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About Cordelia Knott
Cordelia (Hornaday) Knott was a businesswoman and restauranteur. She was the high school sweetheart (Pomona High School) and wife of Knott's Berry Farm founder Walter Knott, and is best remembered for her famous chicken dinner restaurant, which is still in operation today.
Walter Knott and Cordelia Hornaday married in 1911.
From the 1940 federal census, Cordeia Knott lived in Anaheim, Orange County, California, with her husband and daughters. The family at the time consisted of:
- Head Walter Knott 50
- Wife Cordelia Knott 50
- Daughter Virginia M Knott 27
- Daughter Elizabeth R Knott 23
- Daughter Marion G Knott 17
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Cordelia Knott's Timeline
| 1890 |
January 23, 1890
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Bushton, Coles County, Illinois, United States
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| 1913 |
January 26, 1913
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Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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| 1916 |
January 10, 1916
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Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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1916
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Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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| 1922 |
April 22, 1922
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Anaheim, Orange County, California, United States
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| 1974 |
April 12, 1974
Age 84
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Buena Park, Orange County, California, United States
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Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California, United States
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