Direct ancestor of mine:
Second child daughter of Stephen and Amanda (nee Branson) Owens.
Name given on marriage license - Jesse
Name on Grave Marker - Jessie
Maries County Marriages - Book C - transcribed from original by Judy Germann:
"Walker, Charles of Osage Co to Jessie M. Owens 1 Dec 1895 at Daniel Pointer's"
Daniel Pointer was Jessie's mom (Amanda)'s second husband - so Jessie married at her mom's and stepfather's home.
Note: in the 1880 United States Federal Census:
Name is OWEN
Amanda's Name is MANDA
JESSIE is how it is spelled here.
Their son Daniel middle initial given as G.
(?middle name is actually Jefferson)
===============
Jessie/Jesse had 13 children with Charles Edward Walker.
"Grandma Walker" as she was known to all, was a very warm and nice person, always laughing. Jessie first moved from farm to a house up by old high school- then later to 407 Brown St. -Union, MO.
Per Grand kids memories:
Grandma Jessie ironed for the City people for a living - "from sun up to sun down.", Cooked for factory workers, babysat, and had borders upstairs - all to make money. They recall her making lye soap - she had 1/2 dirt basement - and it was filled with this soap.
She would make huge breakfasts - Large homemade biscuits, salt jowl (like bacon) and lots of fried eggs before we would go to work at the Carmo shoe factory.
There were always kids around. She was always singing and dancing, and laughing; would always go up to the open air dances held at the city park on Friday's and Saturday nights at the City Park here in Union. (MO).
She loved to dance.
Grandma Walker was married 5 times:
Charles E. Walker -
widowed, she then married Breeden - twice.
Then ____ Cunio?
Her last husband - "Louie" Danz.
He was very nice and good to grandma.
"She owned a car - and was proud of it - It was "HER car. She didn't drive - but let others drive. Many photos show her posing by this car. Well, it was stolen - and we never saw it again"
She loved her roses – had beautiful ones in front of house and on side of front porch.
?Indian ancestry.
I consider her to be the first Family Historian!
Bible of Grandma Jessie Walker has many birth dates written in it.
The last one reads:
"Little Charles - born - 3-1-1923 - he dyed (sic) at 4 mos 23 days - had 2 teeth and weighed 20lbs"
She also had many holy cards giving birth and death dates of her siblings/relatives.
She also kept copies of several obituaries.
In Union, MO, there is a subdivision south of town off Porterford Rd named in her honor - Walkers Landing. Built by descendant - Overschmidt.
Also street named Melinda after her middle name. - Located between Union and Washington, MO.
Note:
Missouri Death Certificate #00026464:
JESSIE M. DANZ
Father's name: Steve Owens
Mother's maiden name: Branson
Husband name: Louis Danz
Informant: Mr. Frank Walker
Death Certificate spells cemetery Radar. It is Rader.
Location North of Vienna, on highway 63; before Freeburg, Missouri.
In 2020 - found Baby Charles E. Walker grave - DOB -DOD - 1923 - Rader Cemetery -with dates matching her bible entry.
Need to research to know who parents were.
======
Jessie's possible ancestry line:
Hite/Heydt
Christman/Chrisman/Crismon
George Washington's "My Journey Over the Mountain" tells of Washington's visit with the Jost Hyte clan in the Shenandoah Valley in the 1740s.
Hans Joist Hite – (Jost Heydt) – various spellings documented – From Germany
married Anna Maria Merkle
their daughter:
Magdalena Hite – 1713 – 1771
married
Jacob Chrisman – 1706 - 1778
their son:
Isaac ?Frederick Chrisman – 1736 – 1776
married
Jane Scott – 1740 – 1825
their son;
Isaac Chrisman Jr. – ?1763 to 11-3 -1838
married
Judah/Judy Wallen (unsure of wife last name)
(interesting side note - Isaac's brother,Gabriel,follows down to the singer/songwriter Tim McGraw line)
their son;
Gilbert Chrisman (?spelling changed here to crismon)
DOB - May 6, 1792
married
Frances "Franky" Grady
(unsure of wife last name - ?Grady - may be Warren?)
their daughter;
Sarah Chrisman
(name spelling changed here to Crismon)
married
Reuben ~(1813-1907) Branson
(not to be confused with many other Reuben's in the Branson line)
their daughter;
Amanda Branson
married
Stephen Owens
their daughter;
Jessie Owens
married
Charles Walker
Second child daughter of Stephen and Amanda (nee Branson) Owens.
