Daniel Jonah Walker & Nettie Ellen "Annie" Cleveland
ConfirmedMelvin's parents · 1890–1964 · she 1896–1971
- Named as the parents of Clarence Melvin Walker in his Social Security NUMIDENT
entry — a government record, whose parent fields come from his own SS-5
application rather than from any tree S38
- The same entry gives his birth at Lolita, Texas on 5 November 1920 and
his death on 23 July 1991 — both matching the gravestone exactly and
independently, which is what makes the parent fields worth trusting
S37S38
- His SSN was issued in Texas S38
- His 1942 draft card gives his birth as 10 March 1890, McLennan County, Texas S211. In 1950 at Lolita his wife was Ida, 57, and his mother Nancy Walker, 85, widowed, born Alabama, lived with them S210
- The NUMIDENT's "NETTIE CLEVLAND" is Cleveland. The 1930 census of Precinct
2, Jackson County, Texas enumerates Daniel J. and Nettie E. Walker
with their children Mary, Olan, Clarence Melvin and Robert
J — the household Melvin was born into at Lolita
S87. ⚠️ The index spelling is still what it is,
and should not be silently normalised when searching
S38
- He was born 10 March 1890 at China Spring, McLennan County and died
30 July 1964 at Ganado; she was born 29 November 1896 in Nebraska and
died 25 November 1971 at White Settlement.
- ⚠️ Her birth date is not settled. The 29 November 1896 above is the
1930 census reading S87; her
1971 Texas death certificate says 27 November 1897
S145. Two days and one year
apart. Item 8 of a death certificate is informant-supplied, seventy-four
years after the fact, so neither date is settled and both stay up until a
Nebraska birth record decides. Her own card carries the same hedge.
- Daniel's mother is now found: Nancy Jane Higginbotham Walker Confirmed S331S210. His father is probably
William B. “Willie B.” Walker Probable confirm or correct →: in 1910 Daniel, entered as “John”, 20, lived in the Palacios household headed by Willie B. Walker S406. That is a name on a census page, not a birth or death record; William B.'s own 1914 death certificate is now read: born 11 April 1857, died 27 June 1914 at Lolita, son of Daniel Walker and Mary J. Brass or Bross S787; the link to Daniel Jonah still rests on the 1910 census alone (added 27 September 2026). 🆕 The 1900 census of Jackson County has a son Jackson J., 10, born March 1890, in Willie B. Walker's household, Daniel Jonah's birth month and year, but the given name does not match, so it supports the link without settling it S808. Willie's own parents were probably Daniel Green Walker and Mary Jane Bross. Nettie's are now
named on a primary record: her death certificate gives her father as
Melton Cleaveland and her mother as Maude Melville Warner
S145 — neither has a card
here yet, and neither is confirmed by a second source. The tree's "Desa Hodges,
b. 1888" for Nettie's mother would make the mother eight years old, and is rejected
rather than corrected.
- 🆕 His 1917 draft card, as Daniel Jones Walker of Lolita, gives the same birth, 10 March 1890 at China Springs; he was a general laborer for Milton Cleavland, Nettie's father, and supported a wife and two children S393; added 24 September 2026.
- 🆕 In 1910, aged 20 and entered as “John”, a farm laborer in his parents' house on Perryman Avenue, Palacios, with his brother Robert T. S406. A 1923 Jackson County birth certificate for a daughter names the father as D. Jona Walker, 33, born McLennan County, and Nettie E., 26, born Nebraska S407; added 24 September 2026.
- 🆕 The Texas birth index files Melvin's birth (5 November 1920, Jackson County, certificate 61632) as the infant of Jonah Walker, the name he went by Confirmed S943. added 29 September 2026
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Nancy Jane Higginbotham Walker
ConfirmedKristin's 2nd great-grandmother · 1864–1953
- Born 19 October 1864, Alabama; her father Robert Higginbotham (written “Higginbothan”), her mother's maiden name Avery S331
- 🆕 Her mother: in the 1880 census of Rockdale Beat, Randolph County, Alabama, “N. J.”, 15, born in Alabama, is listed as the daughter of the widowed head, L. Higginbotham, about 50, born in South Carolina S812. With the certificate's maiden name Avery, that makes her mother L. (Avery) Higginbotham. Her given name, Lucinda C., comes from FamilySearch indexes of the 1870 and 1860 Randolph County censuses, which are independent of the 1880 page and the certificate S841S842: her mother is Lucinda C. (Avery) Higginbotham Confirmed. The 1860 and 1870 entries are index rows whose images have not been read, and the 1860 index gives Lucinda's husband as Wm H. Higginbotham, while Nancy Jane's certificate names her father Robert, so her father is not settled. Added 28 September 2026.
- Mother of Daniel Jonah Walker: in 1950 at Lolita, Jackson County, Texas, she lived in D. J. Walker's household as his mother, 85, widowed, born Alabama S210
- Died 3 January 1953 at Lolita, Jackson County, Texas, widowed, as Nancy Jane Walker S331
- Cause of death, as the certificate states it: carcinoma of the jaw, of one year's duration. She was attended from June 1952 by a doctor at Edna, died at home, and was buried at Lolita Cemetery the next day S331
- 🆕 Her husband was probably William B. “Willie B.” Walker (1857–1914) Probable confirm or correct →. Evidence: in 1900 “Nancy J.”, 35, born Alabama, was his wife in Jackson County S808, and his 1914 death certificate was informed by Mrs. W. B. Walker S787. What is weak: no marriage record has been found. His parents were probably Daniel Green Walker and Mary Jane Bross. Added 27 September 2026
- 🆕 The 1870 census image, read in full: in Township 19 (Rockdale Beat), Randolph County, Alabama, on 10 June 1870, Nancy, 6, born Alabama, was in the household of Lucinda Higginbotham, 40, born South Carolina, with Alexander, 13, and Benjamin, 12 Confirmed S960. That census states no relationships. Her mother is named by the 1880 census S812. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 Probably her in 1930: Nancy J. “Waeker”, 65, a widow living alone in her own home ($1,250) in Justice Precinct 2, Jackson County, Texas Probable confirm or correct → S1011. Evidence: her age, her Alabama birthplace and her mother's South Carolina birthplace agree with the 1880 household S812, and Jackson County is where she lived in 1950 and her last years S331. Weak: the enumerator wrote the surname Waeker or Wacker, not Walker; her father's Georgia birthplace is new and is a clue only. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
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Daniel Green Walker & Mary Jane Bross
ProbableEvidence: Willie B. Walker's own 1914 death certificate names his parents as Daniel Walker and Mary J. Brass or Bross; in 1900 his mother, Mary J. Daniels, 69, lived in his household; his brother Edgar's 1941 certificate names Daniel Green Walker and Mary Jane Bross. Weak or missing: Willie's certificate was informed by his widow and omits "Green"; the 1900 link rests on the mother's remarried surname and a California birth; the records disagree on birthplaces; Daniel Green's dates come from an online tree, and by July 1870 Mary Jane was already in David Dannel's household in Louisiana, which does not fit a remarriage after a death in 1873. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
Willie B. Walker's parents · he c. 1815–1873 · she 1830 – after 1900
- Research status: PROBABLE as the parents of William B. “Willie B.” Walker (1857–1914), husband of Nancy Jane Higginbotham Probable confirm or correct →. Evidence: Willie's own 1914 death certificate names his parents as Daniel Walker and Mary J. Brass (or Bross) S787; in 1900 his mother Mary J. Daniels, 69, lived with him in Jackson County, Texas S808; and his brother Edgar's 1941 certificate names Daniel Green Walker and Mary Jane Bross and gives Edgar's birth in California in 1861 S809. What is weak: Willie's certificate was informed by his widow and gives only “Daniel Walker”, without the Green; the 1900 link rests on the mother's remarried surname and a California birth; and the records disagree on birthplaces (Alabama for both parents on Willie's certificate and 1900 census, California on Edgar's, Louisiana for Mary in 1880). Approved by Earl 27 September 2026.
