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ALEXANDER SHANKS WALTER 1820–1903 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Mar 1820

Birth Location: Fauquier, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 07 Mar 1903

Death Location: Zionsville, Boone, Indiana, USA

Father: WILLIAM WALTER

Mother: Lucy THOMPSON

Spouse(s): Anna Anderson

Children(s): Mary Walter, Lena Thornbrough, Sarah Walters, Eliza Walters, Oliver Walter, Cynthia Ostheimer, Harriet Henry, Edward Walter, William Walter, Matilda Walter, Anna Walter, Johnie Walters, Albert Walter, Eliza Walter

In 1820, ALEXANDER SHANKS WALTER entered the world in Fauquier, Virginia, USA, born to William Shanks Walter And Lucy Thompson. ALEXANDER SHANKS WALTER married Anna Anderson, and had children including Albert Walter, Anna Walter, Cynthia Ostheimer, Edward Daniel Walter, Eliza Jane Walter, Eliza Jane Walters, Harriet Jane Henry, John H Walter, Johnie Walters, Lena Thornbrough, Mary Frances Walter, Matilda Walter, Oliver Perry Walter, Sarah Ellen Walters, William Harrison Walter. ALEXANDER SHANKS WALTER passed away in 1903 in Zionsville, Boone, Indiana, USA.

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  • In 1820, ALEXANDER SHANKS WALTER entered the world in Fauquier, Virginia, USA, born to William Shanks Walter And Lucy Thompson.
  • ALEXANDER SHANKS WALTER married Anna Anderson, and had children including Albert Walter, Anna Walter, Cynthia Ostheimer, Edward Daniel Walter, Eliza Jane Walter, Eliza Jane Walters, Harriet Jane Henry, John H Walter, Johnie Walters, Lena Thornbrough, Mary Frances Walter, Matilda Walter, Oliver Perry Walter, Sarah Ellen Walters, William Harrison Walter.
  • ALEXANDER SHANKS WALTER passed away in 1903 in Zionsville, Boone, Indiana, USA.

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ALEXANDER WALTER's Ancestors

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ALEXANDER WALTER
1820–1903
Birth Place: Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Parents
WILLIAM SHANKS WALTER
1777–1859
St Mary's, Maryland, USA
Lucy THOMPSON
1787–1871
Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Elias ("Eli") Thompson
1751–1819
Prince William, Virginia, USA
Mary HARRIS
1760–1855
Shrewsbury, Worchester, Massachusetts Colony, America
Great-Grandparents
William Thompson
1735–1785
Mildred Ball
1735–1797
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas II
1665–1737
Margarett Piper
1675–1744

