Jacob GREEN Nora A GREEN Pink GREEN Eva Lee GREEN Walter Jack GREEN Walter Jacob GREEN Laurie Margaret LEE Thomas Gilbert GREEN John GREEN Arthur Toliver GREEN Susan A BARNETT Mini tree diagram
Walter Jacob GREEN

Walter Jacob GREEN1,5,7,8,2,3,4,9

also known as Walter Jacob GREEN6

25th Dec 18886 - 19256

Life History

25th Dec 1888

Born in Henryetta, Creek Nation, Indian Territory.1,2,3,4

(most likely)

20th Apr 1890

Born in Tennessee, USA.6

(less likely)

1900

Resident in Township 15, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.2

1910

Residence2 in Nash, Muskogee, Oklahoma.4

1918

Residence3 in Commerce, Ottawa, Oklahoma.1

about 1921

Married Laurie Margaret LEE

10th Aug 1922

Birth of daughter Eva Lee GREEN in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.10,8,11,6

26th Feb 1924

Birth of son Walter Jack GREEN in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.11,8,9,12

1925

Died in Oklahoma, USA.6

(less likely)

1925

Died in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.1,5

(most likely)

4th Nov 1925

Birth of son Walter Jacob GREEN in Fort Gibson, Muskogee, Oklahoma.13,11,8,7,9,9

Notes

  • 1900 Federal Census, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, 13 June, Township 15, District 40, Page 6B,  Hse/Fam #126:
    Green, Jacob Head  M W Nov 1848 51 2nd marriage  married 18 years  GA NC GA Farmer
    Green, Susan Wife  F W Aug 1858 41 1st marriage,  married 18 years,  6 children/6 living MS MS GA
    Green, Walter Son M W  Nov 1889 10  Ind Terr GA MS

    1910 Federal Census, Nash Township, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 30 April, District 107, Page 13B,  Hse/Fam #104:
    Green, Jacob Head  M W 60 2nd marriage  married at age 27  GA NC SC Farmer
    Green, Susan Wife  F W 51 1st marriage  married at age 27  6 children,/5 living  MS MS GA
    Green, Walter Son M W  20  OK GA MS Farm Laborer

    In 1918, we find Walter working in a mine in northeast Oklahoma, living in Commerce.

    WWI Draft Registration Cards
    Walter Green
    Residence N Main St, Commerce, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
    Born 25 Dec 1888 Henryetta (Creek Nation/Okmulgee County), Oklahoma
    Occupation Mining Shoveler, Hines Mining Co, Commerce, Okla
    Medium Height and Build, Gray Eyes, Brown Hair
    Registered Commerce, Oklahoma, 5 June 1917
    Single
    Signed Walter Green

    By 1920,Walter had married a widow, Maggie Lee Burch, who was enumerated with Walter along with her two Burch children.  Walter has moved from Commerce to Cardin, still in Ottawa County, in the very northeast corner of the state.  Cardin is now on of three towns that diminished until they became ghost towns in the 2000s.

    "Cardin is a ghost town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 150 at the 2000 census, but plummeted to 3 at the 2010 census in April 2010. The town is located within the Tar Creek Superfund site; the vast majority of its residents accepted federal buyout offers, and the town's population dropped to zero in November 2010."
    --  "Cardin, Oklahoma," Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardin,_Oklahoma

    1920 Federal Census, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, 17 January, Quapaw Township, District 124, page 13B, Hse #254, Fam #285
    Green, Water [sic] Head  Rents M W 32 OK IL OH Shoveler Hines Mine
    Green, Maggie Wife F W 25 MO MO MO
    Burch, Earl Stepson M W 8 MO MO MO
    Burch, Paul Stepson M W 5 MO MO MO

    This census was available when I was originally searching for info on Walter, but this appeared to be a different Walter Green, since the birth sates did not match the information we had about his family.

