Salome
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Salome Schuler,
daughter of Johann Adam Schuler and Luise Eisenbeis, born 1817-09-21,
married 1837-04-27 in Sundheim
Johann Georg WALTER, a master baker
who was born 1811-03-24 in Eckartsweier (-bg-)
children:
1. born 1837-06-29 Salome WALTER (-bg- died: 1837-07-19)
2. born 1838-05-29 Elisabeth WALTER (-bg-)
3. born 1840-02-22 Salome WALTER
4. born 1841-10-09 Georg WALTER
5. Friedrich WALTER (-bg- died 1842-04-23)
twins.
6. born 1844-01-01 Karl WALTER (-bg-)
7. born 1846-04-20 Friedrich WALTER (-bg-)
After 1846-05-03 (christening of Friedrich) there was no record
of this family found in Sundheim ...
We still don't know certainly, whether Salome Walter/Schuler ever reached
the ground of the USA.
At least the trace of husband Johann Georg WALTER (see above) and of their
children can be followed to the USA:
www.findagrave.org shows the following information, containing exactly the same
Birth Date as the Sundheim 1837 marriage record:
Birth: Mar. 24, 1811 Death: Jun. 26, 1890
Burial: Forest Grove Cemetery Canton Lewis County Missouri, USA
49.1361 degrees north -91.535 degrees west
Record added: Oct 14 2003 By: Lillie Riney mailto:edswoman@bytesandpcs.com
Additionally there is an other gravestone record:
George Walter Birth: Nov. 9, 1841 Death: Mar. 27, 1915
with only a slight error in the month of birth.
An 1860 census record shows:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/mo/lewis/1860/pg00207.txt
CENSUS YR: 1860 TERRITORY: MO COUNTY: LEWIS
DIVISION: CANTON TOWNSHIP REEL NO: M653-629 PAGE NO: 210
REFERENCE: Enumerated 25 July 1860, A D Rector, Ass't Marsha
19 388 383 WALTER Geo 53 M Farmer 2,400 400 KAIL
20 388 383 WALTER Elizabeth 53 F GERMANY
21 388 383 WALTER George 18 M KAIL
22 388 383 WALTER Charles 16 M KAIL
23 388 383 WALTER Elizabeth 13 F MO
24 388 383 WALTER Caroline 9 F MO
Comments:
- KAIL means "Kehl"
- Occupation of father George was then "farmer", not "baker".
- Daughter Salome *1840 was already married and no longer member of
the household (see below).
- Age of father George Walter should be 49.
- George has in 1860 a second wife. If we exclude the possibility of divorce,
Salome Walter/Schuler has died in the meantime.
- The daughter Elisabeth *1838 is not mentioned.
- The son Friedrich *1846 (born in Germany!) is not mentioned - and he should
still be at home in the age of fourteen.
>From the 1880 Census
Canton, Lewis, Missouri; Roll: T9_699; Family History Film: 1254699; Page:
65A; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 0131.
Walter, George, Sen. W M 69 Farmer Baden Baden Baden
Walter, Elizabeth W F 74 keeps house Hagen Hagen Hagen
Walter, Caroline W F 27 MO Hagen Hagen
The next family after George Walter's is a family with the surname Eakins.
Immediately after the Eakins family is the family of John Unger.
