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Isaac Walter 1794 – 1851 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Apr 1794

Birth Location: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 10 Nov 1851

Death Location: Allegheny Township, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania

Father: Johann Walter

Mother: Elizabeth Friend

Spouse(s): Sarah Hunnell

Children(s): George Walter, Mary Walter, Elizabeth Snell, Jacob Walters, David Walter, Catherine McElfresh

The story of Isaac Walter began in 1794 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. In 1821, Isaac Walter established residence. In 1830, Isaac Walter resided in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA. Isaac Walter married Sarah Hunnell, and had children including George Walter, Mary "Polly" Walter, Elizabeth "Eliza" Walter Snell, Jacob Joseph Walters, David Walter, Catherine Walter McElfresh. Isaac Walter passed away in 1851 in Allegheny Township, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.

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Biography

  • The story of Isaac Walter began in 1794 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • In 1821, Isaac Walter established residence.
  • In 1830, Isaac Walter resided in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Isaac Walter married Sarah Hunnell, and had children including George Walter, Mary "Polly" Walter, Elizabeth "Eliza" Walter Snell, Jacob Joseph Walters, David Walter, Catherine Walter McElfresh.
  • Isaac Walter passed away in 1851 in Allegheny Township, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johann Walter
1757 – 1807
Birth Location: Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
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Elizabeth Friend
1766 – 1846
Birth Location: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Hunnell
1794 – 1865
Birth Location: Allegheny Twp, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
SH

Children(s)

George Walter
1821 – 1881
Birth Location: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Mary Walter
1824 –
Birth Location: Burrell Twp, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
MW
Elizabeth Snell
1826 – 1880
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Jacob Walters
1827 – 1906
Birth Location: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
JW
David Walter
1829 –
Birth Location: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
DW
Catherine McElfresh
1838 – 1915
Birth Location: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
CM

Isaac Walter's Ancestors

Self
Isaac Walter
1794 – 1851
Birth Place: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Johann Jacob Walter
1757 – 1807
Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Elizabeth Friend
1766 – 1846
Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Grandparents
Philip (Anthony) Walters
1724 – 1788
Dorhan, Schwarzwald, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Anna (Elisabetha) Volck
1730 – 1830
Armstrong Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
Matthias Walter
1707 – 1751
Barbara Hebdinger
1707 – 1754
Andreas Volck
1678 – 1747
Anna Merckel
1681 – 1762
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Walther
1671 – 1719
Anna Doepfer
1680 – 1729
Hans Hebdinger
1675 – 1707
Agathe Andris
1675 – 1707
Johann Volck
1649 – 1709
Anna Helm
1649 – 1678
Ludwig Meckel
1650 – 1725
Anna Faust
1650 – 1726

