Best, Walter Timothy 1a 1b 2a

Birth Name Best, Walter Timothy
Gender male
Age at Death 97 years, 7 months, 22 days

Narrative

Walter's family rented a farm that was near the Adelman's property,and he and Katie Lea courted for 3 years before their marriage.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1894-01-19 Mosleyville, (Daviess Co.), Kentucky    
Death 1991-09-10     3

Age: 97y 7m 22d

Christening 401-52-2011      

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Best, George18641951-08-00
Mother Fulkerson, Sarah Francis18691940-06-00
    Sister     Best, Cartha Ellen 1889-02-22 1972-07-27
    Sister     Best, Margaret Elizabeth 1892-04-25 1979-08-16
         Best, Walter Timothy 1894-01-19 1991-09-10
    Brother     Best, Johnny 1900 1900
    Sister     Best, Clemmy
    Brother     Best, Amos
    Sister     Best, Florence
    Brother     Best, Dugan 1967
    Brother     Best, Hal
    Brother     Best, Homer
    Brother     Best, Les
    Sister     Best, Mary

Families

Family of Best, Walter Timothy and Adelman, Katherine Lea
Married Wife Adelman, Katherine Lea ( * 1900-11-19 + 1983-01-28 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1918-12-04 Owensboro, Kentucky Religious Marriage 1c
Event Note

They were married in the parsonage of the Zion United Church of Christ(Evangelical and Reform). After the wedding and a buggy ride to TellCity, Indiana, for a brief honeymoon, Walter moved to the Adelmanfarm, where he assumed responsiblity for working the farm, since KatieLea's father had only one son, and he wanted to work in town.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Best, Edward Stephen19191962
Best, Lena Frances1921
Best, Miriam Eloise1922
Best, George Leslie1925
Best, Dorothy Lea1927
Best, Helen Reid1928

Source References

  1. Oral family history Oral History
      • Page: as per document via Linda Mae Harm Berry
      • Page: resource via Rodney Berry.
      • Page: resource via Rodney Berry.
  2. Kevin Hammond: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:972535&id=I8026 Hammond / Anderson Families
      • Source text:

        # ID: I8026
        # Name: John FULKERSON
        # Given Name: John
        # Surname: Fulkerson
        # Sex: M
        # Note: John and Margaret had 11 children. He served in the AmericanRevolutionary War and died in 1835. 1
        # Birth: 1754 in Somerset, New Jersey
        # Death: 1835

        Father: Folkert FULKERSON b: 1727 c: 1727 in New Brunswick, (Middlesex Co.), New Jersey
        Mother: Margaret BOGERT

        Marriage 1 Margaret BRUNER

        * Married:

        Children

        1. Has Children James D. FULKERSON b: 1805 in Ohio

         

        Sources:

        1. Abbrev: Oral History
        Title: Oral family history
        Page: resource via Rodney Berry.
        Quality: 1

      • Citation:

        kevin@hammondfinancial.net

  3. Social Security Administration: {Social Security Death Index} @ Social Security Death Index Social Security Death Index