By 1915, living with grandmother and by 1920 using the surname Rome.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M53H-WRT : accessed 14 July 2022), Walter W Romge in household of William H Romge, Rochester Ward 13, Monroe, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 133, sheet 2A, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 992; FHL microfilm 1,375,005.
"New York State Census, 1915", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9VN-3CH : 2 June 2022), Walter Romge in entry for Marion Glidden, 1915.
"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJG7-RGY : 14 July 2022), Walter Ronie in entry for Marion Glidden, 1920. (Actual transcript is sloppy, but it does read Rome.)
“United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X43J-LDF : accessed 26 July 2020), Walter W Rome in household of John H Pray, Cleveland (Districts 251-500), Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 343, sheet 12A, line 23, family 141, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1774; FHL microfilm 2,341,508.
"United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z4QR-XX6Z : 10 July 2020), Walter Rome, 1940.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQP2-ZGK : 24 December 2019), Walter Rome in household of Edward F Bannister, Ward 2, Waterloo, Waterloo Town, Seneca, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50-4, sheet 2B, line 64, family 43, 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 2779.
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8LG-2X4 : 5 December 2014), Walter W Rome, enlisted 18 Nov 1942, Rochester, New York, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
"Florida State Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNNF-4WP : 9 August 2017), Walter W Rome, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida; citing line 41, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,205.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRWX-34H : 22 July 2020), W Rome, 14 Sep 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG1-9HRZ : 3 July 2020), Walter W. Rome, 1984; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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