Jacob Walter was born in 1826. Other records place his birth in 1829. Three of his children died in infancy, Jane and Sarah are among their number. It is possible he fought in the Mexican-American War. Jacob Walter also may have fought in the US Civil War[1][2]. However a transcription of the 1910 US Census does not list him as a veteran. Jacob Walter died in 1912.
DNA
There is a DNA relationship between George Diehl and Christopher Douglas. George's family tree is all up on MyHeritage and the only place the two trees intersect is the Leiby family. George is also on 23andMe and he matches there also. Chris Douglas's grandmother Dorothy Driscoll also shows up on 23andMe as a match to George, with a relationship of 4th to 6th cousins. The only place her tree appears to intersect with George is, once again, the Leiby family.
Sources
↑ Bowen, Harriet Cole Clark. Gravestone Records of Lenawee County, Michigan. Vol. 4. Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973. Print.
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYD-HKM : 16 August 2017), Jacob Walter, Turbot Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 116, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 475; FHL microfilm 20,551.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4CH-VCR : 9 November 2014), Jacob Walter in household of Isaac Walter, Lewis, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 225, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ5C-LJX : 17 October 2014), Jacob Walters, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 2, family 14, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,879.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWNY-MWN : 10 August 2016), Jacob L Walter, Chillisquaque, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 143, sheet 22D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1163; FHL microfilm 1,255,163.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSMZ-83K : accessed 19 May 2017), Jo L Walter, Jefferson township, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91, sheet 15B, family 395, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,713.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLRQ-D6F : accessed 19 May 2017), Jacob Walters in household of David S Walters, Medina, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 69, sheet 6B, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 661; FHL microfilm 1,374,674.
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