1.  Interview of my mother, Nina Gale (Straub) Matthiesen, niece of Delight Willis.  We knew her only as "Delight," never Theodocia or Docia.  Her son, William Charles, was always known to us as "Carl."

2.  Marriage Record:

3a.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #2 of 26):  Staff Boarding House, McGill Town, McGill Precinct, T10N.R63E, White Pine Co., NV, p. 184B, SN 1B, SD 1, ED 60, enumerated 3-5 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	10	11	12	17	18	19	21	23	25	26	27	28
*	14	14	14	Knoblock, Jules R	Border	R	M	W	22	S	Y	Y	GA	NY	GA	Y	Clerk	Time Keeper?	W
				Knoblock, Harrie M	Border	R	M	W	24	S	Y	Y	GA	NY	GA	Y	Clerk	Time? Office	W
*Staff Boarding House

Jules Rival KNOBLOCH is Harry's brother.  They are two of many boarders in what was six pages of nothing but single laboring men (from all over the world) living in boarding houses and dormitories.  Activity seems to be mostly mining, smelting, and milling. 

3b.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #11-12 of 30):  School Dormitory, 20 Jewel St., McGill Precinct, White Pine Co., NV, pp. 174A-174B, SN 6B, SD 1, ED 59, enumerated 7-8 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	2	3	4	5	6	9	10	11	12	17	18	19	21	23	25	26	27	28
*	20	136	136	Willis Delight	Officer	F	W	22	S	Y	Y	MO	MO	OH	Y	Teacher	McGill School	H.H.
*Jewel St.

One of nine teachers living in a school dormitory.  Delight's father and mother were born in IN and MI, respectively (see next source — and parents' family group sheet). 

4.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #3 of 4):  686 West Williams Ave., Fallon City, that part in New River Election Precinct 1, Churchill Co., NV, p. 10A, SN 2A, ED 1-4, SD 1, enumerated 3 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

24

25

26

27

28

30

31

*

686

50

50

Knobloch Harry

Head

O

3500

R

N

M

W

35

M

26

N

Y

GA

GA

NY

Y

Clerk

City

W

Y

Y

WW

________ Delight

Wife

F

W

32

M

22

N

Y

MO

IN

MI

Y

None

________ Harriet

Daughter

F

W

8

S

Y

NV

GA

MO

None

________ Carl

Son

M

W

3

S

N

NV

GA

MO

None

Willis Ida

mother in law

F

W

72

wd

N

Y

MI

OH

MO

Y

None

*West Williams Ave.

The birthplaces of Harry's parent are switched (see above source — and parents' family group sheet).

5.  California Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com):

Last Name	First Name	Middle	Birth Date	Mother Maiden	Father Last	Sex	Birth Place	Death Place	Death Date	SSN	Age
Knoblock	Delight	Willis	08/13/1898	Brown	Willis	F	Missouri	Los Angeles	05/05/1947		48
Knobloch	William	C	01/19/1927			M	Nebraska	Los Angeles (70)	01/27/1971	530-12-3861	44

Carl was born in Nevada, not Nebraska.

6.  SSDI:  Social Security Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com and Ancestry.com; missing columns contained no data):

Name	Birth	Death	Last Residence	Last Benefit	SSN	Issued
William Knobloch	19 Jan 1927	Jan 1971	91344 (Granada Hills, Los Angeles, CA)	(none specified)	530-12-3861	NV

7.  Obituary of Delight (WILLIS) KNOBLOCH from the Fallon Standard, 7 May 1947, front page (copy courtesy of the Churchill County Museum in Fallon):

