She appears to have arrived in America with her parents in 1847, then to have settled with them in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The 1870 U.S. Census says that she could read but could not write. The 1900 U.S. Census says that she had borne 5 children, and that 4 of them were still alive.
Sources
Unnamed infant (daughter of John Walter) - Tuscarawas Co., OH, birth register - 21 Jul 1868 - viewed on familysearch.org.
1870 U.S. Census - Shanesville, Sugar Creek Twp., Tuscarawas Co., OH - Roll# M593_1273; p360A; Image# 425252; FHL# 552772 - viewed on Ancestry.com .
Walter, Catharine A - entry in Records of Births (Tuscarawas Co., OH), Vol. No. 1, p572, #58 - viewed on familysearch.org .
Walter, Catharine A - entry in Records of Births (Tuscarawas Co., OH), Vol. No. 1, p572, #58 - viewed on familysearch.org.
1880 U.S. Census - Shanesville, Sugar Creek Twp., Tuscarawas Co., OH - Roll# 1072; FHL# 1255072; p353D; ED# 230; Image# 0543 - viewed on Ancestry.com.
1900 U.S. Census - Wayne, Tuscarawas, Ohio; Roll# 1327; p5B; ED# 0137; FHL# 1241327 - viewed on Ancestry.com .
1910 U.S. Census - Wayne Twp., Tuscarawas Co., OH - Image# 19, NARA# T624 (Sht.# 10A, ED# 154) - viewed on familysearch.org .
Hammel, Glen - "Nelly G Walter" FindAGrave Mem.# 110473556.
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