    Now with information about his wife discovered only in March 2012, it is clear this is the correct Walter Green.  He just got the birth states of his parents wrong.  Walter's Father Jacob was born in Georgia and his mother Susan Barnett was born in Illinois.

    A Find-a-Grave memorial on Walter's brother Pink reports that Walter died in 1925 in Oklahoma, after which his wife and children moved to Fresno County, California, with his two brothers, and maybe their mother Susan.

    "Another brother, Walter Jacob, had died in 1925 (OK) and the widow with three small children were staying in [the household] with Pink in the 1930 census, Fresno CA, Township 5. The three children--Eva L., Jack, and Walter Jacob (Jake), are bur. in this cemetery as is Pink's brother, Thomas (Tom) Gilbert GREEN."
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #73346170, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73346170

    The compiler of this memorial tells us that the name of Walter's last son was Walter Jacob.  This last child is named in the census as Junior, so we may conclude that his father Walter's full name was also Walter Jacob.

    We find Walter Jr in 1930 with his brother and sister and widowed mother, in Fresno, California.  The census reports Walter's widow and children living in the household of Walter's brother Pink.  They moved to California some time after Walter's death and the birth of Junior, and the memorial compiler says it was 1930.

    1930 Federal Census,  Fresno County, California, 18 April, Township 5, District 76, page 7A, Conejo Avenue, Hse #150, Fam #151
    Green, Pink Head M W 42 First married at 32 [but no wife in the household] OK TN TN Farm Laborer
    Green, Maggie Sister-in-law F W 35 First married at 34 [but no husband in the household] OK MO MO
    Green, Eva Lee Niece  F W 7 OK OK OK
    Green, Jack Nephew  M W 6 OK OK OK
    Green, Junior Nephew  M W 4yrs 4mos OK OK OK [b abt Dec 1925]

    From the age of Junior in 1930 as 4 years and 4 months, Walter must have died before the birth of Junior.  If the age of Junior is as exact as it looks, we can say he was born in November or December 1925.  This enables us to place Walter's death between March and December 1925 and the move to California between December 1925 (birth of Junior) and March 1930 (month before census).

    Pink's obituary says he had lived in Fresno since 1925. This must be a very round number, since the 1930 and 1940 censuses report that Jacob was born in Oklahoma, and 1930 seems to indicate it was December 1925.  So Maggie and the children actually came to California in 1926.  We do not know if Pink and Lois moved west earlier or they all traveled together.

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    Walter Jacob “Jake” Green
    Birth 4 Nov 1925 Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA
    Death 17 Nov 1984 (aged 59) Fresno County, California, USA
    Burial Fresno Memorial Gardens, Fresno, Fresno County, California

    Jake Green was the son of Walter Jacob Green (1889-1925) and Maggie Lee Green (1897-1952).

    He was one of three children: Eva Lee, Jack, and Jake.  They were just babes when their father died in OK, and their mother moved to central Calif. before 1930, where she was in HH of her brother-in-law, Pink Green, in 1930 Fresno census--and Jake was listed as "Junior."

    Family Tree says his mother, Maggie, married Earl Burch, in MO., and there is a MO Marriage record to that effect. On Jake's funeral card, it says "Officiating: Rev. Paul Burch, brother of Mr. Green" and Dr. Orville Winters. (This FH card is on WFT).  Several Green family were pallbearers.  His two siblings, Eva Lee and Jack are buried here.

    His double tombstone is with Doris Green.

    (photo of marker is courtesy of Bev Bell, from Family Tree).

    Parents:
    Walter Jacob Green 1890-1925
    Laurie Margaret Lee Burch Green 1889-1954

    Siblings:
    Earl Walter Burch 1911-1962
    Paul Ester Burch 1914-1989 (m. 1982)
    Eva Lee Green 1922-2002
    Walter Jack Green 1924-1974

    Created by wvy 25 Jul 2011
    --  Find A Grave Memorial 73922002, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73922002/walter-jacob-green
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