- 🆕 Mary Jane married again, and earlier than the family tree allows: on 25 July 1870 M. J., 40, born Alabama, keeping house, was in the household of David Dannel, 70, a farmer born Louisiana, at Ward 6, Bossier Parish, Louisiana (P.O. Cotton Valley), with Andrew Dannel, 24, and three Walker boys: Tom, 20, born Mississippi, and Wallice, 14, and Edgar, 10, both born California Probable confirm or correct → S1079. Evidence: her age and Alabama birth, Edgar’s California birth, and the Dannels and Daniels surname she carries in 1880 and 1900. Weak: the census states no relationships, so David is only probably her second husband. Since she was in Louisiana by 1870, the family tree’s death of Daniel Green in California on 14 July 1873 cannot have come before her remarriage: either the couple had parted before 1870, or that death belongs to another Daniel Walker. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 30 September 2026
- In 1880 she was Mary Dannels, 50, a widow in Angelina County, Texas, with her son Edgar, 18 S809, and in 1900 Mary J. Daniels, “Mother”, born June 1830 in Alabama, a widow and the mother of three children, in Willie B. Walker's household S808.
- Daniel Green's birth about 1815 in South Carolina and his death on 14 July 1873 at Columbia, Tuolumne County, California, come from an online family tree, not a record. Willie's certificate gives Willie's own birth at Columbia, California, in April 1857 S787, which fits.
- 🆕 In 1850 the couple, Daniel Walker, 35, born South Carolina, and Mary, 19, born Alabama, with sons John, 2½, and an infant, lived in the Noxubee County, Mississippi, household of the postmaster John Bross S845; a Mississippi marriage index has Daniel Walker marrying Mary Bross S846. added 28 September 2026.
- 🆕 Her father: probably John Bross Probable confirm or correct →, 49, born South Carolina, whose household she and Daniel shared in 1850 with Matilda Bross, 43 S845. What is weak: the census states no relationships. added 28 September 2026.
- 🆕 His father: probably Jarrett Walker Probable confirm or correct →, of Union District, South Carolina, whose will of 13 September 1824 names a son Daniel Walker among his children still under age S847. What is weak: nothing yet ties this Daniel to Union District — no middle name, deed or estate division — and Daniel Walker is a common name in South Carolina. The online tree's further step to Thomas Walker of Lunenburg County, Virginia, is still unsupported. See the Walker line. added 28 September 2026.
- 🆕 Probably Daniel Green in California: in July 1860 Danl Walker, 45, a miner born South Carolina, was at Columbia, Tuolumne County Probable confirm or correct → S1067, and in July 1870 Daniel Walker, 56, a miner born South Carolina, was still at Columbia S1068. Evidence: age and birthplace agree with 1850 S845, and Columbia is where the family tree puts his death in 1873. Weak: he is alone with other miners in both years, and nothing on either page names his wife or children. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 Probably Mary Jane in 1860, with the boys, while Daniel was in California: M. J. Walker, 30, a farmer born Mississippi, headed her own household at Ward 3, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana (P.O. Wiseville), with J. T., 12, D. G., 10, W. B., 6, and E. G., 1, next door to John Bross, 35, born South Carolina, and M. R. Bross, 65 Probable confirm or correct → S1071. Evidence: her age, the sons J. T. and the infant of 1850 S845, and the Bross family next door. Weak: initials only, no relationships stated, and Mississippi rather than the Alabama of 1850 S845. W. B., 6, born Mississippi about 1854, does not agree with the 11 April 1857 California birth on Willie’s death certificate S787, so that date is left as it is. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
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Clarence Melvin "Melvin" Walker
TexasConfirmedKristin's maternal grandfather · 1920–1991
- Born 5 November 1920, Lolita, Jackson County, Texas; died 23 July 1991,
aged 70 S37S38
- Buried Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas — the same
cemetery as his wife, thirty-one years later
S37
- 🆕 His obituary, indexed under his own name, gives his death at Fort Worth, Tarrant County, and his last home at Richland Hills Probable confirm or correct → S767. Only the index has been read, not the clipping; its years are “about”, worked out from his age, and it is the same obituary as S295. added 26 September 2026.
- 🆕 His birth was registered with the state as the unnamed infant of Jonah Walker, Jackson County, 5 November 1920, Texas birth certificate 61632 Confirmed S943. added 29 September 2026
More · 4 further facts
- He went by his middle name. "Walker, Clarence" in the indexes and "Melvin
Walker" in the family's own obituary text are one man — which is the whole reason
this identification took a record rather than a search
S36S37
- US Army Air Corps, Second World War. Dorothy's obituary: "After her
graduation from high school, she met Melvin Walker and shortly after they were
married. Upon his discharge from the Army Air Corp, they moved to Ft. Worth"
S36
- Son of Daniel Jonah Walker and Nettie Ellen Cleveland — from his Social Security
NUMIDENT entry, a government record whose parent fields come from his own SS-5
application S38, and from the 1930 census of
Precinct 2, Jackson County, which enumerates the whole household
S87
- Father of three daughters, all born in Tarrant County and all named in Dorothy's
obituary sixty years later S39S36
⚠️ A same-name grave that is not his child. An infant "Clarence M Walker,
6 January 1944 – 2 December 1944" is also buried at Mount Olivet, Fort Worth. The
name fits, the cemetery fits and the date would fit a first child born before the move.
No record connects him to this couple, and he is not attached here — recorded so
the next reader does not adopt him on the strength of a name
Not found.
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Family photograph, c. 1970sClare La Vonne Walker
LivingConfirmedKristin's mother · known as LaVonne Danielson
- Born in 1947
S39. Walker is her maiden name, not a
married surname S24.
- Two names, two marriages — and they are not an index variant. She married
Thomas Alan Caffey in 1969 at Tarrant County
S127; that marriage was dissolved in
1980 in Travis County S128,
when Kristin was five. She married Wayne Allen Danielson in 1993, Travis
County S129, and was widowed on
31 October 2017 S297. Every Danielson record postdates July
1993 and every Caffey or Walker record precedes it — which is what settles it.
Danielson — the name on the photographs below — is her present surname,
carried from that second marriage. The heading and the captions are the same woman.
- "Clare" and "La Vonne" are both hers, and the middle name is the one the family
uses. Her mother was Dorothy La Vonne Peters, who passed that
middle name down S39 — which is why Texas
indexes file her under a first name nobody calls her. That finding stands
independently of the remarriage above; both are true at once
S129.
More · 3 further facts
- Her parents were Clarence Melvin "Melvin" Walker and Dorothy La Vonne
Peters. Both are deceased and both appear in full below
S36S39
- Her children are Bradley Neal Caffey and Kristin, both by Thomas Alan
Caffey and both named as such by the state birth index
S126
- Her mother's 2022 obituary names her among the surviving daughters as
"LaVonne Danielson […]" S36 —
the published family record using the same two names this card does.
