I am interested in contacting or gaining information on the descendants of James Walle, born approx 1825, who emmigrated from Bavaria to Iowa/Missouri. He and his wife are buried a cemetery in Page County, Iowa, just across the border from Atchison County, Missouri. I will provide below the information I have on this family.


Descendants of James Walle


Generation No. 1

1. JAMES1 WALLE was born Abt. 1825 in Baveria. He married ELIZA (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) WALLE. She was born March 1822 in Ohio, and died April 28, 1889.

More About JAMES WALLE:
Burial: Blanchard Cemetery, Colfax Twp, Page County, Iowa
Census - 1880: Age 55, Lincoln Twp, Atchison County, Missouri

More About ELIZA (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) WALLE:
Burial: Blanchard Cemetery, Colfax Twp, Page County, Iowa
Census - 1880: Age 59, Lincoln Twp, Atchison County, Missouri

Children of JAMES WALLE and ELIZA WALLE are:
i. LIZZIE2 WALLE, b. Abt. 1854, Illinois.

More About LIZZIE WALLE:
Census - 1880: Age 26, Lincoln Twp, Atchison County, Missouri

2. ii. ANNA WALLE, b. Abt. 1860, Iowa or Illinois; d. Aft. 1930.


Generation No. 2

2. ANNA2 WALLE (JAMES1)1 was born Abt. 1860 in Iowa or Illinois, and died Aft. 1930. She married EUGENE F. MERRITT2 18813, son of NAPOLEON MERRITT and JENNIE HOLMAN. He was born 1858 in Minnesota, and died March 04, 1935 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota4.

Notes for ANNA WALLE:
Mrs. Anna Walle Merritt's parents, James and Eliza Walle, are buried at the Blanchard Cemetery in Page County, Iowa. Their family name is spelled "Walle" on the Cemetery records. Therefore, that spelling has been used consistently in this report, including the spelling of the first name of Eugene and Anna's son, Walle Merritt.

Anna Merritt was reported on the 1930 Federal Census as living with her daughter, Mrs. Caroline Merritt Royal, as part of her family residence in Aurora, Erie County, New York.

More About ANNA WALLE:
Census - 1920: Age 59, Sylvan, Multnomah County, Oregon

Notes for EUGENE F. MERRITT:
Eugene's name has been reported as Eugene T. Merritt and Eugene F. Merritt. The St. Louis County Minn. Death Index lists his name as Eugene T. Merritt.

Eugene lived in Blanchard County, Iowa/Atchison County, Missouri from the late 1870s to the mid-1880s and at least two of his sons were born in Missouri. The 1890 Duluth City Directory reported that John T. Culbertson was boarding with E.T. Merritt in Oneota. It is assumed that this was Eugene T. Merritt. John Culbertson was the son of Polly Jane (Merritt) Culbertson and a nephew of Lewis Howell Merritt.

Eugene and Anna Merritt were listed in the 1920 Federal Census as living in Sylvan, Multnomah County, Oregon, where he was employed as a carpenter. Sylvan is a suburb located southwest of downtown Portland.

More About EUGENE F. MERRITT:
Census - 1880: Age 21, Lincoln Twp, Atchison County, Missouri
Census - 1920: Age 61, Sylvan, Multnomah County, Oregon

Children of ANNA WALLE and EUGENE MERRITT are:
i. HOWARD H.3 MERRITT, b. 1882, Missouri; m. CLAUDIA MILHAM5; b. Abt. 1885, North Dakota6.

Notes for HOWARD H. MERRITT:
Howard was listed in the 1920 Federal Census as a merchant for a wholesale shoe company and residing in Spokane, Washington.

More About HOWARD H. MERRITT:
Census - 1920: Age 37, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington

More About CLAUDIA MILHAM:
Census - 1920: Age 34, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington

ii. WALLE W. MERRITT, b. September 07, 1884, Missouri; d. January 30, 1968, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California7.

Notes for WALLE W. MERRITT:
There is a record in the Texas Land Title Abstracts that a "Walle" Merritt surveyed seven acres in Chambers County, Texas that were sold to a third party in 1931.

Some researchers have also reported Walle's name as Wallie W. Merritt. It is not known with certainty which first name is correct (RMM).

iii. NAPOLEON ("LEON") B. MERRITT, b. 18878; m. LOUISE (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) MERRITT.
iv. CAROLINE EUGENIA ("CARRIE") MERRITT, b. February 03, 1891, St. Louis County, Minnesota9; m. OSMON ROYAL II, Aft. 1920; b. 1890, Oregon.

Notes for CAROLINE EUGENIA ("CARRIE") MERRITT:
Caroline was listed as a high school teacher in the 1920 Federal Census and living with her parents.

More About CAROLINE EUGENIA ("CARRIE") MERRITT:
Census - 1920: Age 28, Sylvan, Multnomah County, Oregon
Census - 1930: Age 39, Aurora, Erie County, New York

Notes for OSMON ROYAL II:
Osmon Royal's first name was listed as "Osman" on the 1930 Federal Census for Aurora, Erie County, New York. He was listed on the 1930 census as a restaurant salesman.

More About OSMON ROYAL II:
Census - 1930: Age 38, Aurora, Erie County, New York



Endnotes

1. Merritt Family Legendary Data.
2. "Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Lake Region", J.H. Beers & Co., 1905, Chicago.
3. Merritt Family Legendary Data.
4. St. Louis County Minn. Death Index, "Electronic."
5. "Melvin L. Merritt genealogy research, 1950s, Portland, Oregon."
6. Based on 1920 Federal Census information.
7. California Death Index, 1940 - 1997, "Electronic."
8. Merritt Family Legendary Data.
9. St. Louis County Minn. Birth Index, "Electronic."