Name given on marriage license - Jesse
Name on Grave Marker - Jessie
Maries County Marriages - Book C - transcribed from original by Judy Germann:
"Walker, Charles of Osage Co to Jessie M. Owens 1 Dec 1895 at Daniel Pointer's"
Daniel Pointer was Jessie's mom (Amanda)'s second husband - so Jessie married at her mom's and stepfather's home.
Note: in the 1880 United States Federal Census:
Name is OWEN
Amanda's Name is MANDA
JESSIE is how it is spelled here.
Their son Daniel middle initial given as G.
(?middle name is actually Jefferson)
===============
Jessie/Jesse had 13 children with Charles Edward Walker.
"Grandma Walker" as she was known to all, was a very warm and nice person, always laughing. Jessie first moved from farm to a house up by old high school- then later to 407 Brown St. -Union, MO.
Per Grand kids memories:
Grandma Jessie ironed for the City people for a living - "from sun up to sun down.", Cooked for factory workers, babysat, and had borders upstairs - all to make money. They recall her making lye soap - she had 1/2 dirt basement - and it was filled with this soap.
She would make huge breakfasts - Large homemade biscuits, salt jowl (like bacon) and lots of fried eggs before we would go to work at the Carmo shoe factory.
There were always kids around. She was always singing and dancing, and laughing; would always go up to the open air dances held at the city park on Friday's and Saturday nights at the City Park here in Union. (MO).
She loved to dance.
Grandma Walker was married 5 times:
Charles E. Walker -
widowed, she then married Breeden - twice.
Then ____ Cunio?
Her last husband - "Louie" Danz.
He was very nice and good to grandma.
"She owned a car - and was proud of it - It was "HER car. She didn't drive - but let others drive. Many photos show her posing by this car. Well, it was stolen - and we never saw it again"
She loved her roses – had beautiful ones in front of house and on side of front porch.
?Indian ancestry.
I consider her to be the first Family Historian!
Bible of Grandma Jessie Walker has many birth dates written in it.
The last one reads:
"Little Charles - born - 3-1-1923 - he dyed (sic) at 4 mos 23 days - had 2 teeth and weighed 20lbs"
She also had many holy cards giving birth and death dates of her siblings/relatives.
She also kept copies of several obituaries.
In Union, MO, there is a subdivision south of town off Porterford Rd named in her honor - Walkers Landing. Built by descendant - Overschmidt.
Also street named Melinda after her middle name. - Located between Union and Washington, MO.
Note:
Missouri Death Certificate #00026464:
JESSIE M. DANZ
Father's name: Steve Owens
Mother's maiden name: Branson
Husband name: Louis Danz
Informant: Mr. Frank Walker
Death Certificate spells cemetery Radar. It is Rader.
Location North of Vienna, on highway 63; before Freeburg, Missouri.
In 2020 - found Baby Charles E. Walker grave - DOB -DOD - 1923 - Rader Cemetery -with dates matching her bible entry.
Need to research to know who parents were.
======
Jessie's possible ancestry line:
Hite/Heydt
Christman/Chrisman/Crismon
George Washington's "My Journey Over the Mountain" tells of Washington's visit with the Jost Hyte clan in the Shenandoah Valley in the 1740s.
Hans Joist Hite – (Jost Heydt) – various spellings documented – From Germany
married Anna Maria Merkle
their daughter:
Magdalena Hite – 1713 – 1771
married
Jacob Chrisman – 1706 - 1778
their son:
Isaac ?Frederick Chrisman – 1736 – 1776
married
Jane Scott – 1740 – 1825
their son;
Isaac Chrisman Jr. – ?1763 to 11-3 -1838
married
Judah/Judy Wallen (unsure of wife last name)
(interesting side note - Isaac's brother,Gabriel,follows down to the singer/songwriter Tim McGraw line)
their son;
Gilbert Chrisman (?spelling changed here to crismon)
DOB - May 6, 1792
married
Frances "Franky" Grady
(unsure of wife last name - ?Grady - may be Warren?)
their daughter;
Sarah Chrisman
(name spelling changed here to Crismon)
married
Reuben ~(1813-1907) Branson
(not to be confused with many other Reuben's in the Branson line)
their daughter;
Amanda Branson
married
Stephen Owens
their daughter;
Jessie Owens
married
Charles Walker
Direct ancestor of mine:
Second child daughter of Stephen and Amanda (nee Branson) Owens.
Name given on marriage license - Jesse
Name on Grave Marker - Jessie
Maries County Marriages - Book C - transcribed from original by Judy Germann:
"Walker, Charles of Osage Co to Jessie M. Owens 1 Dec 1895 at Daniel Pointer's"
Daniel Pointer was Jessie's mom (Amanda)'s second husband - so Jessie married at her mom's and stepfather's home.