Unger, John W M 38 Farmer Ger Ger Ger
Unger, Caroline W F 35 Keeps house MO Ger Ger
Unger, John H. W M 4 MO Ger Ger
The proximity of the Ungers to the Walters is interesting, as you mention
that an Elizabeth is George Walter's second wife from some time prior to
1860. Note the following database:
St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76
Name: George Walter
Spouse: Elizab, Mrs Unger
Marriage Date: 24 Feb 1850
Volume/Page: 04-471
This indicates that a man named George Walter marries a woman named
Elizabeth Unger, who was apparently previously married. Based upon the 1880
census John's wife Elizabeth would have been 44 years old in 1850. That is
old enough to be John Unger's mother. The John Unger that is two households
away from the Walters in 1880 was born in 1841/1842 in Germany. John Unger
is probably "Ino" Unger, listed below:
>From the 1850 Census - St. Louis, Missouri, District 82, page 952 (image
476)
George Walter 40 Germany (matches Johann Georg Walter, born 1811-03-24)
Elizabeth 42 Germany
Lewis Unger 17 Germany
Eliza Walter 12 Germany (could the Sundheim record be Eliza, daughter of
Salome, born 1837-06-29?) (<--typo: born 1838-05-29)
Sally Walter 10 Germany (matches Salome Walter, born 1840-02-22)
George Walter 9 Germany (matches Georg Walter, born 1841-10-09)
Ino Unger 8 Germany (probable match for John Unger, age 38, census)
Eliza Unger 3 Missouri
The combination of the 1850 and 1880 census and the St. Louis marriage
records would seem to indicate that Salome died before 1850. Apparently
Elizabeth Unger's first husband died between 1847 and 1849.
On the LDS site, the International Genealogy Index has the following:
Husband - George Wolder OR Walter
Wife - Ann Elizabeth Unger - Birth: 07 FEB 1808 Fell-Bach,Kreis,Giesen,,,Hessen
Death: 03 AUG 1888
---------
Children
1. Caroline Wolder OR Walter Pedigree
Birth: About JUN 1852 , , Missouri
That would seem to be a match for the George and Elizabeth Walter family in
the 1880 census.
According to findagrave.org John/Ino Unger's gravestone shows:
John Unger Birth: Feb. 22, 1842 Death: Jul. 7, 1909
That would mean he was exactly 2 year younger than his
(non biologically related) patchwork family sister Salome.
His wife:
Caroline: Birth: Dec. 11, 1845 Death: Nov. 26, 1922
Their son John H:
John H Unger: Birth: 1876 Death: 1951
Traces for George's and Salome's son Karl aka Charlie born 1844-01-01
that could be followed (from census 1880; must be 36 years old):
- a watchman in Peoria IL, wife Minnie, kids: Charles, Henry
- a clerk in Philadelphia PA, wife Kate, kids: Emil, Louise, Lina, Emma
Might be neither of them is right.
www.findagrave.org tells about "Walter, Charles F., Canton" *1845 +1903 ???
Would be a wrong birth year.
www.findagrave.org shows 15 persons with surname "Walter" at
Forest Grove Cemetery in Canton.
For George's and Elisabeth's daughter Caroline we have two possible
birth dates:
- 1851-03-24 (would be the 40th birthday of her father).
- JUN 1852
Might be neither of them is right.
Possibly Caroline married an "Albert William B(rose?)" (marriage 1881-11-01?);
their second child born Canton,Lewis,MO 1886-04-16?
The following excerpt of an ancestral file on familysearch.org (that is
exclusively sourced by family tradition) tells that there is a rather good
knowledge about the names of the other members of the Walter family -
however the birth dates are not correct:
Submitter(s):
IVA REIHL(K) 6903 EAST 17TH HUTCHINSON KS USA Submission: AF96-102202
Parents:
Father: George WALTER (AFN: 1KL1-9XJ)
Family Mother: Salome SCHULER (AFN: 1KL1-9ZQ)
Children
1. Sex Name M George Jr. WALTER (AFN:1KL1-B0W)
Born: Abt. 1835 Place: Kiel, , Germany
Buried: Place: Warsaw?, , Illinois
2. Sex Name M Charlie WALTER (AFN:1KL1-B14)
Born: Abt. 1837 Place:
3. Sex Name F Salome WALTER (AFN:1KL1-B2B)
Born: 22 Feb 1839 Place: Kiel, , Germany
Died: 9 Dec 1930 Place: Rural St. John, Stafford, Kansas
Buried: 12 Dec 1930 Place: Fairview Cemeter, St. John, Stafford, Kansas
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