version prepared by Joy M. Belnap, Dec 2007)
• Hedy Belnap Schindler History and Photo Album (scanned copy)
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Letters

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Newspaper Articles

• “Nuptials Soon–June Dates Circled By Engaged Pairs,” Ogden Standard Examiner, 21 Apr 1974

Census Records

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Miscellaneous Documents

• New York Passenger List, S.S. Washington, 2 Apr 1936
• New York Passenger List, S.S. Flandria (wife Hedy Schindler), 2 Jul 1957

Death Records

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Audio Recordings: Family Gatherings

• Gathering of Hyrum Belnap and Anna C. Bluth Children and Spouses, Byron K. Belnap home, 904 21st Street, Ogden, UT, 13 Mar 1952 (MP3 file; large)
  • Transcription [TO COME]:  Speakers (in order): Arias G. Belnap, H. Earl Belnap, Volney B. Belnap, Jewel B. Furniss, Della A. Belnap, Gladys B. Carwin, Byron K. Belnap, Arias G. Belnap, Emma Lou P. Belnap, Mabel H. Belnap, Arias G. Belnap, Marie W. Belnap, Hedy S. Belnap, Emmett Carwin, Arias G. Belnap, Lois F. Belnap, Kathleen Belnap, Arias G. Belnap, H. Earl Belnap
• Gathering of Hyrum Belnap and Anna C. Bluth Children and Spouses (continuation), Ogden, UT, 16 Mar 1952 (MP3 file; large)
  • Transcription [TO COME]:  Speakers (in order): Arias G. Belnap, Glen K. Furniss, Arias G. Belnap

Photographs and Images

Individual Images

• Anna Constantia Bluth Belnap with son Byron Knight Belnap, 1915 (from original in possession of Jeane Erickson Burton)
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• Byron Knight Belnap, as infant, about 1915 (from original in possession of Jeane Erickson Burton)

Group Images

• Children of Hyrum Belnap and Anna Constantia Bluth:  Back row: Volney Bryan Belnap, Arias Guy Belnap, Byron Knight Belnap, Hyrum Earl Belnap; Front row: “A” Jewel Belnap Furniss, Gladys Belnap Carwin, Della Augusta Belnap, Apr 1952

Headstones

• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Byron Knight Belnap and Hedy Schindler (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)
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Residence: 918 21st Street, Ogden, UT

• House Front (viewed from south) (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)

Spouse

• Hedy Schindler (1911-2004)

Children

• Gary Fred Belnap (1944-2019)
• Anna Renae Belnap (1949-2014)

Parents

• Hyrum Belnap (1858-1938)
• Anna Contantia Bluth (1869-1931)

Last update:  26 Jun 2020