Re: Walden (Waldron) ND 1900s
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Walden (Waldron) ND 1900s
Mary Corcoran 12/08/04
On the murder:
That was the winter, too, of the Spicer murder. Quite a crowd was gathered at neighbor Brickleys having a good time when an Indian messenger arrived with a note from Ft. Yates telling us that Tom Spicer, his wife, his wife's mother, and their married daughter and twin boys about 18 months old had been murdered at the Spicer home, which was couple miles out of Winona, by some person or persons unknown
So the wife and the wife's mother might have been Walden/Waldrons?
Incidentally Grant Co wasn't formed until 1916, from Mandan Co.1910 census shows stepmother Minerva already there:
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They've been married 2 years.Minerva apparently has two children, but they're not in the household - all four of those listed, William, Florence, and two more daughters list their mother as 'born Russia'.
There is a William Frederick Waldon who was b. 04/03/1901 ND, d. 01/28/1949 Los Angeles, mother's maiden name Volk.
James Waldon is in Grant County 1918 township map, and naturalizing first papers in Burleigh in 1903 (second in Morton), etc.I think 'Waldon' was the usual spelling of it.
1910 seems to say his father was Scottish, his mother was Irish, he was b. Canada.Looking at the 1881 Canadian census, this would seem to be a good match:
Household:
Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
William WALDON M Male Scottish 50 Scotland Farmer C. Presbyterian
Ellen WALDON M Female Irish 52 Ireland C. Presbyterian
William WALDON Male Scottish 34 Scotland Seaman C. Presbyterian
Alexander WALDON Male Scottish 25 Scotland Blacksmith C. Presbyterian
Jane WALDON Female Scottish 21 O
James WALDON Male Scottish 15 O
Source Information:
Census Place Egremont, Grey South, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375896
NA Film Number C-13260
District 154
Sub-district E
Division 2
Page Number 63
Household Number 257
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Re: Walden (Waldron) ND 1900s
Mary Corcoran 12/09/04