John Walker

John Walker
(1856-1940)

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John Walker ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹

Born: January 1856, , Noble County, IN ² ³ ⁴ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹
Marriage (1): Samantha Zeigler on 1 April 1877 in , Noble County, IN ¹ ² ³ ⁴
Died: 5 September 1940, Wolcottville, Indiana at age 84 ⁴ ⁹
Buried: After 5 September 1940, Rome City, IN ⁴ ⁹

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Elkhart Township, Noble, IN on June 1860. ⁵

Page 277, family 2072
Elkhart Township, Noble County, Indiana
John Walker..6
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in Jan 1856, then his age should have been 4 instead of 6.
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Elkhart Township, Noble, IN on 26 June 1870. ⁶

page 30, Dwg 227, Family 227
Elkhart Township, Noble County, Indiana
John Walker...13..IN
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Elkhart, IN on June 1880. ²

page 372C, T9-0301
Elkhart, Noble County, Indiana
John Walker...Self..23..IN..Farmer
(Living with wife, son, and brother.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Elkhart Township, Noble, IN on 23 June 1900. ³

page 9A, District 84, Dwg 174, Family 178
Elkhart Township, Noble County, Indiana
married 24 years
farm owned no mortgage
John Walker, Jr...Head..Jan 1856..44..IN..Farmer
(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Elkhart, IN on April 1930. ⁷

Sheet 6A, Household 139, Roll 620, District 0010
Elkhart, Noble County, Indiana
Head..John Walker..74..IN..Widowed
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Johnson Township, Lagrange County, IN on 17 April 1940. ⁸

Sheet 8B, Family 151, Roll 1063, District 44-10
Johnson Township, LaGrange County, Indiana
house rented, $12
Last Place of Residence:Lagrange, Indiana
Father..John Walker..84..IN..6th grade
(Living with son, Thurman, and his family.)
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• He was buried after 5 September 1940 in the Orange Cemetery in Rome City, IN.

Plot: 1-38

Find A Grave Memorial #41708299
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John married Samantha Zeigler on 1 April 1877 in , Noble County, IN.¹ ² ³ ⁴ (Samantha Zeigler was born in April 1859 in Ohio,² ³ ¹⁰ died in 1925 ⁴ ¹⁰ and was buried in 1925 in Rome City, IN ⁴ ¹⁰.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Elkhart, IN on June 1880. ²

page 372C, T9-0301
Elkhart, Noble County, Indiana
John Walker...Self..23..IN..Farmer
Samantha Walker...Wife..20..OH..House Keeping
Sylvanas Walker...Son..2..IN
Cornelas Walker...Bro..26..IN..Carpenter
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Elkhart Township, Noble, IN on 23 June 1900. ³

page 9A, District 84, Dwg 174, Fam 178
Elkhart Township, Noble County, Indiana
married 24 years
farm owned no mortgage
John Walker, Jr...Head..Jan 1856..44..IN..Farmer
Samantha Walker...Wife..Apr 1859..41..OH..5/3
Sylvanus Walker...Son..Feb 1878..22..IN..Painter
Thurman Walker...Son..Sep 1888..11..IN
Lena Walker...Dau..Mar 1892..8..IN
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1 "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 8 Nov 2013); Name: John Walker; Spouse's Name: Samantha Seigler; Event Date: 01 Apr 1877; Event Place:, Noble, Indiana.

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Elkhart, Noble County, Indiana, p. 372C, John Walker and Samantha (?); index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 8 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0301.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Elkhart Township, Noble County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 84, p. 9A, dwelling 174, family 178; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 Sandy Gann, "Gann/Hatfield Family," database(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=smhatfield : accessed 7 Nov 2013).

5 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Elkhart Township, Noble County, Indiana, p. 277, family 2072, Israel Walker and Hannah Sarah Gantz; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 7 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653.

6 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Elkhart Township, Noble County, Indiana, p. 30, dwelling 227, family 227; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

7 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Elkhart, Noble County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 0010, sheet 6A, family 139, John Walker; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 8 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 620.

8 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Johnson Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 44-10, sheet 8B, household 151, Thurman Walker and Hazel Esther Shipe; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1063.

9 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 8 Nov 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41708299.

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 8 Nov 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41708300.

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