They Farmed the 6th of Wallace
December 1906
Leslie Elton Walter
Born 1906 in Perth, Ontario, Canada. To Detroit in 1927. Hardware Salesman. Died 1994 in California. BIRTH BAPTISM CENSUS MARRIAGE CHILDREN CENSUS CENSUS CENSUS DEATH BURIAL WILL ADDRESSES ONGOING RESEARCH
July 1875
Cornelius Walter
Born 1875 in Wallace, Ontario, Canada. Farmer/Cooper/Furniture Maker. Died 1965 in Ontario, Canada. Cornelius and Annie were married on December 20, 1899 in a ceremony in both English and German, and they farmed on “The Sixth of Wallace” homestead during their married life. Cornelius and Annie had 5 children: Earl, Ethel, Leslie, Marjorie and Anita. After Annie’s death in 1914 due to complications in childbirth (a son), Cornelius remarried on July 7, 1915 to Margaret Zinn (a 40 year old spinster who had cared for the children since Annie’s death). On December 2, 1924 they left the farm and moved to
December 1843
Johann Peter Walter Jr
Born 1843 in Baden, Germany. Immigrated 1848 as a child. Farmer. Died 1929 in Perth, Ontario, Canada. Peter and Veronica were married in 1866. Veronica was the daughter of Casper and Margaret (Wolf) Kimpel, and sometimes used the name “Franke”. They -6- shared the pioneer homestead with the senior Walter family, and inherited the family farm upon the death of the father. Peter and Veronica had 9 children of this marriage, 6 of whom survived infancy – Sarah, Henry, Elizabeth, Cornelius, John and Dan. Records show that Peter Junior obtained his money from the sale of firewood, cattle, wheat,
August 1810
Johann Peter Walter
Born 1810 in Michelfeld, Baden, Germany. Immigrated in 1848. Farmer. Died 1880 in Ontario, Canada. This Walter family migrated from Germany to Buffalo, New York, about 1845 with their older children. The first documentary evidence of Johann (AKA Peter) and Katharine’s arrival in the New World is found in the 1851 census for Waterloo County, Ontario. Peter is located in the agricultural census where he was occupying about 175 acres of wood or wild land (not cultivated or under pasture) and living in a one-story log cabin. At that time Peter and Katharine were 42 years old and had five
January 1771
Johann Gottfried Walter
Born 1771 in Michelfeld, Baden, Germany. Gentleman Shepherd. Died 1834 in Michelfeld, Baden, Germany. BIRTH BAPTISM CENSUS MARRIAGE The name “Walter” (or Walther) appears for the first time in 1773 in the church registers of Michelbach, Germany. Johann Gottfried Walter, a gentleman shepherd at Michelfeld, was married to a Magarethe Miller of Eschelbach. CHILDREN CENSUS CENSUS CENSUS DEATH The obituary of Johann Gottfried and the birth record of his son, Johann Peter, are both found in Michelbach. BURIAL WILL ADDRESSES ONGOING RESEARCH
August 1740
Johann Conrad Walter
Born 1740 in Neckargemund, Baden, Prussia. Married 1761. Died March 1784 in Mauer, Baden, Prussia. BIRTH BAPTISM CENSUS MARRIAGE CHILDREN CENSUS CENSUS CENSUS DEATH BURIAL WILL ADDRESSES ONGOING RESEARCH
January 1717
Conrad Walther
Born around abt 1717. Married 1737 in Neckargemund, Baden, Prussia. Four children. Died after 1744. BIRTH BAPTISM CENSUS MARRIAGE CHILDREN CENSUS CENSUS CENSUS DEATH BURIAL WILL ADDRESSES ONGOING RESEARCH