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McALPINE FAMILY

Name:N. B. McAlpine

Birth Date:abt 1844

Enlistment Date:22 Mar 1862

Enlistment Place:Alabama, USA

Enlistment Age:18

Military Branch:Cavalry

Regiment or Unit:2nd Alabama Regiment

Company Unit:C

Enlistment Info:Age 18, Alabama, Greene County, Private

Remarks:Value of horse, $250.00.

Author:Muster-in Roll dated 1862/05/06 at Camp Stone, signed by J. N. Carpenter.

Napoleon Bonaparte "Bony" McAlpine

1844–1921

BIRTH 1844 • Boligee, Greene County, Alabama

DEATH 1 SEPTEMBER 1921 • Americana, Brazil

Married:

Louisa O Tarver

Daughter of Judge Thomas Nelson Tarver and Sarah Elizabeth Carroll

1856–1926

BIRTH 1856 • Henderson County, Texas, USA

DEATH 19 SEPTEMBER 1926 • São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

CHILDREN:

1.

Annie McAlpine

1878–1945

BIRTH 25 NOV 1878 • Santa Barbara, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 2 AUG 1945 • Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

 Married:

Joel Lafayette Sanders

1872–1947

BIRTH 22 MAR 1872 • MILO, Pike County, Alabama, USA

DEATH 4 APR 1947 • Troy, Pike, Alabama

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Joel Lafayette Sanders woth son, Shelby Alexander.  Annie McAlpine Sanders with daughter, Martha.
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Napoleon Bonaparte "Bony" McAlpine

1844–1921

BIRTH 1844 • Boligee, Greene County, Alabama

DEATH 1 SEP 1921 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Son of John E. McAlpine and Ann Elizabeth Watson

Married:

Louisa O Tarver

1856–1926

BIRTH 1856 • Henderson County, Texas, USA

DEATH 19 SEP 1926 • São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married:

Napoleon Bonaparte McAlpine: was a private in Co. C, 2nd Alabama Cavalry. He enlisted on March 22, 1862, at Eutaw, Alabama. The record on file is a muster roll for August 31 through October 31, 1863, which shows that he had been on detached duty at Okolona, MS but had returned to duty. The unit fought in Atlanta and Carolinas campaigns and was part of the last escort for President Jefferson Davis and surrendered in May 1865 at Forsyth, GA. He moved to Brazil and was alive in 1913, age 66 or 68. Niels Nielson: Alabama Unit.

Children:

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1.

Annie McAlpine

1878–1945

BIRTH 25 NOV 1878 • Santa Barbara, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 2 AUG 1945 • Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama,USA

Married:  1899 • São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Joel Lafayette Sanders

1872–1947

BIRTH 22 MAR 1872 • MILO, Pike County, Alabama, USA

DEATH 4 APR 1947 • Troy, Pike, Alabama, USA

1.

Shelby Alexander Sanders

1900–1964

BIRTH 17 SEP 1900 • Brazil

DEATH 29 FEB 1964 • Troy, Pike County, Alabama, USA

Married:

Eloise Merkinson

2.

Allen Sanders

1903–1904

BIRTH 20 MAR 1903 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 17 JAN 1904 • Brazil

3.

Esther Sanders

1906–1906

BIRTH 7 JUN 1906 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 21 DEC 1906 • Brazil

4.

Martha Gladys Sanders

1909–1965

BIRTH 1 APR 1909 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 21 MAR 1965 • Greene County, Alabama, USA

Marriage:  13 Jun 1949 • Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA

Sanford Grey Mayes

1899–1964

BIRTH 14 JAN 1899 • Epes, Sumter, Alabama, USA

DEATH 4 APR 1964 • Eutaw, Greene, Alabama, USA

Son of Daniel Grey Mayes Jr. and Mary Kibbe Sanford

5.

Cora Elizabeth "Corina" Sanders

BIRTH 26 APR 1912 • Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 28 NOV 1983 • Troy, Pike, Alabama, USA

Married:

Kleob Nicholas Loflin

1904–1964

BIRTH 19 MAY 1904 • Milo, Etowah, Alabama, USA

DEATH 3 APR 1964 • Troy, Pike County, Alabama, USA

Son of Dr. Daniel Thomas Loflin and Emm M. Law

6.

Ethel Mae Sanders

1919–2000

BIRTH 14 SEP 1919 • Spring Hill, Pike County, Alabama, USA

DEATH 6 SEP 2000 • Troy, Pike, Alabama, USA

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Annie and daughter, Martha 1915

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Joel and son, Shelby - 1915

2.

Elizabeth McAlpine

1880–1986

BIRTH 14 DEC 1880 • Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 28 OCT 1986 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married:

John Calvin McKnight

1875–1932

BIRTH 10 MAR 1875 • Santa Barbara, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 22 NOV 1932 • Brazil

(NOTE: McKnight is spelled variously as MacKnight and Mac Knight - For consistency, we use the spelling McKnight)

Children:

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1.

Laura Elizabeth McKnight

1901–1906

BIRTH 19 JUN 1901 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 11 APR 1906 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2.

Annie Laura Mc Knight

1903–

BIRTH 5 MAR 1903 • Santa Bárbara, Itararé, São Paulo, Brazil

DEATH Brazil

3.

Maurice Bowman McKnight

1905–1980

BIRTH 22 SEP 1905 • Santa Bárbara

d'Oeste, San Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 17 OCT 1980 • Americana,

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married:

Pattie Caroline Jones

1908–2009

BIRTH 13 OCT 1908 • Santa Bárbara

d'Oeste, San Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 24 SEP 2009 • Americana,

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Children:

4.