Why this card now carries dates. On 21 September 2026 Earl set the rule
this page runs on today: living adults are published in full, and only
minors are held back — named, and nothing else. She is a living adult, so her
record is given like anyone else's, each line cited.
What this card said before: until 13 September 2026 her living status was
unrecorded and her half of Pedigree Chart II was four empty boxes; on 17 September the
family named the second marriage but supplied no date, place or husband's name, and none
was published. Records have now supplied all three.
Her second husband was the University of Texas dean. Wayne Allen Danielson
(b.
6 December 1929, Burlington, Iowa; d.
31 October 2017, aged 87) was
professor of journalism and the
second dean of the UT College (then School) of
Communication, 1969–1979, now the Moody College; earlier dean of the School of
Journalism at the University of North Carolina
S297.
Earl confirmed on
23 September 2026 that he is the same man
S24, and his obituary settles it
independently: it says he
"courted and married LaVonne Walker Caffey", is survived by
"his wife LaVonne," and lists as stepchildren
"Brad (Erin) Caffey and Kristin (Earl)
Proeger […]" S297.
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Wayne Allen Danielson
ConfirmedKristin's stepfather · 1929–2017
- Born 6 December 1929, Burlington, Iowa, to Arthur Leroy and Bessie Danielson S297
- B.A. in journalism, University of Iowa, 1952; M.A. 1953 and Ph.D. 1957, Stanford S297
- Dean of journalism at the University of North Carolina, then dean of the University of Texas College of Communication, 1969–1979 S297
- First wife Beverly Kinsell (d. 1988); his children Matt, Ben, Grace and Paul S297
- Married LaVonne Walker (Caffey) in 1993, Travis County, Texas S129; stepfather of Brad Caffey and Kristin S297
- Died 31 October 2017, aged 87 S297. Earl confirmed he is the same man S24.
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Family photograph, 25 April 2015Bradley Neal Caffey
LivingConfirmedKristin's brother · b. 1972
- Born in 1972. The Texas Birth Index names
his father as Thomas Alan Caffey and his mother as Clare LaVonne Walker
S126 — the same two parents the same
index gives for Kristin three years later. That is what makes him her full
brother, and it is a state record, not a surname match.
- Corroborated independently: his grandmother Dorothy LaVonne Walker's 2022
obituary lists him and Kristin in a single sentence as grandchildren of the same
woman S36. Two sources, neither derived from
the other. Confirmed
- Married Erin Helm in 2003 — three separate
indexes agree on the date S131. Her own
ancestry is a different family and out of scope for this record, which is why it is
not worked here.
More · 3 further facts
- L. C. Anderson High School, Austin — the 1990 volume's index prints
"Caffey, Bradley N 'Brad' (12)" directly above "Caffey, Kristin (9)"
on the same page S132: the two of them
at one school in one year, a senior and a freshman, which is exactly what a 1972 and
a 1975 birth predict. ⚠️ A 1987 Austin yearbook also indexes him, but
which school that volume is has not been verified and is not claimed here.
- His children are Preston Caffey and Scarlett Caffey, named in their
great-grandmother's obituary S36.
Their ages are not established from any record read here, so this page
publishes no dates, ages or schools for them. Earl chose on 25 September 2026 to
publish two items that show them in full: the obituary page image itself, and a
2015 family portrait of Brad and Erin with two children, below. The portrait's
uploader tagged only Brad and Erin, so the children in it are
Probable as Preston and Scarlett.
- He is already a person in Earl's own Ancestry tree, where the relationship graph
labels him brother-in-law. He was new to this research corpus, not to the
tree — which is a different claim and is worth keeping straight.
Were there other children? Probably not, and "probably" is the honest word.
Across the whole Caffey record cluster and the full obituary survivor list, only Brad and
Kristin appear as children of Thomas Alan Caffey and Clare LaVonne Walker. That is
absence of evidence — but from two sources that each had reason to name everyone, which
is why it is
Probable confirm or correct → and not Confirmed
S126.
He is living, and this page publishes living adults in full — Earl's rule of
21 September 2026. His residence history, which the records also supply down to
city and year, stays in the research corpus: that is an editorial judgement about what
belongs in a genealogy, not a privacy rule.
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Family photograph, 2020sKristin M. Caffey Proeger
LivingWife of the subject · the other half of this record
- Born in 1975, to Thomas Alan Caffey and
Clare LaVonne Walker — the Texas Birth Index names both parents
S126, and the family gives the city
S24.
Confirmed
- Her brother is Bradley Neal Caffey (b. 1972), the same two parents on the same
state index three years earlier S126. They
appear together as grandchildren in Dorothy Walker's 2022 obituary
S36. No third child is evidenced.
- Married Earl Proeger in a ceremony on Guam, 1994; the marriage was registered in Travis County, Texas (Texas Marriage Index, 1994)
S2, because Texas allowed them to
marry by affirmation rather than oath — a Quaker scruple Guam made no accommodation for
(Earl Proeger’s account, 22 Sep 2026 S24).
- Maiden name Caffey, established from the Travis County marriage record
of 1994 S2 — the same record that names
Earl. Confirmed
- Her father was Thomas Alan Caffey (1946–2016) of Austin, whose obituary names
"his daughter Kristin Proeger and her husband Earl […]"
S31. Her mother is Clare La Vonne Walker,
living S24.
More · 1 further fact
- Three children with Earl — Maia, and the twins Evelyn and
Axel. Their names are all this page publishes about them: no dates, no
birth years, no ages, no schools, no places. Earl's rule of 21 September 2026 lets a
minor be named and nothing more, and that is exactly what is done here.
Her ancestry is charted at
Kristin's ancestors and run to full depth in
the deep lines. Nothing on this card is new to the page: every
statement on it is drawn from the records already cited above.
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Nettie Ellen Cleveland
ArkansasProbableEvidence: Her 1971 death certificate names her parents Melton Cleaveland and Maude Warner. Weak or missing: Her birth date is disputed (1897 vs 1896), and no Nebraska birth record has been found. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
Kristin's great-grandmother · 1897–1971
- Father: Melton Cleaveland Confirmed
- Born 27 November 1897 in Nebraska — as given on her death certificate S145
- ⚠️ Her birth date is not settled. The certificate says 27 November 1897; the 1930 census reading already on this site says 29 November 1896 S87. Two days and one year apart. Item 8 of a death certificate is informant-supplied, seventy-four years after the fact, so neither date is settled and both stay here until a Nebraska birth record decides. The bare 1889 formerly shown on this card came from a user-contributed FamilySearch tree S12 and is superseded.
- Died 25 November 1971 at 6:00 a.m. in White Settlement Hospital, White Settlement, Tarrant County, Texas, after a stay of one month S145. The certificate is indexed in the Texas death index as Nettie E Walker; the family tree carries this death from that index. The married name is from her second husband, Eddie Guy Walker (23 September 1898 – 1 May 1976; “Eddie G.” in the 1950 Sansom Park census S226), who is not Daniel Jonah Walker
- Buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, on 27 November 1971 — the same cemetery as her son S145
- Daughter of Melton Cleaveland and Maude Melville Warner — named on a primary record for the first time; the sheet spells the surname Cleaveland, with the a S145
- Last lived at 5717 Terrace Trail, Sansom Park, Tarrant County; occupation housewife S145
- Cause of death uremia, from renal shutdown, from post-traumatic shock three weeks earlier; an autopsy was performed S145
- ⚠️ What the trauma was is not recorded. The certificate names post-traumatic shock as the underlying cause, yet every injury field is blank — accident, suicide, homicide, the time, the manner and the place of injury are all left empty. The certificate contradicts itself by omission.
