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Viola Beatrice KNEELAND

Female 1899 - 1981  (82 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Viola Beatrice KNEELAND was born on 13 Apr 1899 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (daughter of Herbert Albion KNEELAND and Annie Frances PERRY); died on 25 Oct 1981 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1910, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1920, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Viola Beatrice Kneeland ’30 LL.M.
     Clearly a woman ahead of her time, Viola Beatrice Kneeland established her own law firm in Boston with a partner in 1933 and continued to practice until she was nearly 70. She was among the first women admitted to Columbia Law School and was the first to receive an LL.M. degree. Born in Boston, she graduated from Wellesley College in 1920 and went on to complete an M.A. in literature at Columbia in 1923. After working briefly as a Greek tutor, she enrolled at Boston University Law School, where she earned her LL.B. cum laude in 1927. She entered Columbia Law School in 1929, finishing her LL.M. degree in just a year.
     Ms. Kneeland worked for Blodgett, Jones, Burnham & Bingham in Boston before establishing her own firm, Kneeland & Splane. In her more than 30 years of practice on Federal Street, she specialized in admiralty and marine insurance law, coffering a territory that spanned from Eastport, Me., to Brownsville, Tex. It was quite an accomplishment, considering admiralty law was largely the bailiwick of male practitioners. Although she lived most of her adult life on Boston’s Beacon Street, Ms. Kneeland was a cosmopolitan woman who traveled the world. In 1952, she wrote to the Wellesley alumnae magazine: "Our office has grown by leaps and bounds. However, in spite of the press of business or perhaps because of it, I find time about every six months to go abroad…. The last trip was a cruise on the Caronia around South America – before that it was the Caronia to the North Cape and Norway and Sweden - and before that a flying trip to Portugal, Spain, the Riviera, and Paris."


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Herbert Albion KNEELAND was born on 26 May 1873 in Searsport, Waldo, Maine (son of James Henry KNEELAND and Amanda H. CROCKETT); died on 15 Oct 1951 in Jamaica Plain, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1910, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1920, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1930, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts

    Herbert married Annie Frances PERRY on 30 May 1898 in Rhode Island. Annie was born on 23 Mar 1877 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died after 1955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Annie Frances PERRY was born on 23 Mar 1877 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died after 1955.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1910, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1920, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1930, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts

    Children:
    1. 1. Viola Beatrice KNEELAND was born on 13 Apr 1899 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 25 Oct 1981 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Henry KNEELAND was born on 19 Mar 1843 in Searsport, Waldo, Maine (son of Henry Hichborn KNEELAND and Harriet Hichborn RENDELL); died on 22 Jan 1917; was buried in Village Cemetery, Searsport, Waldo, Maine.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Searsport, Waldo, Maine
    • Census: 1910, Searsport, Waldo, Maine

    James married Amanda H. CROCKETT on 23 Mar 1867 in Rockingham, New Hampshire. Amanda was born on 6 May 1849 in Stocton, Waldo, Maine; died on 18 May 1932; was buried in Village Cemetery, Searsport, Waldo, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Amanda H. CROCKETT was born on 6 May 1849 in Stocton, Waldo, Maine; died on 18 May 1932; was buried in Village Cemetery, Searsport, Waldo, Maine.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Searsport, Waldo, Maine
    • Census: 1910, Searsport, Waldo, Maine
    • Census: 1920, Searsport, Waldo, Maine
    • Census: 1930, Searsport, Waldo, Maine

    Children:
    1. Frank Elmer KNEELAND was born on 27 Jul 1870 in Searsport, Waldo, Maine; died on 2 Apr 1948 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried in Gordon Cemetery, Searsport, Waldo, Maine.
    2. 2. Herbert Albion KNEELAND was born on 26 May 1873 in Searsport, Waldo, Maine; died on 15 Oct 1951 in Jamaica Plain, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    3. Katherine May KNEELAND was born on 26 Apr 1875 in Searsport, Waldo, Maine; died on 26 Aug 1934 in Searsport, Waldo, Maine; was buried in Village Cemetery, Searsport, Waldo, Maine.
    4. Henry Wilton KNEELAND was born on 29 Sep 1882 in Searsport, Waldo, Maine; died on 29 Aug 1960 in Searsport, Waldo, Maine; was buried in Village Cemetery, Searsport, Waldo, Maine.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry Hichborn KNEELAND was born on 7 Jul 1806 in Prospect, Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts; died on 7 Oct 1860 in Stockton Springs, Waldo, Maine; was buried in Mount Recluse Cemetery, Stockton Springs, Waldo, Maine.

    Henry married Harriet Hichborn RENDELL on 20 Oct 1828 in Stockton Springs, Waldo, Maine. Harriet was born on 10 May 1807 in Prospect, Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts; died on 10 Apr 1896; was buried in Village Cemetery, Searsport, Waldo, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Harriet Hichborn RENDELL was born on 10 May 1807 in Prospect, Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts; died on 10 Apr 1896; was buried in Village Cemetery, Searsport, Waldo, Maine.
    Children:
    1. Harriet KNEELAND was born on 7 Jan 1832; died on 4 Jan 1919; was buried in Village Cemetery, Searsport, Waldo, Maine.
    2. 4. James Henry KNEELAND was born on 19 Mar 1843 in Searsport, Waldo, Maine; died on 22 Jan 1917; was buried in Village Cemetery, Searsport, Waldo, Maine.