Lydia McKnight

1907–1993

BIRTH 4 AUG 1907 • Ribeirao

Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 28 JAN 1993 • Niteroi,

RJ, Brasilia, Distrito Federal,

Brazil

 Married:

Francisco Emanuel

"Chico" Lane

1901–1970

BIRTH 5 NOV 1901 • Sao Paulo,

Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 18 JUL 1970 • Niteroi, RJ,

Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil

 

1. 

Annie Laura McKnight

1933–

BIRTH 15 MAY 1933 • Brazil

2.

Mauricio Wilbur McKnight

1935-2013

BIRTH 10 JUN 1935 • Iracemápolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 21 MAR 2013 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil

3.

Joao Cicero McKnight

1940-1992

BIRTH 2 SEP 1940 • Americana, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH 1992 • Americana, São Paulo, Brasil

Married:

Taiko Nakayania

1937–2012

BIRTH 10 APR 1937 • Pompéia, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 9 DEC 2012 • Americana, São Paulo, Brasil

Daughter of Japanese immigrant Hetaro Nakayania 

Children:

                     1.  

                     Joas McKnight

                     2.

                     Jorge McKnight

                     3.

                     Patti Jones McKnight

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Back: Lydia, Theodoro, Renata, Ivetinha. Front: Lydinha, Irene. Marcelo e Mauricio.

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Mauricio

Joao

Taiko

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1.

Theodoro Lane

1931–1989

BIRTH 7 JUL 1931 • Rio

de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil

DEATH 21 JUL 1989 •

Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Married:

 

2.

Lydia "Lydinha" Lane

1934–2019

BIRTH 28 JAN 1934 • Brazil

DEATH 27 OCT 2019 •

Niteroi, RJ, Brasilia, Distrito

Federal, Brazil

Married:

Prudente Orlando Macknight

1927–1997

BIRTH 17 APR 1927 • Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 17 JUL 1997 • Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Son of Henry Oscar MacKnight and Nettie Augusta Thomas

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Chico, Lydia, Theodoro e Lydinha 1935

5.

Annita "Nita" Lou McKnight

1909–1999

BIRTH 19 JUL 1909 • Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 1999 • Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Married 1st:

Amantino Adorno Vassão

1910–1997

BIRTH 27 SEP 1910 • São Paulo, São Paulo,

Brazil

DEATH 30 JAN 1997 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil

Son of João Adorno Vassão and Rosalina Pupo Martins

Married 2nd:  7 May 1938 • Santa Bárbara

d'Oeste, San Paulo, Brazil

Sylvio Ermel

1913–1973

BIRTH 28 JUL 1913 • Bauru, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH 28 MAR 1973 • Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Son of Virgilio Ermel and Clara Müller

Children:

                      1.

                      Leslie Ermel

                              1940–1989

                              BIRTH 16 JAN 1940 • Niterói, Rio de  Janeiro, Brazil

                              DEATH 22 JUL 1989 • Niterói, Rio  de Janeiro, Brazil

 

6.

John Edwin McKnight

1912–1982

BIRTH 16 MAY 1912 • Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 17 JUNE 1982 • Santa Barbara, dOeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married 1st:

Marina Matteddi

1911–1955

BIRTH 3 FEB 1911 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH 16 MAR 1955 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil

Daughter of Austrian immigrant Francisco Mattedi and italian immigrant Cesira Cantarini

Children:

John Edwin McKnight married 2nd:

Sebastiana Godoy

BIRTH 12 JUN 1920 • Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 1992

Daughter of Jose Estanislau Godoy and Francisca Calvino

Children:

               4.

               Denis McKnight

                    1960–1967

                    BIRTH 15 JUN 1960 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, San Paulo, Brazil

                    DEATH 1 APR 1967

7.

Judith MacKnight

1916–2009

BIRTH 21 JUN 1916 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 17 FEB 2009 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Married:

Dr. James Roderick Jones

1910–1986

BIRTH 19 AUG 1910 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste,

Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 1986 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Children:

1.

Neyde McKnight

1936–1992

BIRTH 16 OCT 1936 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH 28 MAR 1992 • Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil

Married:

Joaquim Ribeiro Manço

1929–2020

BIRTH 25 APR 1929 • Cássia dos Coqueiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 10 JUL 2020 • Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil

Son of Francisco Manço Filho and Anna Ribeiro

2.

Geny Elizabeth McKnight

1938–

BIRTH 11 MAR 1938 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH Unknown

Married:

Rodos Matavelli

1930–

BIRTH 13 JUNE 1930 • Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH Unknown

Son of Salvador Matavelli and Amalia Funari

3.   

Joao Francisco McKnight

1941–2016

BIRTH 12 AUG 1941 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil

DEATH 21 DEC 2016 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo, Brasil

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Amantino

1.

George Jones

1940–1941

BIRTH 26 NOV 1940 • Santa Bárbara

d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 11 JUN 1941 • Americana,

São Paulo, Brasil

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8.

Nelson McKnight

1918–1919

BIRTH 23 JAN 1918 • Brazil

DEATH 21 JUN 1919 • Brazil

9.

Lucy McKnight

1922–2003

BIRTH 2 FEB 1922 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH SEP 2003 • Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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McKnight Family

Sitting - Elizabeth McAlpine

Standing (L-R)

Annita,  Lydia, Judith, Maurice, Lucy

3.

John Edwin McAlpin

BIRTH 1884 • Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 1935 • Brazil

4.

Robert Watson McAlpine

1894–1936

BIRTH 1894 • Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 1936 • San Paulo, Brazil

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