- ⚠️ The certificate is filed under her married name, Nettie E. Walker, and names no husband — the form has no spouse field. She is identified as this Nettie on the Cleaveland maiden surname, the initial E. for Ellen, the Nebraska birthplace and the shared Mount Olivet burial, not on a statement in the document.
- Wife of Daniel Jonah Walker S12
- Mother of Clarence Melvin "Melvin" Walker S12
- In 1900, aged 3, she was entered as a granddaughter in Charles E. Smith's household at Fullerton, Nance County, Nebraska S213
- In 1910, aged 13, in Brazoria County, Texas, with her father Milton Cleveland and brother Edgar; Milton's wife Desa, 22, married one year with no children, was her stepmother S224. In 1932 she and Daniel J. kept house at 3005 E 4th, Fort Worth S227
- 🆕 In 1940 at 2605 Hale Street, Fort Worth, aged 42, the wife of E. G. Walker, with her daughter Mary Elen, 14; she was a seamstress on the WPA sewing project S394; added 24 September 2026.
- 🆕 On her daughter's birth certificate of 10 March 1923 she is 26, born Nance Co., Nebraska, the mother of five children, four living S407. Age 26 fits the 1896 birth year of the 1930 census, not the 1897 of her death certificate; the date stays open. added 24 September 2026.
- 🆕 She married E. G. Walker at Denton on 14 March 1940, under the name “Mrs. Nettie E. Jerkins” S558. That name shows a marriage to a Mr. Jerkins, after Daniel Jonah Walker and before E. G. Walker, which was not known before; his given name is not yet found. added 25 September 2026.
- 🆕 E. G. Walker is very probably Eddie Guy Walker Probable confirm or correct →. The 1942 draft card of Eddie G. Walker gives his birth as 23 September 1898 at San Marcos, Texas, his home as 1310 College, Fort Worth, his work at Bewley Mills, and his contact as “Mrs. E. G. Walker” S710. His age fits E. G., 41, of the 1940 census S394. What is weak: the card does not give his wife's name, and 1310 College is not the 2605 Hale Street of April 1940, so the match rests on the initials, the city and the age. added 26 September 2026.
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Melton Cleaveland
ConfirmedFather of Nettie Ellen Cleveland
- Research status: CONFIRMED — confirmed 25 September 2026: his 1896 Nance County, Nebraska, marriage register S463 names Milton Cleavland, born at Rocklin, California, son of C. E. Cleavland and V. J. Smith, marrying Maud Warner, and Nettie's 1971 Texas death certificate S145 names Melton Cleaveland and Maude Melville Warner as her parents; the 1880 Cass County, Michigan, census S465 and his 1939 Wyoming death certificate S464 follow him. (Probable from 22 September until the marriage register was read.)
- Named as father of Nettie Ellen Cleveland on her 1971 Texas death certificate, spelled Cleaveland; her mother Maude Melville Warner S145
- 🆕 He married Maud Warner on 4 February 1896 at Belgrade, Nance County, Nebraska; the register gives him as 23, born at Rocklin, California, son of C. E. Cleavland and V. J. Smith S463. A printed Cleveland genealogy names them Charles Edgar Cleveland and Victoria Janette Smith, married at Rives, Michigan, in 1866 S467; in 1880 the family, with his sister Anna J., was in Penn Township, Cass County, Michigan S465. In 1930 he was a park caretaker in Fullerton Township, Nance County, with a wife Alice S466. He died on 2 June 1939 at Sheridan, Wyoming, a carpenter, and was buried in Sheridan Municipal Cemetery. His birth was 15 July, in 1872 by his death certificate and 1873 by the book and the 1880 census S464. added 25 September 2026.
- 🆕 In 1920 he owned a farm in Jackson County, Texas, with his wife Alice L. and her son William Kelley S552. added 25 September 2026.
- 🆕 The 1930 Sheridan, Wyoming, directory lists Milton Cleveland, carpenter, and his wife Alice at 725 Canby Confirmed S1156.
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William Olan Walker
ConfirmedSon of Daniel Jonah Walker · born 1915
- Research status: CONFIRMED — added 24 September 2026 from a record that names the parents; entered in the family tree the same day.
- Son of Daniel Jonah Walker and Nettie Ellen Cleveland; brother of Clarence Melvin Walker
- Born 8 April 1915, Lolita, Jackson County, Texas; Olan, 15, the eldest, in the 1930 household S209S87
- Died 18 February 2002; his Social Security record names both parents
- 🆕 His 1940 draft card: of Edna, Jackson County, born 8 April 1915 at Lolita; his wife was Mrs. Erma Lee Walker S539. added 25 September 2026.
- 🆕 In the 1940 census he was an auto-repair mechanic in Edna, 24, with his wife Erma Lee, 19, a cafe waitress whose mother was born in Germany S567. added 25 September 2026.
- 🆕 In 1950 he was an electrician at Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico, 35, with Erma Lee, 29, and two young children; the family had been in Jackson County, Texas, in 1949 S585. added 25 September 2026.
- 🆕 His son Thomas William Walker was born in Jackson County, Texas, on 11 September 1947. The birth index gives the mother's maiden name as Irma Lee Norcross, which is Erma Lee's maiden name S705. added 26 September 2026.
- 🆕 The 1951 Hobbs directory lists him with Erma L. at 508 West Lea, a groundman for New Mexico Electric Service S745. added 26 September 2026.
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Catherine Mary Walker Bradley
ConfirmedDaughter of Daniel Jonah Walker · born 1923
- Research status: CONFIRMED — added 24 September 2026 from a record that names the parents; entered in the family tree the same day.
- Daughter of Daniel Jonah Walker and Nettie Ellen Cleveland; sister of Clarence Melvin Walker
- Born 10 March 1923, Jackson County, Texas; Mary, 7, in the 1930 household S209
- Died 23 June 1998; her Social Security record names both parents
- 🆕 She married Robert Sidney Bradley. The state birth index names them as the parents of Dorothy Jean Bradley, born in Tarrant County in 1953 Confirmed S1124.
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Maude Melville Warner
ConfirmedMother of Nettie Ellen Cleveland
- Research status: CONFIRMED — added 24 September 2026 from her daughter's death certificate and a Nebraska marriage index; entered in the family tree the same day.
- First wife of Melton Cleaveland; married 4 February 1896, Belgrade, Nance County, Nebraska
- Mother of Nettie Ellen Cleveland, whose 1971 death certificate names her S145; she is the Nebraska-born first wife implied by the 1910 census, where Milton has remarried S224
- Also named as mother on her son Edgar's 1929 marriage record; her dates have not been found
- 🆕 The Nance County marriage register names her father as Clifford Warner. She was 18 and born in Nebraska when she married Milton Cleavland at Belgrade on 4 February 1896 S463. added 25 September 2026.
