Walter Winthrop Pease (1874 - 1956)

Born 16 Jul 1874 in Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Jul 1956 at age 81 in Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Walter W. Pease was born in 1874 in Maine, the son of George Washington Pease and Sarah Elizabeth Morrill. Walter married Anna C. Edens in 1897 in Merrill, Lincoln, Wisconsin. They had eight children, born between 1898 and 1915. Walter died in 1956 in Alexandria, Minnesota. ^[1]

In 1880, the Pease family lived in Richland, Dakota Territory. The household included George W., 52, a farmer; his wife Sarah E., 43; their four children, Mary E., 21, a teacher; daughter Georgie, 17, in school; Frank, 8; and Walter W., 6. Also living with them was John P. Adams, 22, a boarder/farm laborer. All members of the household were born in Maine. ^[2]

Walter Winthrop Pease was born 16 July 1874 in Manmouth, Kennebec, Maine. He married Anna C. Edens in Merrill, Lincoln. Wisconsin. ^[3]

Walter W. Pease, the son of George W. Pease and Lizzie Morrill, and Annie Christine Edens, the daughter of Wilhelm Edens and Johanna Golbeck, were married in Lincoln County, Wisconsin on 9 December 1897. ^[4]

In 1900, the Pease family lived in Center Township, Richland, North Dakota. They owned their farm without a mortgage. The household included Walter W. Pease, 26, born in Maine in July 1874, a farmer; his wife of two years, Anna C., 23, born in Wisconsin in Jan. 1877, who had had one child; their son, Willie, 2, born in North Dakota in Aug. 1898. ^[5]

In 1910, the Pease family lived in Center Township, Richland, North Dakota. They owned their farm without a mortgage. All could read and write, except for the youngest child. The three eldest children were in school. The household included

• Walter Pease Head 36 born in Maine, a farmer, married 12 years
• Anna Pease Wife 34 Minnesota, had had six children, five of whom were living
• Earl Pease Son 11 North Dakota
• Ernest Pease Son 10 North Dakota
• Florence Pease Daughter 6 North Dakota
• Grace Pease Daughter 4 North Dakota
• Robert Pease Daughter 1 North Dakota ^[6]

Walter Winthrop Pease registered for the WWI Draft in 1917 or 1918 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, where he and his wife also resided. He was 44, born on 16 July 1874 in the United States. Pease worked as a manufacturer of lumber and a farmer, self employed, and with (a company in) Wright, Carlton, Minnesota. His contact was his wife. Pease was tall, of medium build, with blue eyes and dark hair. ^[7]

In 1920, the Pease family lived in Center, Richland, North Dakota. They owned their farm property with a mortgage. All could read and write, except for the youngest child. The six oldest children were in school.

• Walter W Pease Head 45 Maine, a farmer
• Anna C Pease Wife 43 Minnesota
• Earle W Pease Son 21 North Dakota, a farmer
• Earnest H Pease Son 19 North Dakota, a farmer
• Florence H Pease, Daughter 15 North Dakota
• Grace A Pease Daughter 13 North Dakota
• Robert T Pease Son Male 10 North Dakota
• Alice G Pease Daughter 8 North Dakota
• May S Pease Daughter 4 North Dakota ^[8]

In 1925, thenPease family lived in Center, Richland, North Dakota. The family included

• W W Pease 51
• Earl W Pease 26
• Grace Pease 19
• Alice Pease 13
• Mrs W W Pease 49
• Florence Pease 21
• Robert Pease 16
• Mae Pease 9 ^[9]

In 1930, the Pease family lived in Center, Richland, North Dakota. The family included W.W. Pease, 55, born in Maine (parents b. Maine), a farmer, not a veteran, who first married at age 23; his wife, Anna, 53, b. Minnesota (father b. Germany; mother b. Wisconsin), who married at age 21; their children, both b. North Dakota, Alice, 18; and Mae, 14. ^[10]

In 1940, the Peases lived on their farm in Center Township, Richland, North Dakota. They had lived in the same house for at least five years. They owned their farm, valued at $4000. Walter Pease, 65, was a farmer, with an outside income. His wife, Anna C. Pease was 63. ^[11]

Walter W. Pease died on 7 July 1956 in Douglas County, Minnesota. He was born on 16 July 1874. ^[12]

Walter W. Pease, 1874-1956, is buried with his wife, Anna C. (Edens) Pease (1876-1963), and a daughter, Florence Hannah (Pease) Simensen (1904-1991) at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Wahpeton, North Dakota. A son, Robert G. Pease (1909-1985) is buried elsewhere. Walter died, aged 81, long after a 1951 stroke, at an Alexandria, Minnesota hospital. He married Anna in 1897. They had eight children, one having died in infancy. Walter was survived by three sons and four daughters. ^{[13] [14]}

Sources

1. ↑ familysearch.org Family Tree, with sources (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC26-DDS)
2. ↑ 1880 US Census, Twp 132, Range 48, Richland, Dakota Territory (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCV4-QN8)
3. ↑ Familysearch.org Family Tree chart (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:36X6-28Q)
4. ↑ "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRP5-Z7S : 30 January 2020), Walter W. Pease, 1897.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9VG-9KF : 3 December 2021), Walter W Pease, 1900.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLGY-GKG : accessed 2 January 2022), Walter Pease, Center, Richland, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 181, sheet 1A, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1139; FHL microfilm 1,375,152.
7. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Z2-YRY : 24 December 2021), Walter Winthrop Pease, 1917-1918.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD3-6WQ : 3 February 2021), Walter W Pease, 1920.
9. ↑ "North Dakota Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9C-4KB9 : 17 March 2018), W W Pease, Center, Richland, North Dakota, United States; citing sheet number 7, family number 67, State Historical Society of North Dakota; FHL microfilm 1,731,403.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKV6-ZYT : accessed 2 January 2022), W W Pease, Center, Richland, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 1A, line 35, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1741; FHL microfilm 2,341,475.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM9G-JPB : 5 January 2021), Walter Pease, Center Township, Richland, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39-9, sheet 1A, line 26, family 6, 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 3011.
12. ↑ "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4Z5-VJR : 4 December 2014), Walter W. Pease, 07 Jul 1956; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Douglas, Minnesota, record 1309282, certificate number 004023, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.
13. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #114947831
14. ↑ Burial "North Dakota, Cemetery Records, 1877-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTX-QBZL : 23 August 2019), Walter W Pease, 1956; citing Burial, Fairview Cemetery, Fairview Junction, Richland, North Dakota, United States, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, North Dakota; FHL microfilm 004250901.