Note: in the 1880 United States Federal Census:
Name is OWEN
Amanda's Name is MANDA
JESSIE is how it is spelled here.
Their son Daniel middle initial given as G.
(?middle name is actually Jefferson)
===============
Jessie/Jesse had 13 children with Charles Edward Walker.
"Grandma Walker" as she was known to all, was a very warm and nice person, always laughing. Jessie first moved from farm to a house up by old high school- then later to 407 Brown St. -Union, MO.
Per Grand kids memories:
Grandma Jessie ironed for the City people for a living - "from sun up to sun down.", Cooked for factory workers, babysat, and had borders upstairs - all to make money. They recall her making lye soap - she had 1/2 dirt basement - and it was filled with this soap.
She would make huge breakfasts - Large homemade biscuits, salt jowl (like bacon) and lots of fried eggs before we would go to work at the Carmo shoe factory.
There were always kids around. She was always singing and dancing, and laughing; would always go up to the open air dances held at the city park on Friday's and Saturday nights at the City Park here in Union. (MO).
She loved to dance.
Grandma Walker was married 5 times:
Charles E. Walker -
widowed, she then married Breeden - twice.
Then ____ Cunio?
Her last husband - "Louie" Danz.
He was very nice and good to grandma.
"She owned a car - and was proud of it - It was "HER car. She didn't drive - but let others drive. Many photos show her posing by this car. Well, it was stolen - and we never saw it again"
She loved her roses – had beautiful ones in front of house and on side of front porch.
?Indian ancestry.
I consider her to be the first Family Historian!
Bible of Grandma Jessie Walker has many birth dates written in it.
The last one reads:
"Little Charles - born - 3-1-1923 - he dyed (sic) at 4 mos 23 days - had 2 teeth and weighed 20lbs"
She also had many holy cards giving birth and death dates of her siblings/relatives.
She also kept copies of several obituaries.
In Union, MO, there is a subdivision south of town off Porterford Rd named in her honor - Walkers Landing. Built by descendant - Overschmidt.
Also street named Melinda after her middle name. - Located between Union and Washington, MO.
Note:
Missouri Death Certificate #00026464:
JESSIE M. DANZ
Father's name: Steve Owens
Mother's maiden name: Branson
Husband name: Louis Danz
Informant: Mr. Frank Walker
Death Certificate spells cemetery Radar. It is Rader.
Location North of Vienna, on highway 63; before Freeburg, Missouri.
In 2020 - found Baby Charles E. Walker grave - DOB -DOD - 1923 - Rader Cemetery -with dates matching her bible entry.
Need to research to know who parents were.
======
Jessie's possible ancestry line:
Hite/Heydt
Christman/Chrisman/Crismon
George Washington's "My Journey Over the Mountain" tells of Washington's visit with the Jost Hyte clan in the Shenandoah Valley in the 1740s.
Hans Joist Hite – (Jost Heydt) – various spellings documented – From Germany
married Anna Maria Merkle
their daughter:
Magdalena Hite – 1713 – 1771
married
Jacob Chrisman – 1706 - 1778
their son:
Isaac ?Frederick Chrisman – 1736 – 1776
married
Jane Scott – 1740 – 1825
their son;
Isaac Chrisman Jr. – ?1763 to 11-3 -1838
married
Judah/Judy Wallen (unsure of wife last name)
(interesting side note - Isaac's brother,Gabriel,follows down to the singer/songwriter Tim McGraw line)
their son;
Gilbert Chrisman (?spelling changed here to crismon)
DOB - May 6, 1792
married
Frances "Franky" Grady
(unsure of wife last name - ?Grady - may be Warren?)
their daughter;
Sarah Chrisman
(name spelling changed here to Crismon)
married
Reuben ~(1813-1907) Branson
(not to be confused with many other Reuben's in the Branson line)
their daughter;
Amanda Branson
married
Stephen Owens
their daughter;
Jessie Owens
married
Charles Walker
Second child daughter of Stephen and Amanda (nee Branson) Owens.
Name given on marriage license - Jesse
Name on Grave Marker - Jessie
Maries County Marriages - Book C - transcribed from original by Judy Germann:
"Walker, Charles of Osage Co to Jessie M. Owens 1 Dec 1895 at Daniel Pointer's"
Daniel Pointer was Jessie's mom (Amanda)'s second husband - so Jessie married at her mom's and stepfather's home.
Note: in the 1880 United States Federal Census:
Name is OWEN
Amanda's Name is MANDA
JESSIE is how it is spelled here.