- 🆕 Her mother: Ella (Shreckengost) Warner Probable confirm or correct →. The 1880 census of Cedar Precinct, Boone County, Nebraska, has Maud, born in Nebraska, as the daughter of Clifford Warner, 28, whose wife is Ella, 22, born in Illinois S824; her sister Dessa's 1908 marriage gives their parents as Clifford Warner and Ella Shreckengost S682. What is weak: the census gives Ella's relationship to Clifford, not to Maud, and Maud's own marriage entry leaves her mother blank S463. added 28 September 2026.
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Charles Edgar Cleveland
ConfirmedFather of Melton Cleaveland · born about 1846
- Research status: CONFIRMED as Melton's father — Melton's 1896 Nance County, Nebraska marriage register, read from the image, names his parents as C. E. Cleavland and V. J. Smith S463; the 1880 census of Penn Township, Cass County, Michigan has Chas., 34, and Janette, 36, with Milton, 6, born in California S465; and Melton's 1939 death certificate names his father as Charles E., born in Michigan S464. The full given names come from the printed Descendants of Moses Cleveland, p.1939 S467
- Father of Melton Cleaveland, and so great-grandfather of Nettie Ellen Cleveland
- Born about 1846, Michigan. Married Victoria Janette Smith; the printed genealogy gives the wedding as 11 April 1866 at Rives, Michigan, a date no record has yet confirmed
- Death not yet found
- 🆕 His daughter Anna J., 25, born in Michigan and entered as “Mrs Anna J. Hoit” (the surname is hard to read), married Frank Hodges, 54, born in New York, at Belgrade, Nance County, Nebraska, on 18 April 1894. The register names her father as Charles Cleavland, and the witnesses were her brother Milton Cleavland and Lottie Cleavland S706. She is the Anna J., 11, of the 1880 household S465, and the record puts the family in Nance County two years before Milton's own wedding there S463. added 26 September 2026.
- 🆕 His parents: Solomon Cleveland, who died in California township, Branch County, Michigan, on 22 October 1845, and Mary Malinda (Thompson) Elliott, a widow when she married him in New York in 1834 Probable confirm or correct →. The printed Cleveland genealogy enters Solomon on p. 1438 S822 and numbers Charles Edgar as his son on p. 1939 S467, and a FamilySearch index of a Nebraska marriage of Charles E. Cleveland, born 1846, names his parents Solomen Cleveland and Mary Thompson S823. What is weak: a compiled book and an index with no image; no original record naming his parents has been read. added 28 September 2026.
- 🆕 The Cass County birth register enters his daughter Anna J. Cleveland, born at Marcellus on 22 March 1869, to Charles Cleveland, born in Michigan, and Jennet, born in Ohio, farmer, of Marcellus Confirmed S1129. The printed genealogy gives 21 March; the register is followed.
- 🆕 In July 1860 Chas. Cleveland, 15, born in Michigan, was at school and living in the household of Horace Hastings, a farmer, in Newberg Township, Cass County, Michigan (P.O. Vandalia) Confirmed S1155. His father had died in 1845. The census states no relationship.
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Victoria Janette Smith
ConfirmedMother of Melton Cleaveland · born about 1844
- Research status: CONFIRMED as Melton's mother — his 1896 marriage register names her V. J. Smith S463, and she is Janette, 36, in the family's 1880 Cass County, Michigan census S465. Her full name and 19 March 1844 birth come from the printed Descendants of Moses Cleveland S467
- Mother of Melton Cleaveland; wife of Charles Edgar Cleveland
- Born about 1844, Ohio (Wood County, per Melton's death certificate S464). Her parents, from the printed genealogy only: Jeremiah Smith and Patience Kittle Probable confirm or correct →
- Death not yet found
- 🆕 In 1860 a V., 16, born in Ohio, was in J. Smith's household at Leroy, Ingham County, Michigan; he was 54 and born in New York S713. It is the first record made in her lifetime that puts a girl of her age in Jeremiah Smith's home Probable confirm or correct →, but it gives initials only and states no relationships. added 26 September 2026.
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Jeremiah Smith
ProbableEvidence: The printed Descendants of Moses Cleveland (p.1939), which names Victoria Janette Smith as his daughter; a Jeremiah Smith in Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio, in the 1840 census and the 1850 agriculture schedule; his son Lucien B. Smith's 1913 marriage return and 1922 death certificate (Jeremiah born New York); the 1860 Leroy, Michigan census with a V., 16, born Ohio, in his home, and the 1870 census with Lucien. Weak or missing: Only the compiled genealogy names Victoria as his daughter; the 1860 census gives initials only and states no relationships, and the Ohio records are a common name. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
Father of Victoria Janette Smith
- Research status: PROBABLE — the printed Descendants of Moses Cleveland, p.1939, no. 11632, names Victoria Janette Smith (born 19 March 1844, Ohio) as the daughter of Jeremiah Smith and Patience Kittle S467. A compiled genealogy; the 1860 Leroy census has a V., 16, born in Ohio, in his home (below), but it gives initials only and states no relationships
- Father of Victoria Janette Smith; husband of Patience Kittle
- Birth, marriage and death dates not yet found
- 🆕 In 1840 a Jeremiah Smith, 30 to 39, with a woman in her twenties and a girl under 5, lived in Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio S651. In 1850 he farmed there, 55 acres improved and 25 unimproved, beside the same neighbours S652. Victoria was born in Wood County about 1844, so this fits. Probable confirm or correct → What is weak: Jeremiah Smith is a common name and neither record names a wife or child. If you know more, use “Add to this record”. added 26 September 2026.
- 🆕 His son Lucien B. Smith was born in Ohio on 30 September 1846 and died in Leroy Township, Ingham County, Michigan, on 2 April 1922. The death certificate says Jeremiah was born in New York S700. Lucien's 1913 marriage return names his parents as Jeremiah Smith and Patience Kettle S699, and a daughter, Louisa Hiscock, died in 1883 with the same parents named S701. added 26 September 2026.
- 🆕 In 1860 J. Smith, 54, born in New York, lived at Leroy, Ingham County, Michigan, with V., 16, a girl born in Ohio, and L., 18, L., 13, and E., 4; no wife was in the house S713. In 1870 Jeremiah, 64, born in New York and blind, was still at Leroy, with Lucien B., 24, a farmer born in Ohio, Nancy M., 20, the baby Della A., and Edmund D., 15 S714. V. fits Victoria, born in Ohio in March 1844, and L., 13, fits Lucien Probable confirm or correct →. The 1860 census gives initials only and states no relationships. added 26 September 2026.
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Patience Kittle
ProbableEvidence: The printed Descendants of Moses Cleveland (p.1939), which names Victoria Janette Smith as her daughter; her son Lucien B. Smith's 1913 Michigan marriage return (Jeremiah Smith and Patience Kettle) and her daughter Louisa Hiscock's 1883 death return (Jeremiah and Patience Smith). Weak or missing: Only the compiled genealogy ties her to Victoria; Lucien's 1922 death certificate calls her Mary Kettel. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
Mother of Victoria Janette Smith
- Research status: PROBABLE — the printed Descendants of Moses Cleveland, p.1939, no. 11632, names Victoria Janette Smith as the daughter of Jeremiah Smith and Patience Kittle S467. A compiled genealogy; two later records name her as the mother of other children (below), but none names Victoria
- Mother of Victoria Janette Smith; wife of Jeremiah Smith
- Birth, marriage and death dates not yet found
- 🆕 Two Michigan records made after her death name her as a mother. In 1913 her son Lucien B. Smith, 66, born in Ohio, married at Webberville; the return names his parents as Jeremiah Smith and Patience Kettle S699. His 1922 death certificate calls her “Mary Kettel” S700. In 1883 her daughter Louisa Hiscock, born in Ohio, died at Rose, Genesee County; her parents are given as Jeremiah and Patience Smith, both dead S701. added 26 September 2026.
