Earnest Wald (1907 - abt. 1992)

Born 7 Jan 1907 in Cable, Bayfield, Wisconsin, USA

Ancestors

Died about 31 Jan 1992 at about age 85 in Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

1907 Earnest Wald was born on 7 Jan 1907 in Cable, Bayfield, Wisconsin, USA.^[1] He was the son of George Alexander Wald (born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin) and Nilsine Birgitte Margaret Nilsen (born in Norway). ^[2]

1910 The Wald family were now living in Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin. His father, George, son of Norwegian immigrants, was a house painter. the family may have moved during the census, as they are also listed as living in Hayward, Sawyer County, Wisconsin.

• George Wohl Head M 36 Wisconsin
• Lena Wohl Wife F 36 Norway
• Walter Wohl Son M 11 Wisconsin
• Violet Wohl Daughter F 10 Wisconsin
• Robert Wohl Son M 8 Wisconsin
• Charles Wohl Son M 6 Wisconsin
• Ernest Wohl Son M 3 Wisconsin^[3][4]

1920 The Wald family was living in Cable, Wisconsin at the time of the 1920 US Census.

• George A Wald Head M 45 Wisconsin
• Sena M Wald Wife F 40 Norway
• Walter Wald Son M 20 Wisconsin
• Violet Wald Daughter F 19 Wisconsin
• Robert Wald Son M 17 Wisconsin
• Charles Wald Son M 15 Wisconsin
• Earnest Wald Son M 13 Wisconsin
• Ruth Wald Daughter F 7 Wisconsin^[5]

1930 Earnest had been married to his wife Alice about a year and the couple were renting a home in Cable, Wisconsin. Earnest worked in a sawmill.

• Earnest Wald Head M 23 Wisconsin
• Alice Wald Wife F 21 Wisconsin^[6]

1940 Living in the same house in Cable as in 1935, the Wald family had grown by 1940. Earnest found work as a laborer through the WPA program.

• Ernest Wald Head M 33 Wisconsin
• Alice V Wald Wife F 31 Wisconsin
• Betty J Wald Daughter F 9 Wisconsin
• Darrell E Wald Son M 6 Wisconsin
• Floyd M Wald Son M 3 Wisconsin^[7]

1992 Earnest Wald passed away in 1992. He was 85 years old.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907,"database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHH1-VXG : 4 December 2014), Ernest Wald, 07 Jan 1907; from "Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Bayfield, Wisconsin, reel 0007, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison.
2. ↑ Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRX1-8QJ : 11 February 2018), Ernest Wald, 07 Jan 1907; citing Cable, Bayfield, Wisconsin, reference item 2 p 119; FHL microfilm 1,306,423.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPKR-FBV : accessed 21 March 2018), Ernest Wohl in household of George Wohl, Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 212, sheet 19B, family 338, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1717; FHL microfilm 1,375,730.
4. ↑ United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPV2-N2W : accessed 23 March 2018), Robert Wahl in household of George A Wahl, Cable, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 10A, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1700; FHL microfilm 1,375,713.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFV2-QPY : accessed 21 March 2018), Earnest Wald in household of George A Wald, Cable, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States; citing ED 27, sheet 10B, line 64, family 180, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1976; FHL microfilm 1,821,976.
6. ↑ United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X93N-YN2 : accessed 21 March 2018), Earnest Wald, Cable, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 3B, line 64, family 63, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2560; FHL microfilm 2,342,294.
7. ↑ United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7N7-JJL : accessed 21 March 2018), Ernest Wald, Cable Town, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-8, sheet 1B, line 53, family 14, 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 4458.
8. ↑ United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLSX-PPV : 20 May 2014), Ernest Wald, 31 Jan 1992; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Acknowledgements

• This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Wald-61 was created by Kitty Munson through the import of JorgenWoldDescendantsApr2014.ged on Apr 29, 2014.