Edward Sylvester "Ves" Walker

1904 - 1978  (73 years)

• Name	Edward Sylvester "Ves" Walker  [1]
  Born	30 Dec 1904	Missouri, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  	For date of 30 December 1904, Bonnie Compton; for year only, FindAGrave; for birth date of 31 December 1904, SSDI.
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Apr 1940	Lincoln township, Crawford County, Kansas, USA   [5]
  	1. Walker, Edward, head, renting, $3, not a farm, male, white, 31, married, completed 2 years of high school, Missouri, same house 1935, public emergency work, unemployed 200 weeks, laborer, pond project, world 12 weeks in 1939, income $120, has other source of income 2. _____, Thelma, wife, female, white, 27, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house 1935, working at home 3. _____, Eugene, son, male, white 7, attending school, completed grade 1, Missouri, same house 1935, 4. _____, Barbara, daughter, female, white 5, Kansas 5. _____, Dean, son, male, white, 1, Kansas
  Residence	Nov-Dec 1957	Powell, Park County, Wyoming, USA   [6]
  	His father's obituary of about this date stated that "Sylvester" was living in Powell, Wyoming (his brother Othal was living there, as well).
  Residence	Aug 1977	Powell, Park County, Wyoming, USA   [1]
  SSDI	Sep 1978	Powell, Park County, Wyoming, USA   [4]
  	Name: Edward Walker SSN: 513-10-9512 Last Residence: 82435 Powell, Park, Wyoming, USA Born: 31 Dec 1904 Died: Sep 1978 State (Year) SSN issued: Kansas (Before 1951)
  Died	16 Sep 1978  [2, 3, 4]
  	For specific date, Bonnie Compton. For year only, FindAGrave. For month and year, SSDI.
  Buried	Crown Hill Cemetery, Powell, Park County, Wyoming, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I3565	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Helton Alanson "Lance" Walker,   b. 10 Aug 1874, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 25 Nov 1957, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Cora Ellen Burke,   b. 16 Apr 1878, Kingsport, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 9 Oct 1969, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1894	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [7, 8]
  	Lance was just 20 and Cora just 15 at the time of their marriage. Lance had the consent of his father and Cora of her guardian, illegible name, appears to be David Hicks, her maternal grandfather.
  Family ID	F1190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thelma Mayfield,   b. 1913,   d. 1999  (Age 86 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1931	Barton County, Missouri, USA   [2]
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F1244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S3831] "Local Obituaries: Othal T. Walker," The Daily Herald (Provo, Utah), 8 August 1977, p. 4. col. 2; digital image Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 18 September 2013). [S339] Bonnie Compton (1014 E. 7th St, Pittsburg, KS 66762, email tcompton2@cox.net), telephone interview, spring 2007, by Janis Walker Gilmore; regarding her ancestor, Helton Alanson Walker, his siblings, and his descendants, including daughter Myrtle Annis Walker (Bonnie's mother). [S3846] Rose Wenstrom, contributor, "Edward S. Walker," database and digital image of cemetery marker, Crown Hill Cemetery (Powell, Park County, Wyoming), memorial no. 99699218, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : viewed 23 September 2013). [S3848] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 September 2013), entry for Edward Walker, September 1978, SS no. 513-10-9512. [S3845] 1940 U.S. census, Crawford County, Kansas, population schedule, Lincoln township, enumeration district (ED) 19-10, sheet 2A, p. 152 (penned replacement for printed no.?, recto), household no. 21, Edward Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 September 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1227. [S4281] “Helton A. Walker Dies Monday Night,” Liberal (Missouri) News, [n.d., after 25 November 1957], [n.p., n. col]; [likely reel no. 31257], State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. [S3811] Howell County, Missouri, Marriage Book [1894]: 102, license and return, H. A. Walker-Cory E. Burk[e], 18 January 1894; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. [S3810] Howell County, Missouri, marriage license application no. 2141, H. A. Walker-Cory E. Burk, issued 9 January 1894; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.