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Clifford Warner
ConfirmedFather of Maude Melville Warner
- Research status: CONFIRMED — named as Maud Warner's father in her 4 February 1896 marriage entry in the Nance County, Nebraska register, read from the image S463. Her mother's name is left blank on the page
- Father of Maude Melville Warner, and so great-grandfather of Nettie Ellen Cleveland
- Birth, marriage and death dates not yet found; his wife was probably Ella Shreckengost (below)
- 🆕 Two records of his children name Clifford Warner's wife as Ella Shreckengost: the 22 April 1908 Butler County marriage of his daughter Dessa Warner, born in Greeley County, Nebraska S682, and the 1956 Spokane death certificate of his son Claude Dee Warner, born in Nebraska on 24 May 1884 S683. Probable confirm or correct → Evidence: both records name Clifford Warner and Ella Shreckengost, and Greeley County borders Nance County, where Maud married in 1896. What is weak: Maud's own marriage entry leaves her mother blank, so that this Clifford is Maud's father rests on the name and the neighbouring county, not on a record naming them together. If you know more, use “Add to this record”. added 26 September 2026.
- 🆕 His parents: John Warner, a miller at Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois, who died in 1858, and Marancy Warner Probable confirm or correct →. In 1870 Clifford, 19, born in Illinois, lived at Winslow with the widow Marancy Warner, 46 S828; she had married John Warner in Stephenson County in 1841 S825, and John was at Winslow with her in 1850 S826. In 1880, at Cedar Precinct, Boone County, Nebraska, Clifford, 28, farmer, gives his father's birthplace as New York S824. What is weak: no record names Clifford's parents; the 1870 census has no relationship column, and in 1880 he gives his mother's birthplace as Massachusetts, where Marancy said New York. added 28 September 2026.
- 🆕 His wife Ella was married, not widowed, in the 1900 census of Rising City, Butler County, Nebraska Confirmed S977, and a widow in the 1910 census there Confirmed S978, so Clifford probably died before April 1910. No death record for him has been read. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 Probably him in 1900: Cliff Warner, 48, an Illinois native of April 1852 whose father was from Pennsylvania and mother from New York, a railroad labourer, married 23 years but with no wife in the household, was in Brayton Township, Greeley County, Nebraska, with his son Claude, 16, born May 1884 in Nebraska Probable confirm or correct → S1062. Evidence: Claude’s birth month and state match Claude Dee Warner’s S683, and Dessa was born in Greeley County S682. Weak: Ella is not named, and the 1880 census gave his mother’s birthplace as Massachusetts. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
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Solomon Cleveland
ProbableEvidence: The printed Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families (1899) enters him as Solomon Cleveland, died 22 October 1845 in Branch County, Michigan, husband of Mrs. Mary Malinda (Thompson) Elliott, and numbers Charles Edgar as his son; a FamilySearch index of Charles E. Cleveland's Nebraska marriage names his parents Solomen Cleveland and Mary Thompson. Weak or missing: The book is compiled and derivative and the Nebraska entry is an index with no image; no original record (1850 census, probate, guardianship) has been read, and Charles, born about 1846, fits a father who died in October 1845 only if born in 1845 or after his death. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
Probable father of Charles Edgar Cleveland · died 1845
- Research status: PROBABLE — accepted by Earl 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. The printed Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families (1899) enters him as Solomon7 Cleveland (Enoch, Solomon, Enoch, Deliverance, Edward, Moses) S822 and on p. 1939 numbers “Charles Edgar8 Cleveland (Solomon7)” as his son S467; a FamilySearch index of a Nebraska marriage names Charles E. Cleveland's parents as Solomen Cleveland and Mary Thompson S823. What is weak: the book is a compiled, derivative source, and no original record (the 1850 Michigan census with the widow and children, a probate of his 1845 estate, a guardianship) has been read; the Nebraska entry is an index with no image. Charles, born about 1846, fits a father who died in October 1845 only if he was born in 1845 or after his father's death
- Probable father of Charles Edgar Cleveland. Husband of Mary Malinda (Thompson) Elliott
- Married Mrs. Mary Malinda (Thompson) Elliott at Lowville, New York, on 11 February 1834, or at Fowler, New York, on 14 April 1834; the book gives both S822
- Died 22 October 1845 in California township, Branch County, Michigan, aged 39 S822, so born about 1806. The family tree's birth date of 1 September 1806 is not on the page read
- 🆕 Probably him in 1840: Solomon Cleveland, 30–39, heading a household of six in Diana, Lewis County, New York, with Enoch Cleveland, 50–59, on the line above Probable confirm or correct → S1003. Evidence: his age, a Lewis County home near Lowville, where he married in 1834, and an Enoch next door, the name the book gives his father S822. Weak: 1840 names only the heads and states no relationships. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 Another son: Albert E. Cleveland, 58, born in St. Lawrence County, New York, of Greeley County, Nebraska, married the widow Anna C. Shaffer in Hamilton County, Nebraska, on 13 November 1895. The record gives his father as Solomon Cleveland and his mother’s maiden name as Mary Thompson Confirmed S1139.
