Walter Louis Warren

Other Events:

• Census: 5 Apr 1930, Covina, Covina township, Los Angeles County, California, USA;

  1. Warren, Walter L., head, owns, value $6000, radio set, not a farm, male, white, 49, married, first married age 39, can read and write, Kansas, Tennessee, Kansas, carpenter, Harris Construction Co., employed, veteran WWI 2. _____, Vera B., wife, female, white, 45, married, first married age 35, can read and write, Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, clerical work, telephone, employed 3. _____, Vera C., daughter, female, white, 9, attending school, can read and write, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois

• Census: 19 Apr 1940, 168 Orange St., Covina, Los Angeles County, California, USA;

  1. Warren, Walter L., head, male, white, 59, married, completed grade 8, Kansas, same place 1935, employed, 40 hours, carpenter, building construction, private work, 25 weeks, income $941 2. _____, Vera B, wife, female, white, 55, married, completed 2 years high school, Illinois, same place, employed, 40 hours, switchboard operator, telephone co., 52 weeks, $1200 3. _____, Vera C., daughter, female, white, 19, single, attending school, completed 1 year college, employed, 21 hours, housekeeper, private home, 39 weeks, $360

• Residence: 1955, 143 Italia, Covina, Los Angeles County, California, USA;

  Walter was employed as a carpenter.

Notes:

Walter Lewis Warren b. 25-Jan-1881 son of James A. Warren and Elnora Parmenter was born in Ellis Co., Kansas. His siblings were Hiram Benjamin Warren and Sarah Elizabeth Warren (twins) born 22-Oct-1882 in Ellis Co. Kansas. His parents divorced in 1887. James remarried Anna Mary Treaster in 1888, Hays City, Kansas. James and Anna had two daughters, Mary Angeline and Irma Louise. This tells you of the 2nd and 3rd families. My grandfather was by the 1st marriage to Sarah B. Woods James A. abandoned the first family living in Missouri and went to Kansas were he met and married Walter's mother. (Like father like son.) Sarah died 16-Oct-1881 in Missouri. What is so ironic is that the first family always spoke of James A. being a doctor and went to treat sick Indians and never returned. (He was a medic in the Civil War for the North.) That story was believed until 5 years ago when I started my research. Some members of my family refuse to believe of the other two families, but I have many documents including Civil War pension records of James A. that spells it out clearly. He had to tell the truth to get a pension. We found the grave of James A. in Carthage, Missouri in the GAR section of the Cemetery. I didn't mean to write a book. If you want more dates let me know. Bob

[I later tried to e-mail the author of the above at his address of warren7419@aol.com but the e-mail bounced.]

• Can't locate WWI draft reg
  
• Can't locate in 1920 census
  
• 1930 census indicates that he first married age 39--did his wife know about his first marriage?
  
• 1930 census indicates that he was a WWI veteran, but no record appears in his name? Another of his lies?
  
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Conversation with Walter's granddaughter, Laurie (Mudge) Nelson of Troy, Idaho, on 22 November 2013.

This is the right Walter Warren. Walter had one daughter from his second marriage. That daughter, Vera Chapman (Warren) Mudge did not know until her mother was dying, long after Walter was dead, that Walter had been married before. When Vera was in her 80's she got a call from a Robert Warren, some relative of Walter's, and found out that his first wife, whom she now knew to be "Della," had three children by him. Vera, an only child, had never known that she had half-siblings out there. She was VERY upset by the information.

Vera said that what she learned of her father did NOT fit with the kind, loving father that she knew.

Laurie also said to call her older sister Nancy (whom I had tried to call the previous day).

Walter married Della Eveline Walker on 19 Dec 1901 in Howell County, Missouri, USA, and was divorced. Della (daughter of Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker and Phoebe Tennessee "Tennie" Crowder) was born on 4 Dec 1878 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 18 Feb 1970 in Auburn, Placer County, California, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Divorced:

Divorce filed 16 December 1918 in Howell County, Missouri. Due to some technicality, the divorce was not finalized until 1944, as a part of the San Francisco U.S. Court's action restoring Della's citizenship. They finalized the divorce and back-dated it to 1918.

Children:

1. James Orrie Nuel "Bud" Warren was born on 15 Nov 1902 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 4 Jan 1945 in Mindoro, Phillippine Islands.
2. William Luther Warren was born on 9 Jun 1907 in Beggs, , Indian Territory (Oklahoma); died on 17 May 1976 in Yountville, Napa County, California, USA.
3. Gae Eveline Warren was born on 6 Apr 1911 in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma; died on 12 Mar 1984 in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA.

Walter married Vera Beatrice Chapman on 31 Dec 1919 in Fountain, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA. Vera was born about 1885 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

1. Vera Chapman Warren was born on 12 Mar 1921 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA; died on 9 Apr 2013 in Sedro-Woolley, Skagit County, Washington, USA.

James married Elnora Parmenter before 1881 in Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Unknown Allbright before 1835. Unknown was born in in Holland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]