Isaac Walter's Descendants

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Isaac Walter (14 Apr 1794 – 10 Nov 1851) m. Sarah Hunnell (7 Apr 1794 – 28 Apr 1865)
  1. 1. George Walter (21 Dec 1821 – 2 Apr 1881)
  2. 2. Mary ("Polly") Walter (1824 – ) m. Peter Weister (1815 – )
    1. 1. Mary (J) Wiester (1844 – )
    2. 2. John Weaster (Oct 1846 – 1929)
    3. 3. Sarah (Weister) Arb (10 Feb 1849 – ABT 1880)
    4. 4. Jacob (Walter) Weister (1851 – )
    5. 5. Katharine (A) Weaster (2 May 1851 – 24 Dec 1912) m. James (P) McLaughlin (27 Aug 1851 – 16 Mar 1914)
      1. 1. Frank (Bird) McLaughlin (5 Dec 1876 – 30 Apr 1926)
      2. 2. Margaret ("Maggie" Bella) McLaughlin (6 Oct 1878 – 15 Jun 1909) m. Harry (Elmer) Staire (31 Mar 1871 – 17 Jul 1939)
        1. 1. Wilda (Pauline) Staire (14 Dec 1903 – Aug 1973)
        2. 2. Katherine (Elizabeth Staire) Santella (28 Mar 1906 – 5 Dec 1973)
    6. 6. Elizabeth Wiester (1853 – )
    7. 7. Elizabeth Weaster (Abt. 1854 – )
    8. 8. David (Arnal) Weister (11 Feb 1856 – 03 Feb 1891) m. Elizabeth Schrock (3 Sep 1863 – 9 Aug 1953)
      1. 1. Guy (Wilburn) Weister (21 Mar 1883 – 26 Mar 1883)
      2. 2. Zulia (Catherine) Weister (27 Apr 1884 – 25 Oct 1976)
      3. 3. LeOra (Joseph) Weister (17 Sep 1886 – 14 Dec 1922)
        1. 1. Vera Weister
        2. 2. Gerldine Weister
        3. 3. Wilma Weister
      4. 4. Walter (Arnal) Weister (25 Dec 1888 – 24 Aug 1898)
    9. 9. George (Walter) Weister (1 May 1859 – 12 Feb 1927) m. Mary (Jane) McLaughlin (13 Jul 1857 – 25 Sep 1913) m. Hazel (Olive) Ashbaugh (9 Jan 1895 – 25 Apr 1919)
      1. 1. Harry (Samuel) Weister (13 Apr 1884 – 17 Feb 1973) m. Ada (Virginia "Verna") Smeltzer (9 Mar 1884 – 1 Sep 1937)
        1. 1. Walter (Raymond) Weister (26 Oct 1910 – 21 Nov 1975) m. Helen (Mae) Reed (24 Dec 1918 – 19 Sep 1994)
        2. 2. Mary (Virginia) Weister (5 Nov 1912 – 18 Aug 1994) m. George (B) Petros (abt 1911 – 11 Feb 1983)
        3. 3. Robert (Harry) Weister (24 Aug 1915 – 30 Dec 1974) m. Olga (Elizabeth) Gamulis (24 Jun 1918 – abt 2003)
        4. 4. Dorothy (Lee) Weister (31 Mar 1917 – 8 Apr 1999) m. Dean Hawk (22 Sep 1911 – 17 Dec 1999) m. Dean (W) Hawk (22 Sep 1911 – 17 Dec 1999)
        5. 5. Mae (Alberta) Weister (25 May 1920 – 1 Jul 2002) m. John (Joseph) Rodgers (25 Nov 1917 – 7 Apr 1993) m. William (Thomas) Couch (13 Sep 1916 – 19 Jan 2001)
        6. 6. Alma (Belle) Weister (2 May 1923 – 21 Apr 2003) m. Ralph (Arthur “Sparky") Adams (6 Apr 1919 – 20 Jun 1952)
        7. 7. June (L) Weister (12 May 1924 – 15 Sep 2011) m. Robert (Roy) Porter (20 Jan 1928 – 20 Sep 1993)
      2. 2. Melville (George) Weister (20 Aug 1886 – 17 Apr 1979) m. Pearl (Ruby) Baker (17 Feb 1895 – 28 Dec 1973)
        1. 1. John (Walter) Weister (4 Oct 1914 – 8 Jun 2002) m. Lois (Irene) Beacom (1 Dec 1919 – 29 Jul 2009)
        2. 2. James (Melville) Weister (6 Jul 1917 – 29 Sep 1942)
        3. 3. Edward (Clarence) Weister (3 Jan 1918 – 1 Dec 1993) m. Lois (Irene) Smith (12 Dec 1922 – 28 Nov 2009)
        4. 4. Ethel (Mae) Weister (29 Apr 1920 – 8 May 2004) m. William (Wilson) Purviance (11 Jan 1919 – 4 Mar 1992)
        5. 5. Olive (Pearl) Weister (6 Mar 1922 – 28 Jun 2006) m. Louis (Albert) Scott (22 Sep 1921 – 9 Dec 2014)
        6. 6. Nellie (Rose) Weister (27 Jun 1927 – 12 Jun 2007) m. John (Robert) Reed (Jun 1931 – )
        7. 7. Donna (Jean) Weister (23 Oct 1935 – 15 May 1998) m. Douglas (Barry) Carson m. Bobby (Ray) Cook (22 Mar 1936 – 12 Jan 2004)
      3. 3. Margaret (Clara Belle) Weister (14 Jul 1889 – Aug 1973) m. John (Bond) Hamilton (20 Sep 1876 – 29 Dec 1955)