Their son Daniel middle initial given as G.
(?middle name is actually Jefferson)
===============
Jessie/Jesse had 13 children with Charles Edward Walker.
"Grandma Walker" as she was known to all, was a very warm and nice person, always laughing. Jessie first moved from farm to a house up by old high school- then later to 407 Brown St. -Union, MO.
Per Grand kids memories:
Grandma Jessie ironed for the City people for a living - "from sun up to sun down.", Cooked for factory workers, babysat, and had borders upstairs - all to make money. They recall her making lye soap - she had 1/2 dirt basement - and it was filled with this soap.
She would make huge breakfasts - Large homemade biscuits, salt jowl (like bacon) and lots of fried eggs before we would go to work at the Carmo shoe factory.
There were always kids around. She was always singing and dancing, and laughing; would always go up to the open air dances held at the city park on Friday's and Saturday nights at the City Park here in Union. (MO).
She loved to dance.
Grandma Walker was married 5 times:
Charles E. Walker -
widowed, she then married Breeden - twice.
Then ____ Cunio?
Her last husband - "Louie" Danz.
He was very nice and good to grandma.
"She owned a car - and was proud of it - It was "HER car. She didn't drive - but let others drive. Many photos show her posing by this car. Well, it was stolen - and we never saw it again"
She loved her roses – had beautiful ones in front of house and on side of front porch.
?Indian ancestry.
I consider her to be the first Family Historian!
Bible of Grandma Jessie Walker has many birth dates written in it.
The last one reads:
"Little Charles - born - 3-1-1923 - he dyed (sic) at 4 mos 23 days - had 2 teeth and weighed 20lbs"
She also had many holy cards giving birth and death dates of her siblings/relatives.
She also kept copies of several obituaries.
In Union, MO, there is a subdivision south of town off Porterford Rd named in her honor - Walkers Landing. Built by descendant - Overschmidt.
Also street named Melinda after her middle name. - Located between Union and Washington, MO.
Note:
Missouri Death Certificate #00026464:
JESSIE M. DANZ
Father's name: Steve Owens
Mother's maiden name: Branson
Husband name: Louis Danz
Informant: Mr. Frank Walker
Death Certificate spells cemetery Radar. It is Rader.
Location North of Vienna, on highway 63; before Freeburg, Missouri.
In 2020 - found Baby Charles E. Walker grave - DOB -DOD - 1923 - Rader Cemetery -with dates matching her bible entry.
Need to research to know who parents were.
======
Jessie's possible ancestry line:
Hite/Heydt
Christman/Chrisman/Crismon
George Washington's "My Journey Over the Mountain" tells of Washington's visit with the Jost Hyte clan in the Shenandoah Valley in the 1740s.
Hans Joist Hite – (Jost Heydt) – various spellings documented – From Germany
married Anna Maria Merkle
their daughter:
Magdalena Hite – 1713 – 1771
married
Jacob Chrisman – 1706 - 1778
their son:
Isaac ?Frederick Chrisman – 1736 – 1776
married
Jane Scott – 1740 – 1825
their son;
Isaac Chrisman Jr. – ?1763 to 11-3 -1838
married
Judah/Judy Wallen (unsure of wife last name)
(interesting side note - Isaac's brother,Gabriel,follows down to the singer/songwriter Tim McGraw line)
their son;
Gilbert Chrisman (?spelling changed here to crismon)
DOB - May 6, 1792
married
Frances "Franky" Grady
(unsure of wife last name - ?Grady - may be Warren?)
their daughter;
Sarah Chrisman
(name spelling changed here to Crismon)
married
Reuben ~(1813-1907) Branson
(not to be confused with many other Reuben's in the Branson line)
their daughter;
Amanda Branson
married
Stephen Owens
their daughter;
Jessie Owens
married
Charles Walker
Gravesite Details
Grandma Walker buried in Rader Cemetery - double marker with Charles. Interesting to note that even though married 5 times, she came back to be buried with Charles, Sons William, Earnie (note spelling), and Henry are buried near them.
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Ina Mae Walker Hoemann
1897–1986
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Elizabeth Dorothy "Lizzie" Walker Laubert
1898–1967
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William Robert Walker
1900–1915
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Earnie Walker
1901–1925
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Jennie Walker Hoemann
1902–1969
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Jefferson Davis Walker
1905–1985
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Minnie Walker Hinson
1906–1985
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Henry Clay Walker
1908–1975
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Alfred Walker
1909–1982
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Albert Ray Walker
1911–1975
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Frank R. Walker
1914–1992
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Oliver Walker
1917–1995
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LaVera Walker
1918–1993
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