Walrath, Burton A., 1867-1946

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Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:33

From the Alton Democrat, September 5, 1946, Rock Valley news:

Burton A. Walrath, 80, former resident here, passed away following a brief illness at his home in Sioux City. The Walrath family left here in 1914. He leaves two daughters: Mrs. Fay Yale, Sioux City, and Miss Kathryn Walrath, Seattle, Wash.

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RESEARCH NOTES

The Rock Valley Bee, which might have contained more details, is missing for this period.

FindaGrave.com shows him born in 1867; parents George A. Walrath (1841-1922) and Elizabeth Ann McCoy Walrath (1845-1930); siblings Harold A. Walrath (1872-1893) and George Randall Walrath (1876-1944); spouse Jennie Nancy Davenport Walrath (1871-1933); children Faye W. Walrath Yale (1894-1961) and Kathryn Marlys Walrath (1916-1963); buried in Blairsburg Cemetery, Blairsburg, Iowa.

The marriage register for Hamilton County, Iowa, 1892/1893 has groom B. A. Walrath, age 26, residence Blairsburg, Iowa, occupation furniture dealer, born in Illinois, parents Geo Walrath and Eliz McCoy; bride Jennie Davenport, age 23, resident of Blairburg, born in Penn[sylvania], parents John Davenport and Mary Brown; married in Webster City, Iowa, June 14, 1893.

The 1900 U.S. census shows Burton (born March 1867) and Jennie Walrath and daughter Fay (5, born July 1894) living in Rock Valley, where he is a blacksmith. In 1910 they are still in Rock Valley; he (as Bert) is an engineer on a steam sheller[?]. They and daughter Kathryn are in Sioux City in 1920 and 1930, where he works as a factory (1920) and YWCA (1930) engineer.