      4. 4. William (Russell) Weister (27 Jul 1915 – 28 Feb 1993)
    10. 10. Alice Wiester (1860 – 1890) m. William (P.) Ridenour (26 Mar 1856 – 6 Jul 1936)
      1. 1. Everett (Walter) Ridenour (18 Feb 1888 – 7 Jan 1939) m. Martha ("Mattie" May) Craig (15 Apr 1889 – 5 Mar 1933) m. Dorthy (M.) Handlon (1 Aug 1906 – 10 Jan 1983)
        1. 1. William (Howard) Ridenour (21 January 1913 – 10 July 1963) m. Pearl (Emma) Galentine (22 Feb 1917 – 24 Jun 1995)
        2. 2. Everett (Louis) Ridenour (14 Jan 1915 – 24 Aug 1947)
      2. 2. Sarah (Elizabeth) Ridenour (16 Jul 1889 – ) m. George (Roy) Shirley (28 May 1885 – 13 Jun 1961)
      3. 3. Sarah (Elizabeth) Ridenhour (16 Jan 1890 – 1 May 1963) m. William (W) Fessler (01 Oct 1887 – 06 Feb 1957)
        1. 1. Cloris (Henrietta) Fessler (09 Mar 1922 – 25 Mar 2016)
    11. 11. Selly (J) Wiester (Abt. 1864 – )
    12. 12. Lucella (B) Weister (Abt. 1866 – )
  3. 3. Elizabeth ("Eliza" Walter) Snell (1826 – 25 Apr 1880)
  4. 4. Jacob (Joseph) Walters (1 Mar 1827 – 21 Nov 1906) m. Hettie (Hetty Nettie) Shannon (2 Feb 1828 – 20 Sep 1896)
    1. 1. Isaac (Fulton) Walter (18 Jul 1859 – 5 Mar 1905)
    2. 2. Leander ("Lee") Walter (20 Feb 1861 – 9 Jun 1939)
    3. 3. George (Homer) Walter (4 Jul 1863 – 20 Jan 1925)
    4. 4. Hallie (Mahala "Hattie" Walter) Lundy (18 Aug 1868 – 20 Aug 1902)
    5. 5. Sarah (A) Walter (24 Jun 1870 – 4 Sep 1871)
  5. 5. David Walter (1829 – )
  6. 6. Catherine (Walter) McElfresh (3 May 1838 – 10 Sep 1915)

Isaac Walter's Timeline

7 Records

1794
14 Apr 1794
Birth of Isaac Walter in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
1821
1821
Age 27
Isaac Walter resided here
None
1830
1830
Age 36
Isaac Walter resided here in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
1840
1840
Age 46
Isaac Walter resided here in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
1850
1850
Age 56
Isaac Walter resided here in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
1851
10 Nov 1851
Age 57
Death of Isaac Walter in Allegheny Township, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania
Allegheny Township, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania
1851
1851
Age 57
Isaac Walter - Probate in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Apr 1794
    Event Place: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 086181-089390
    [2] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 836; Page: 311a
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1821
    Record Source: U.S., College Student Lists, 1763-1924, American Antiquarian Society; Worcester, Massachusetts; College Student Lists

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1830
    Event Place: Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, Year: 1830; Census Place: Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Series: M19; Roll: 164; Page: 212; Family History Library Film: 0020638

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 497; Page: 159; Family History Library Film: 0020559

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 836; Page: 311a

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Nov 1851
    Event Place: Allegheny Township, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania
    Record Source:
    [1] Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, General Index, Register's Office, Orphans' Court; Author: Westmoreland County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, General Index, Register's Office, Orphans' Court; Author: Westmoreland County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills
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