When Julia Nelson married John Knudson, I'm sure she had no idea how much trouble that name was going to be! In some of the records I have researched, I have found a variety of spellings which makes for alot of confusion. Julie Knudson a great granddaughter of Julia's, tells me the following, "Knudson (used to be pronounced Newdson--but after a family meeting in Eugene, we decided to pronounce the 'K' and so, Knudson's from Eugene in my family are 'Canudson' and family in Portland are pronounced 'Newdson'. Portland relatives say, 'you do not say 'K'nock, 'k'nock' and Eugene relatives got tired of being on the 'N' list rather than the 'K' list and say--'yes pronounce the 'K' '. " :-)
I thought that was hilarious! Thanks Julie.
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