William Charles Knorr I

  General Notes:

According to a 1920 census he was a farmer

He adopted his older brother Charles Knorr children after his brother died in 1915. The mother must have died a few years before.

Billings Gazette
Funeral Services for William C. Knorr, 83 of Wolf Point, who died Tuesday in a Wolf Point hospital, will be 10:00 am Saturday with the Rev. Harry Weston and the Rev. John Hubbard officiating. Memorial services will be at 9:00 pm Friday at Clayton Memorial Chapel. Mr. Knorr, known as a tribal leader on the Fort Peck Indian reservation, was born Jan. 21, 1885 in Poplar. He was one of the first students of the government school when it opened in 1893. Mr. Knorr worked as a line rider on the reservation until he was 18, when he became one of the reservations youngest members on the police force. He helped organize the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede in the mid-20's and served as a member of the reservation's executive board for 16 years. for two and half years, he was chairman of the board. He worked on several cattle ranches on the reservation and helped organize the Flynn creek and Oil discovery celebrations each year on the reservation. Survivors include his widow Mary, three daughters, Mrs. Lyle Simonson, Laredo, TX, Mrs. Irene Scott, Poplar, Mrs. William Waddell, Seattle WA, seven grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.

William married Nancy Mitchell Knorr, daughter of Joseph aka Dave or David Indian name: Bloody Knife Mitchell and Isabelle St. Germain. (Nancy Mitchell Knorr was born in Dec 1883 and died on 16 Dec 1946.)

William next married Mary Gertrude Garfield Knorr, daughter of James Garfield #1 Sr and Mrs. Mary Gray-Hair or Grey Snow, in 1943 in Fort Peck, Montana. (Mary Gertrude Garfield Knorr was born on 4 Aug 1900 in Wolf Point, Montana and died on 16 Nov 1986.)