Walter Louis Warren b. 25 Jan 1881 Ellis County, Kansas, USA d. 30 Jul 1960 Anacortes, Skagit County, Washington, USA: Our Family History

1881 - 1960 (79 years)

Name	Walter Louis Warren [1]
Born	25 Jan 1881	Ellis County, Kansas, USA [2, 3]
Gender	Male
Census	5 Apr 1930	Covina, Covina township, Los Angeles County, California, USA [4]
	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 [5]
	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 [6]
	Walter was employed as a carpenter.
Died	30 Jul 1960	Anacortes, Skagit County, Washington, USA [7]
Person ID	I3400	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	22 Nov 2013

Father	James A. Warren, b. 3 Apr 1835, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA , d. 24 Aug 1911, Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA (Age 76 years)
Mother	Elnora Parmenter
Married	Bef 1881	Kansas, USA [2]
Family ID	F1220	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Della Eveline Walker, b. 4 Dec 1878, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 18 Feb 1970, Auburn, Placer County, California, USA (Age 91 years)

Married 19 Dec 1901 Howell County, Missouri, USA [1, 8]

Divorced Yes, date unknown

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, b. 15 Nov 1902, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 4 Jan 1945, Mindoro, Phillippine Islands (Age 42 years)
+	2. William Luther Warren, b. 9 Jun 1907, Beggs, , Indian Territory (Oklahoma) , d. 17 May 1976, Yountville, Napa County, California, USA (Age 68 years)
+	3. Gae Eveline Warren, b. 6 Apr 1911, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma , d. 12 Mar 1984, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA (Age 72 years)

Last Modified 22 Nov 2013

Family ID F1152 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Vera Beatrice Chapman, b. Abt 1885, Illinois, USA

Married 31 Dec 1919 Fountain, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA [4, 9]

Children

1. Vera Chapman Warren, b. 12 Mar 1921, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA

, d. 9 Apr 2013, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit County, Washington, USA

(Age 92 years)

Last Modified 21 Nov 2013

Family ID F2060 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos

Walter Louis Warren, taken about 1918, around the time of their divorce.
Jessie Keenon (address for private use) to Janis Walker Gilmore (author), email, 13 February 2013, attaching photo of Walter L. Warren; she received the photo from Warren family researcher Robert Warren (3031 SE TurnBerry, Ankeny, IA 50021, (515) 964-2442).

Documents

Divorce decree, Della (Walker) Warren-Walter Louis Warren, 1944, but backdated to the original 1918 filing date.
For divorce filing, Superior Court of the State of California, Imperial County, final judgement of divorce, no. 3463, Della E. Warren-Walter L. Warren (20 June 1944); citing Howell County Judgement Book 5:411. The original 1918 divorce filing in Howell County, Missouri, never contested nor finalized by Warren's signature, was decreed in California…

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).

Sources

[S61] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 7, 1900 - 1903 (book, Gen Soc'y), James Sutton, Delenna Sutton, and Irene Kimberlin, (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, 1993.), p. 12 (current publication), entry for Walter L. Warren and Della E. Walker (19 Dec 1901) (Reliability: 3).
Walter L. Warren to Della E. Walker on 19 Dec 1901, by J.M. Roberson, Elder (officiant).
[S335] Warren, Walter Lewis - email from Bob Warren, (Bob Warren [e-mail address for private use] to Janis Walker Gilmore, e-mail, date unknown.).
[S656] Walker, Della - Documents, Family Group Sheet (Warren), (Family group sheet for Walter Louis Warren and Della Evaline Walker, compiled by Faith [formerly Fatha] (Lonnem) Quick, no date. The family group sheet was found among the collected letters and documents of Della Eveline (Walker) Warren Lonnem (now deceased); the documents were passed from Della Lonnem to her daughter, Faith (Lonnem) Quick; from Faith to her niece, Jesse Keenon (granddaughter of Della Lonnem); photocopied, 1996; photocopies remain in the possession of Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC); original documents in the possession of Jesse Keenon (Muskogee, Oklahoma), 2007.).
[S4011] 1930 U.S. census, Los Angeles County, California, population schedule, Covina, Covina township, enumeration district (ED) 19-900, sheet 5A, p. 215 (stamped, recto), dwelling 96, family 3, Walter L. Warren household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 November 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 124.
[S4018] 1940 U.S. census, Los Angeles County, California, population schedule, El Monte township, Covina (168 Orange St.), Covina township, enumeration district (ED) 19-138, sheet 11A, p. 2775 (stamped, recto), household no. 284, Walter L. Warren household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 November 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 227.
[S4019] Baldwin Park, Covina, and West Covina (California) City Directory 1950 (Arcadia, Cal.: Pacific Directory Co., 1950), 303, entry for Walter L. Warren and wife Vera B. Warren; "U.S. Directories, 1821-1989," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 November 2013).
[S4012] "Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 21 November 2013), entry for Walter L. Warren, Skagit County, 30 July 1960; citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia.
[S4022] Howell County, Missouri, marriage license no. 200, Walter L. Warren-Della E. Walker, 19 December 1901; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 November 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
[S4014] "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SYBQ-HQB : accessed 2013-11-21), entry for Walter Louis /Warren/.