Ella/Estella Walls

(1874-1954)
FatherTaylor Walls (1849-1895)
MotherNancy Ann Sacket (1850-1933)
Ella/Estella Walls, daughter of Taylor Walls and Nancy Ann Sacket, was born in Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, IowaG, on 4 March 1874.1,2 She died aged 80 in Warrensburg, Johnson County, MissouriG, on 19 November 19542 and was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Holden, Johnson County, MissouriG.2 She married in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, IowaG, on 29 May 1900, Charles Theodore Prather, son of William Prather and Lovina Dougman.3 Charles was born in Plymouth, Marshall County, IndianaG, in April 1860.4,1
     In 1880 Ella/Estella was living in Malcom, Poweshiek County, IowaG, in the household of her parents Taylor and Nancy, and was recorded in the census as Ella E Walls, aged six and born in Iowa.5
     In 1900 she was living at Elm Street, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, IowaG, and was recorded as Estella Prather, aged 26 and born in Iowa. She was living with her husband Charles, 40, a railroad laborer, in the household of her widowed mother Nancy.6

 Notes & Citations

  1. Census.
  2. Find a Grave, recorded by Sandy Bell.
  3. "Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1951" (Ancestry image), "29 May 1900, at Grinnell, IA, Chas T Prather, single, b. Plymouth, Ind, father Wm Prather, mother Lovina Dougman; to Ella E Walls, single, 27, b. Brooklyn, IA, father Taylor Walls, mother Nancy A Walls."
  4. Marriage record.
  5. 1880 United States Federal Census, Roll 362, FHL Film 1254362, p. 505C, Enumeration District 188, Image 0191
    Malcom, Poweshiek County, Iowa, 19-21 Jun 1880
    Wall, Taylor, 31, farmer, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. PA
    Wall, Nancy A, 30, wife, keeping house, b. MI, father b. [blank], mother b. [blank]
    Wall, Ella E, 6, dau, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. MI
    Wall, Silas M, 3, son, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. MI
    Wall, Ida Belle, 1, dau, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. MI.
  6. 1900 United States Federal Census, Roll 456, p. 9B, Enumeration District 0100, FHL microfilm 1240456
    Elm Street, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, 9 Jun 1900
    Walls, Nancy A, head, b. Jan 1850, 50, wd, 5 ch, 3 living, b. MI, father b. NY, mother b. NY, washwoman, home owned free of mortgage
    Walls, Addie B, dau, b. Feb 1879, 21, single, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. MI, servant girl
    Walls, Albertise, son, b. Dec 1880, 19, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. MI, carpenter
    Prather, Estella, dau, b. Mar 1874, 26, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. MI
    Prather, Charles, son-in-law, b. Apr 1860, 40, b. IN, father b. PA, mother b. PA, RR laborer.
Sackett line8th great-granddaughter of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Generation.Tree9Q.3
Last Edited31 Jul 2015
 

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