Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameFrederick Jonathan WALTER
Birth24 May 1864, Sacramento, Sacramento, California [407, p 2]
Removalabt 1930, Guerneville, Sonoma, California [8502] Age: 65
Death3 Jun 1959, Solano County, California [412] Age: 95
ResidenceGuerneville, Sonoma county, California [7841]
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherFrederick WALTER (1826-1908)
MotherMary O’BRIEN (1829-1901)
Individual Notes
• In the 1884-5 McKenney’s Eight-County Directory (Solano Section), pg 500, Vallejo section:
WALTERS, Fred, laborer navyyard [2020]

• I work on the outside whenever I can get out.
I have been cutting trees and brush down on the beach and have made a nice place for people to sit who can’t go down the stairs.
All the big wood I bring home and saw and split it for winter.
I like the outside work and it keeps me fit.
The boys all say I look better than I did when I retired, nearly 11 years ago. I never felt better, sleep well, eat 3 meals a day and enjoy every meal.
Zena is also well, so we have lots to be thankful for. I can swim an hour without touching bottom and dance every night in summer, so you see I am still hitting on all 8. [3211, p 2]

• Photo caption: Fred J. Walter, on his seventy-sixth birthday, returns to the Lincoln School lot on which he played baseball seven decades ago. [5054]
Census
• 1880 Census: Vallejo, Solano, California. Age 16, b CA. Laborer. [1713]
• 1900 Census: Vallejo, Solano, California. Age 36, b May 1864, CA. Machinist. Father b MA; mother b Ireland. [1718]
• 1920 Census: Vallejo, Solano, California. Age 55, b CA. Machinist, U. S. Navy Yard. Father b PA; mother b Ireland. [1783]
• 1930 Census: East Redwood Precinct, Sonoma, California. Age 65, b CA. Father b CA; mother b Irish Free State. [7846]
• 1940 Census: Guerneville, Sonoma, California. Age 76, b CA. Same house. No employment. [7124]
• 1950 Census: Redwood, Sonoma, California. Age 85, b CA. [7845]
Directories
• 1907: Walter, Fred’k, emp MINY, r. 915 Virginia. [1367]
Spouses
BirthJun 1865, Lüneburg, Germany [8, p G29; place only], [1718, date only]
Immigration1881 [1718] Age: 15
Memo19 years in US
Naturalization1885 [1783] Age: 19
Death17 Nov 1931, Vallejo, Solano, California [8, p G29; place only], [7847] Age: 66
NicknameDora [6737]
Individual Notes
• Mrs. Dora Walter, former resident of Vallejo, died at Guerneville, Sonoma county, last night after a long illness. Mrs. Walter is survived by her husband, F. J. Walter.
The funeral of the former resident will be held in Oakland tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Chapel of the Chimes Crematory and will be attended by many Vallejo residents.
Mrs. Walter was a native of Germany, and had made her home here for many years, and leaves a host of friends in Vallejo to mourn her death.
The Walters left here a year of so ago to make their home at the I. O. O. F. Park on the Russian River. [8502]
Census
• 1900 Census: Vallejo, Solano, California. Age 36, b Jun 1865, Germany. Parents b Germany. [1718]
• 1920 Census: Vallejo, Solano, California, Age 52, b Germany. Parents b Germany. [1783]
• 1930 Census: East Redwood Precinct, Sonoma, California. Age 64, b Germany. Parents b Germany. [7846]
MarriageJul 1885, San Francisco, San Francisco, California [407, p 1]
Marriage Notes
• Married 15 years in 1900. [1718]
No Children
Death21 Feb 1970, Independence, Jackson, Missouri [7844] Age: 85
BurialSeymour Masonic Cemetery, Seymour, Webster, Missouri [7844]
ResidenceVallejo, Solano, California [4295]
FatherCapt. John Thomas STEWART M.D. (1837-1922)
MotherLaura Elizabeth BRADSHAW (1848-1936)
Individual Notes
• Zena’s two sisters are here for the week. [5053]
Census
• 1900 Census: Seymour, Webster, Missouri. Age 15, b MO. Father b IN; mother b VA. [7125]
• 1915 Kansas Census: Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas. Age 30, b MO. Name listed as Vena Hamilton. [7842]
• 1940 Census: Guerneville, Sonoma, California. Age 56, b MO. Same house. Name listed as Zenna. [7124]
• 1950 Census: Redwood, Sonoma, California. Age 65, b MO. [7845]
Marriage1 Jan 1934, Solano? County, California [8, p G29], [7841, License date of 27 Dec 1933]
Marriage Notes
• I desire a license to authorize my marriage with Zena Hamilton, who is a native of Missouri color white, aged 48 years, and a resident of Vallejo, County of Solano, State of California. [7841]
No Children
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