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Mary Malinda Thompson
ProbableEvidence: The printed Cleveland genealogy (1899) gives Solomon Cleveland's wife as Mrs. Mary Malinda (Thompson) Elliott and numbers Charles Edgar as Solomon's son; a FamilySearch index of Charles E. Cleveland's Nebraska marriage names his mother Mary Thompson. Weak or missing: The book is derivative, the page with her birth and her children continues overleaf and has not been read, and the Nebraska entry is an index with no image; her birth and death dates are unsourced. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
Probable mother of Charles Edgar Cleveland
- Research status: PROBABLE — accepted by Earl 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. The printed Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families (1899) gives Solomon Cleveland's wife as “Mrs. Mary Malinda (Thompson) Elliott” S822 and numbers Charles Edgar as Solomon's son S467; a FamilySearch index of a Nebraska marriage names Charles E. Cleveland's mother as Mary Thompson S823. What is weak: the book is derivative, and the page with her birth and the list of her children continues overleaf and has not been read; the Nebraska entry is an index with no image
- Probable mother of Charles Edgar Cleveland. Wife of Solomon Cleveland
- She was a widow, Mrs. Elliott, when she married Solomon Cleveland at Lowville, New York, on 11 February 1834, or at Fowler, New York, on 14 April 1834 S822. The book's entry begins her birthplace (“b. Wightford, …”) and runs onto the next page
- Born and died: not on the page read. The family tree's 19 March 1809 and 15 May 1870 have no source here and are not published as fact
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Ella (Shreckengost) Warner
ProbableEvidence: The 1880 census of Boone County, Nebraska lists Clifford Warner's wife Ella, 22, born Illinois, with their daughter Maud, whose parents are both entered as Illinois-born; Clifford's children Dessa (1908 marriage) and Claude Dee (1956 death certificate) give his wife as Ella Shreckengost. Weak or missing: The census gives Ella's relationship to Clifford, not to Maud; Maud's own 1896 marriage entry leaves her mother blank; the middle name Andora and her birth and death dates are unsourced. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
Probable mother of Maude Melville Warner
- Research status: PROBABLE — accepted by Earl 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. The 1880 census of Cedar Precinct, Boone County, Nebraska, read from the image, lists Clifford Warner, 28, his wife Ella, 22, born in Illinois, and their daughter Maud, born in Nebraska, whose parents are both entered as born in Illinois S824; the 1908 marriage of Clifford's daughter Dessa S682 and the 1956 death certificate of his son Claude Dee S683 give his wife as Ella Shreckengost. What is weak: the census gives Ella's relationship to Clifford, not to Maud; Maud's own 1896 marriage entry leaves her mother blank S463; and the maiden name rests on the records of Maud's brother and sister
- Probable mother of Maude Melville Warner. Wife of Clifford Warner. Named as mother of Dessa Warner, born in Greeley County, Nebraska S682, and of Claude Dee Warner, born in Nebraska on 24 May 1884 S683
- Born about 1858 in Illinois (22 in June 1880), to parents both born in Pennsylvania S824
- The family tree's middle name “Andora”, birth on 12 October 1857 at Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois, and death on 20 March 1940 at Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska, are not on any record read and are not published here as fact
- 🆕 In 1900 Ella A. Warner, born in October 1858 in Illinois, married 24 years, mother of seven children, five living, rented at Rising City, Butler County, Nebraska, with Elsie B., Marion H. and Martha A. Confirmed S977. By April 1910 she was a widow, 52, still at Rising City with Marion and Martha; four of her seven children were living Confirmed S978. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 In January 1920 Ella A. Warner, 62, widowed, was living in Alexis Township, Butler County, Nebraska, with her daughter Martha M. and son-in-law Alden R. Moural Confirmed S1042. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 In April 1930, a widow of 72, she lived with her daughter Martha and son-in-law Alden R. Moural in Rogers precinct, Colfax County, Nebraska Confirmed S1090
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John Warner
ProbableEvidence: Clifford Warner, born about 1851 in Illinois, lived with the widow Marancy Warner at Winslow in 1870; an index has John Warner marrying Muraney Elexander in Stephenson County in 1841; John, a New York-born miller, was at Winslow with Marany in 1850; Clifford's 1880 entry gives his father's birthplace as New York. Weak or missing: No record names Clifford's father: he was born after the 1850 census, John's Find a Grave list of children omits him, and FamilySearch has nothing naming his parents; the birth date and death date come only from Find a Grave. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
Probable father of Clifford Warner · about 1815–1858
- Research status: PROBABLE — accepted by Earl 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. Clifford, born about 1851 in Illinois, is with the widow Marancy Warner at Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois, in 1870 S828; an Illinois marriage index has John Warner marrying “Muraney Elexander” in Stephenson County on 17 May 1841 S825; in 1850 John Warner, 35, a miller born in New York, was at Winslow with Marany and their children S826; and Clifford's 1880 census entry gives his father's birthplace as New York S824. What is weak: no record names Clifford's father. Clifford was born after the 1850 census, the Find a Grave memorial's list of John's children leaves him out S827, and FamilySearch has no record naming his parents
- Probable father of Clifford Warner. Husband of Marancy Warner
- In the 1850 census of the Town of Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois, enumerated 2 October 1850: John Warner, 35, miller, real estate $500, born New York; Marany; Araminta, 7, born Illinois; John, 5; Frederick, 3; Lois, 61, born New York; and Olive Alexander, 62, born Massachusetts S826
- Born about 1815 in New York (35 in 1850) S826. His Find a Grave memorial gives 13 November 1816 – 5 January 1858, buried at Rock Lily Cemetery, Winslow, with his wife Marancy and children Araminta Ladd, John and Charles A. S827; a memorial, supporting only. The family tree's birthplace, Worcester, Otsego County, New York, has no source
- 🆕 His son Charles Warner, born in Illinois about 1853, married Mary E. Maurer at Fremont, Nebraska, on 26 November 1878; the record names his parents as John and Marency Alexander Confirmed S1138.
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Marancy Warner
ProbableEvidence: The 1870 census of Winslow, Illinois has a two-person household of Marancy Warner, 46, born New York, and Clifford, 19, born Illinois; she was in John Warner's household at Winslow in 1850. Weak or missing: The 1870 census has no relationship column; Clifford's 1880 entry gives his mother's birthplace as Massachusetts, not New York; the maiden name Alexander rests on an unread index ('Muraney Elexander') and on her son Charles's statement in his 1878 marriage record, and her birth and death dates are unsourced; the 1900 Knox County 'Marancy Ballet(?)', mother-in-law of the widow Mary Warner, has a hard-to-read surname and 'mother of 1 child'. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
Probable mother of Clifford Warner · born about 1824
- Research status: PROBABLE — accepted by Earl 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. The 1870 census of Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois, read from the image, has a two-person household: Marancy Warner, 46, keeping house, born New York, and Clifford, 19, farm labourer, born Illinois S828. What is weak: the 1870 census has no relationship column, and Clifford's own 1880 entry gives his mother's birthplace as Massachusetts, not New York S824. Her maiden name “Alexander” rests on an Illinois marriage index reading “Muraney Elexander” S825, which has not been read, and on her son Charles’s 1878 marriage record S1138, where it is his statement, not hers
- Probable mother of Clifford Warner. Wife, then widow, of John Warner
- In 1850 “Marany” is in John Warner's household at Winslow with Araminta, 7, John, 5, and Frederick, 3 S826; John's Find a Grave memorial names his wife as Marancy S827
- Born about 1824 in New York (46 in July 1870) S828. The family tree's birth on 27 February 1824 at Henderson, Jefferson County, New York, and death on 11 June 1901 at Creighton, Knox County, Nebraska, are not on any record read; a 1900 “Marancy Ballet” may be another woman
- 🆕 Probably her in 1880: Marancy Warner, “Mother”, 57, a widow born New York, in the household of John Ladd and his wife Mintie, 35, born Illinois, in Sheridan Precinct, Washington County, Nebraska Probable confirm or correct → S1018. Evidence: her rare name, an age that fits 46 in 1870 S828, and a daughter of the right age: Araminta was 7 in the 1850 Winslow household S826. Weak: the census gives Mintie no maiden name. It puts her mother's birth in Massachusetts and her own in New York. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 Perhaps her in 1900: Marancy Ballet(?), 76, born February 1824 in New York, father born New York, mother born Connecticut, widowed, was the mother-in-law of the widow Mary Warner, 49, on Mary’s farm in Miller Township, Knox County, Nebraska, with Mary’s four daughters, whose father was born in Illinois Probable confirm or correct → S1063. Evidence: the rare name, a birth in February 1824 that fits the family tree’s 27 February 1824 and her age of 46 in 1870, and Knox County, where the tree puts her death in 1901. Weak: the surname is hard to read, which of her sons was Mary’s husband is not stated, and “mother of 1 child” does not fit four children in 1850 and 1870. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 Her son Charles Warner, 25, born in Illinois, married Mary E. Maurer at Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska, on 26 November 1878; the marriage record gives his parents as John Warner and Marency Alexander Confirmed S1138. It is the first record read from the image that gives her maiden name.
