I do not have much information about my mother’s family. However, here is the little that I have. The Knee side of my family is also German and Dutch.
Andrew Knee (1861-1953) married Ella Walton (1867-1887). He then married Clara Phillip (1889-1945). He had the following children through Clara:
Bill (1884-1966)
John (1931-1943), funeral at Florence Bjerkes
Clyd
Mitchell
Hazel
Florence
Bill Knee (1884-1966) married Lena Runge (1887-1955). They lived in Chandler, MN. They had the following children:
Lois (1909-1999)
Lola (1911-1953). She died with uterus cancer.
Wilma (1913-1983). She died with stomach cancer.
Irma (1915-1986). She died with miloma cancer.
Laurence (1917-2003) He died with esophagas cancer
Vernon (1920-1987). He died with esophagas cancer.
Melvin (1922-1987). He died with a brain cancer.
Alice (1923-1989). She died of lung cancer. She smoked a lot.
Alvera (1925-Present).
Alvera Knee (1925-2004) married Albert Plasterer (1921-2003). They in several places in Minnesota, settling in Austin, Luverne, and Heron Lake. They were divorced in 1976. She died of esophageal cancer. They had the following children:
George (1951-Present). He married Cheryl Bellmore (1956-Present). They had two children, Michael and David. They divorced in 1990. He married Suzanne McElhany (1947-Present).
Lynn (1952-Present). She married Danny Mallet. They had two children, Michael (2/25/1980) and Chrissy (4/5/1982).
Susan (1955-Present). She married Elmer Fields. They divorced in 1990 (?)
Cindy (1956-Present). She married Mark Horkey.
Shirley (1958-Present). She married Terry Olson. They divorced in 1990.