Delight Knobloch Buried Today at Forest Lawn Death Ends May Years of Ill Health for Highly Esteemed Woman This morning at 9 o'clock at Forest Lawn in Glendale, Calif., Mrs. Harrie Knobloch was laid to rest.  She has passed away early Monday morning at the University of California hospital in Los Angeles.  About a month ago she had undergone a spinal operation in the hopes that she would again be able to walk after almost ten years of invalidism. The Knobloch family was living on the ranch west of town now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pierce when Mrs. Knobloch was stricken with a paralysis from which she never recovered.  She had received treatment at Stanford hospital in San Francisco, but had never been able to walk again. She was born Delight Willis, August 13, 1898, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Willis, pioneers of this project, in Missouri.  When a child of 6 she came with her family to Fallon where her father took up a homestead in 1905 in Soda Lake district.  This place was soon sold and the family purchased the ranch in Old River later known as the Whalen ranch and now owned by Joe Tarzyn.  After graduating from the high school and San Jose Teachers college in San Jose, Calif., she taught school at McDermitt and McGill.  While at McGill she met and married Harrie Knobloch in 1920.  He had just been discharged from overseas service, World War I. They returned to Fallon to make their home and it is here that their two children, Harriet and Carl, were born. After Mrs. Knobloch's illness the ranch was sold and they lived at Lahontan for a number of years wher Mr. Knobloch was employed at the power house until his death in September 1942.  After that the family resided at Hawthorne and later moved to southern California where both children are employed, Harriet as a secreatary and Carl with the Standard Oil company. Besides the daughter, Mrs. Harriet Howard and son Carl, Mrs. Knobloch is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Nina Straub of San Jose and Mrs. L.W. Crehore of Fallon and two brothers, Virgil Willis of California and Jewel Willis of Oregon.  A niece, Mrs. Lucy Dreischmeyer, a close member of the family, who lives at San Jose, went to Los Angeles for the funeral services. Mrs. Knobloch was a woman of fine, strong character and endured with courage her long illness.

Lucy (DEAN-STRAUB) DREISCHMEYER was the daughter of Nina (WILLIS) DEAN STRAUB, my maternal grandmother.  Stanford Hospital is located in Stanford, CA, which is adjacent to Palo Alto, CA, about 30 miles south of San Francisco and 20 miles north of San Jose.  I met Delight just once, at my Grandma Nina's home in San Jose.  I suspect it was around the time of Delight's surgery at Stanford, when I would have been just under five years old.  She was bed-ridden, and I was allowed to enter the guest bedroom and say hello.  All I remember is that she was very old, very frail, and white-haired.  I have no memory of ever meeting Harriet or Carl, but I heard them spoken of many times over the years by my mother, Nina Gale (STRAUB) MATTHIESEN.  My mother also graduated from San Jose High School and  San Jose Teachers College, which later became San Jose State University, from which I graduated.

8.  Obituary of William Murphy WILLIS from the Churchill County Eagle, 10 Feb 1912.  In the obit, Delight is still unmarried. 

9.  Obituary of Ida (BROWN) WILLIS from the Fallon Eagle, 27 Nov 1943.  In the obit, Delight is called "Mrs. H.M. Knobloch." 

10a.  Anon.   Friday, 9 Oct 1931.  "Fallon Personals." Nevada State Journal (Reno, NV), V. LVII, No. 157, p. 3 (online at Ancestry.com):

Special to The Journal. FALLON. Oct. 8.— Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Willis of Marion, Ore., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harrie Knobloch and Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Crehore.

Jewell WILLIS is Delight's brother, and Mrs. Lawrence CREHORE is Delight's sister, Gladys (WILLIS) CREHORE.

10b.  Anon.  Thursday, 30 Jul 1936.  [Personals.] Nevada State Journal (Reno, NV), Vol. LXV, No. 266, p. 12 (online at Ancestry.com):

FALLON, July 29.— Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Willis of Salem, Oregon are visiting in Fallon with Mr. Willis' mother, Mrs. Ida Willis and his sister, Mrs. L. W. Crehore.  He has been in San Francisco to visit his other sister, Mrs. Harrie Knoblock who has been seriously ill at Stanford hospital.

11.  Broderbund.  World Family Trees.  Vol. 8, Pedigree #792.