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Lucinda C. (Avery) Higginbotham
ConfirmedMother of Nancy Jane Higginbotham Walker · born about 1830
- Research status: CONFIRMED as Nancy Jane Higginbotham Walker's mother — in the 1880 census of Rockdale Beat, Randolph County, Alabama, read from the image, “N. J.” Higginbotham, 15, born Alabama, is the daughter of the widowed head, L. Higginbotham, born South Carolina S812, and Nancy Jane's 1953 death certificate gives her mother's maiden name as Avery S331. Her given name, Lucinda, comes from FamilySearch indexes of the 1870 and 1860 Randolph County censuses, which are independent of both the 1880 page and the certificate S841S842. Confirmed 28 September 2026.
- Mother of Nancy Jane Higginbotham Walker (1864–1953)
- Born about 1830, South Carolina: 50 or 51 in 1880, born South Carolina to parents born there S812; the 1860 and 1870 indexes also give about 1830, South Carolina S841S842. An online tree's birth in 1827 at Anderson, South Carolina, and its death in 1890 “probably Alabama” are on no record read, and its spelling “Avary” is not the certificate's “Avery”
- 🆕 In 1870, as Lucinda Higgenbotham, born about 1830 in South Carolina, she headed a household in Randolph County, Alabama, with Alexander, Benjamin and Nancy, by a FamilySearch index of that census S841. added 28 September 2026.
- 🆕 In 1860 Lucinda C. Higinbothen, born about 1830 in South Carolina, was in the household of Wm H. Higginbothum, Northern Division, Randolph County, by a FamilySearch index of that census S842. Her husband is not settled: Nancy Jane's certificate names her father as Robert Higginbotham S331, and by 1880 Lucinda was a widow S812. Both census pages have since been read from the images S842S960. added 28 September 2026.
- 🆕 The 1870 census image confirms the index: Lucinda Higginbotham, 40, keeping house, with a personal estate of $300, born South Carolina, with Alexander, Benjamin and Nancy, 6, at Township 19, Randolph County (post office Wedowee), on 10 June 1870 Confirmed S960. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 The 1860 census image confirms the index: Lucinda C., 30, a seamstress, born South Carolina, at Rockdale, Randolph County, with Wm H. Higginbotham, 35, farmer, born Georgia, and six boys, J. F. M., 12, born South Carolina, and C. C., R. L., Alexr, B. D. and E. H., born Alabama Confirmed S842. Wm H. as her husband Probable confirm or correct →: Evidence: she is listed in the wife's place after him. Weak: the 1860 census states no relationships, and Nancy Jane's certificate names her father Robert S331. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 In 1850, as Lucinda C. Higginbotham, 21, she was in the Beat 7, Randolph County, household of Wm Higginbotham, 25, farmer, born Georgia, with John, 2, and C. C., 1 Confirmed S995. Wm as her husband is now in two censuses, 1850 and 1860 Probable confirm or correct → S995S842. Weak: neither census states relationships, and Nancy Jane's certificate names her father Robert S331. The 1850 page gives her birthplace as Georgia only by a ditto mark; South Carolina, from three later censuses, is kept. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
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John Bross
ProbableEvidence: In the 1850 Noxubee County, Mississippi, census, read from the image, Daniel Walker, 35, and Mary, 19, with two small sons, live in postmaster John Bross's household; a Mississippi marriage index has Daniel Walker marrying Mary Bross. Weak or missing: The census states no relationships; the marriage index and the son Edgar Bross Walker support her maiden name, not her father; his 1801 Charleston birth is on no record read. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
Probable father of Mary Jane Bross · born about 1801
- Research status: PROBABLE — accepted by Earl 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. In the 1850 census of Noxubee County, Mississippi, read from the image, Daniel Walker, 35, born South Carolina, and Mary Walker, 19, born Alabama, with two small sons, live in the household of John Bross, the postmaster S845; a Mississippi marriage index has Daniel Walker marrying Mary Bross S846, and a son was named Edgar Bross Walker S809. What is weak: the census states no relationships, and the marriage index and the son's name support her maiden name, not her father Probable confirm or correct →
- Probable father of Mary Jane Bross, of Daniel Green Walker & Mary Jane Bross
- In 1850 at Noxubee County, Mississippi (enumerated 28 August): John Bross, 49, post master, real estate $800, born South Carolina; Matilda, 43, born South Carolina; John W., 23; Lavenia, 16, born Alabama; then Daniel Walker, 35; Mary Walker, 19; John Walker, 2½, and an infant Walker, one month, both born Mississippi S845
- Born about 1801, South Carolina, by his 1850 age S845. An online tree's birth on 4 July 1801 at Charleston and its death before 1860 are on no record read
- 🆕 Appointed postmaster at Macon, Noxubee County, on 2 October 1849 Confirmed S1014. The 1850 census there calls him “post master” S845. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 Probably him in 1840: John Bross, 30–39, heads a Noxubee County household with a woman 30–39, a young man 15–19 and girls 5–9 and 10–14 Probable confirm or correct → S1015. Evidence: he is the only Bross on the page, and the ages of the head, the woman 30–39 and the girl 5–9 fit John (49 in 1850), Matilda (43) and Mary (19) S845. Weak: 1840 names only the head, so the others are age marks, not names. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 Probably him in the 1845 Mississippi state census of Noxubee County, as John Bross, head Probable confirm or correct → S1020. Evidence: he is the only Bross on the page, in the county where he is in 1840 S1015 and 1850 S845. Weak: the household figures are illegible, so nothing but the name can be compared. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
- 🆕 Probably him in 1830 in Alabama (Tuscaloosa County by the index): Jno Bross, 20–29, with a woman 20–29, a boy 5–9 and a girl under 5 Probable confirm or correct → S1021. Evidence: the man and woman fit John, born about 1801, and Matilda, born about 1807 S845, and an Alabama home fits Mary’s birth in Alabama about 1831. Weak: 1830 names only the head, and the county header is not on the page. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
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Jarrett Walker
ProbableEvidence: Jarrett Walker's will, signed in Union District, South Carolina, on 13 September 1824 and read from the image, names a son Daniel among his children still under age; Daniel Green Walker was 35, born South Carolina, in 1850. Weak or missing: Nothing yet ties the Mississippi and California Daniel to Union District: no middle name, deed or estate division, and Daniel Walker is a common name. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
Probable father of Daniel Green Walker · died 1824 or 1825
- Research status: PROBABLE — accepted by Earl 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. Jarrett Walker's will, signed in Union District, South Carolina, on 13 September 1824 and read from the image, names a son Daniel Walker among the children still under age S847. Daniel Green Walker was born about 1815 in South Carolina: he was 35, born South Carolina, in 1850 S845. What is weak: nothing yet ties the Mississippi and California Daniel to Union District — no middle name, deed or estate division — and Daniel Walker is a common name in South Carolina Probable confirm or correct →
- Probable father of Daniel Green Walker, of Daniel Green Walker & Mary Jane Bross
- His will leaves his estate to “my dear beloved wife Sarah Walker” for her lifetime, “to support and to school the under named children … until they become of age or get married (Viz) Thomas Walker, Mary Walker, Elizabeth H. Walker, Robert Y. Walker, Martha D. Walker, Daniel Walker, Henry C. Walker, Sarah Walker, Juliet A. T. Walker”; his son William Walker gets a colt; his executors are his wife Sarah and his son Thomas S847
- Died after 13 September 1824, when he signed his will, and before about 7 March 1825, when it was proven, in Union District, South Carolina S847. An online tree's birth on 25 May 1773 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, is on no record read, and the will does not give Sarah's maiden name
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