ALEXANDER WALTER's Descendants

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ALEXANDER (SHANKS) WALTER (18 Mar 1820–07 Mar 1903) m. Anna Anderson (20 August 1823–4 December 1909)
  1. 1. Mary (Frances) Walter 1843–1915
  2. 2. Lena Thornbrough 1849–1934
  3. 3. Sarah (Ellen) Walters 1840–1841
  4. 4. Eliza (Jane) Walters –1837
  5. 5. Oliver (Perry) Walter 1859–1906 m. CAROLINE TAYLOR 1877–1906
    1. 1. OLIVENA (ANNA) WALTER 1898–1972 m. Chauncey (Clyde) Hollowell 1885–1966
      1. 1. Clyde (C) Hollowell 1921–1998
      2. 2. Nancy (Violet) Hollowell 1923–2003 m. Thomas (Clinton) McEvoy 1922–2001 m. Herman (Fred) Wagner 1919–2000
        1. 1. Kathleen (Mae) McEvoy 1948–1986 m. Drury (Everett) Malott 1937–1984 m. Robert (Anthony) Owens 1948–1987
    2. 2. Laurel (Pearl) Walter 1905–1906
    3. 3. Melburn (William) Walter 1903–1976
    4. 4. Violet (Alice) Walter 1899–1972
    5. 5. Ruby (Lillian) Walter 1901–1990 m. Harry (Jackson) Wertz 1888–1956 m. John Crettol 1882–1969
      1. 1. Mary (Lydia) Wertz 1922–1997 m. Wallace (Walter) Wykoff 1921–2000
  6. 6. Cynthia Ostheimer 1841–1911 m. Charles (Leonard) Ostheimer 1837–1921
    1. 1. Ida (Jane) Ostheimer 1865–1930
    2. 2. Oliver (Perry) Ostheimer 1878–1966 m. Bessie (Lee) Selby 1880–1954
      1. 1. Sylvia (Beatrice) Ostheimer 1901–1921
    3. 3. William (Henry) Ostheimer 1875–1934
    4. 4. Cora (May) Ostheimer 1871–1945
  7. 7. Harriet (Jane) Henry 1846–1920 m. Samuel (Kennedy) Henry 1847–1920
    1. 1. Oliver (Huston) Henry 1881–1963 m. Anna (B) Foltenbier 1884– m. Catharyne (Elizabeth) Calkins 1885–1907
      1. 1. Genevieve (E) Henry 1904– m. Wayne (Marion) Lockridge 1901–
      2. 2. Walter (Huston) Henry 1907–1929
    2. 2. Minnie Henry 1874–
    3. 3. Roxina (Della) Henry 1873– m. William Mcfarran 1868– m. William (M) Hendrix 1865–
    4. 4. Rosie (O) Henry 1874–
  8. 8. Edward (Daniel) Walter 1864–1929 m. Alice (C.) Cassidy 1891–1982 m. Lucy (Olivena) Spence 1866–1946
    1. 1. Gordon (E.) Walter 1921–1987 m. Patricia (Marie) Arns 1921–2006
    2. 2. Hazel (May) Walter 1894–1906
  9. 9. William (Harrison) Walter 1855–1933 m. Mary ("Mollie" Richardson) Chrimes 1859–1939
    1. 1. Harry (C) Walter 1886–1966 m. Laura (Permelia Ruth) Summers 1886–1974
      1. 1. Howard (Summers) Walter 1916–1994 m. June (Emma) Fredrickson 1917–1975
        1. 1. Richard (Howard) Walter 1945–1945
        2. 2. William (Frederick) Walter 1937–2006
      2. 2. William (Harry) Walter 1914–1998 m. Florence (Marie) Bieder 1917–2003
        1. 1. Donald (Arthur) Walter 1940–1940
    2. 2. Lydia (Chrimes) Walter 1889–1972
    3. 3. Frank (William) Walter 1892–1979 m. Marie Oakley 1893–
    4. 4. Laura (Chrimes) Walter 1896–1970
    5. 5. Ralph (Alexander) Walter 1898–1980 m. Ann (Isabel) Maguire 1898–
    6. 6. Byron (Henry) Walter 1902–1967 m. Loretta (T) Halaburt 1898–1978 m. Josephine (Johanna) Moriarity 1903–1981
      1. 1. Gayle (Mary) Walter 1933–2001 m. Arthur (David Caskey) Jr 1932–2003
      2. 2. Carole (Patricia) Walter 1929–2012 m. Edward (Norman) Delaney 1927–2008
        1. 1. Deborah (Ann) Delaney 1951–2015
      3. 3. Gloria (Lorraine) Walter 1924–
      4. 4. Gloria (Lorraine) Walter 1924–2006
  10. 10. Matilda Walter 1847–1904
  11. 11. Anna Walter 1870–
  12. 12. Johnie Walters 1861–
  13. 13. Albert Walter 1853–1860
  14. 14. Eliza (Jane) Walter 1839–1839

ALEXANDER WALTER's Timeline

2 Records

1820
18 Mar 1820
Birth of ALEXANDER SHANKS WALTER in Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Fauquier, Virginia, USA
1903
07 Mar 1903
Age 83
Death of ALEXANDER SHANKS WALTER in Zionsville, Boone, Indiana, USA
Zionsville, Boone, Indiana, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Mar 1820
    Event Place: Fauquier, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 07 Mar 1903
    Event Place: Zionsville, Boone, Indiana, USA

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