Walter Isaac Palmer (abt. 1926 - 2004)

Born about 7 Aug 1926 in Hutchinson, Reno Co., Kansas, USA

Ancestors

Died 25 Oct 2004 at about age 78 in Juneau, Alaska, USA

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Biography

Walter Palmer was born 7 August 1926 in Hutchinson, Kansas. He was the son of Irl Palmer and Ola Atkinson.

1930 census -- Hutchinson, Reno Co., Kansas, USA

Irl Palmer, head, own $6000, white, male, age 38, married, first married @ 26, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Illinois, salesman packing house; Ola Palmer, wife, white, female, age 37, married, first married @ 24, born Texas, father born Missouri, mother born Texas; Elizabeth Palmer, daughter, white, female, age 9, single, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Texas, attended school; Irl Palmer Jr., son, white, male, age 5, single, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Texas, attended school; Bobbie Palmer, son, white, male, age 3, single, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Texas; Buelah Johnson, servant, white, female, age 17, single, born Kansas, father born Illinois, mother born Kansas, servant private family^[1]

1940 census -- Hutchinson, Reno Co., Kansas, USA

Ola Palmer, head, own $3000, white, female, age 46, widow, 4th grade education, born Texas, same house 1935, sells magazine subs; Elizabeth Palmer, daughter, white, female, age 19, single, born Kansas, same house 1935, stenographer salt co.; Irl Palmer Jr., son, white, male, age 15, single, attended school, 1 year high school education, born Kansas, same house 1935; Walter Palmer, son, white, male, age 13, single, attended school, 7th grade education, born Kansas, same house 1935^[2]

He died 25 October 2004 in Juneau, Alaska.^[3] He is buried in American Legion Cemetery in Ninilchik, Alaska.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X77S-KT4 : accessed 4 December 2021), Bobbie Palmer in household of Irl E Palmer, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 2A, line 14, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 717; FHL microfilm 2,340,452.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR29-J5F : 16 February 2020), Walter Palmer in household of Ola Palmer, Hutchinson, Hutchinson City, Reno, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78-18A, sheet 2B, line 60, family 40, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1253.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V91Q-NJ3 : 11 January 2021), W I Palmer, 25 Oct 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98775733/w-i-palmer : accessed 03 December 2021), memorial page for W I “Bob” Palmer (7 Aug 1926–25 Oct 2004), Find A Grave: Memorial #98775733, citing American Legion Cemetery, Ninilchik, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA ; Maintained by Annie Peek (contributor 47022467) .