Walter James Nolan (1900 - 1980)

Born 19 Jun 1900 in Peterborough, Ontario

Ancestors

Died 9 Dec 1980 at age 80 in San Diego, California

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Meg McGowan [send private message]

Biography

Walter was the sixth of seven children born to Thomas and Emma Nolan in Peterborough County, Ontario,^[1] possibly in the village of Lakefield. Two older children died before he was born.^[2] His mother died when Walter was two years old, shortly after giving birth to a baby brother, who died a couple of weeks after his mother. Walter's father remarried when Walter was five.^[3]

Walter emigrated to the US when he was 19.^[4] He married Elizabeth L. Mill in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1923.^[5] They were living in Seattle with their four year old son, Walter Junior in 1930. He was working as a "lath man" in a machine shop.^[6]Ten years later, the family was still in Seattle, and Walter was working as a freight elevator operator in a mail order department store, where his wife also worked.^[7] Walter had applied for citizenship in 1938.^[8]

Walter died in San Diego at the age of 80.^[9]

Research Notes

Walter's son Walter Jr., born in 1926, is likely the Walter J. Nolan, who died at age 68 in King County, Washington, on October 29, 1992.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912", index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FM68-MY5 : accessed 18 Jun 2014), Walter James Nolan, 1900.
2. ↑ 1901 Canada Census, Peterborough East, Lakefield village.
3. ↑ 1911 Canada Census
4. ↑ "United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XPWB-4Z8 : accessed 6 December 2014), Walter J Nolan, 24 Aug 1920; from "Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954," Ancestry.com; Ship , arrival port Detroit, Michigan, , line 7, NARA microfilm publication M1464, roll 402, NARA record group 85, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
5. ↑ Walla Walla County Auditor, Marriage Certificates, 1922-1926, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XC3N-6TM : accessed 18 Jun 2014), Walter J Nolan, Seattle, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0206, sheet 1A, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2503.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27873-13746-95?cc=2000219 : accessed 18 June 2015), Washington > King > Seattle Election Precinct, Seattle, Tract S-3 > 40-329 Seattle Election Precinct, Seattle City (Tract S-3 - part) > image 4 of 30; citing NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012).
8. ↑ "Washington, Western District, Naturalization Records, 1853-1957", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGP2-13V9 : 16 March 2018), Walter James Nolan, 1938.
9. ↑ "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VGBD-Z8Z : accessed 18 Jun 2014), Walter James Nolan, 09 Dec 1980; citing Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
10. ↑ Department of Health, Death Index, 1907-1960; 1965-2017 - Nolan - Walter - J