Person:Earl Walston (1)

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Earl Lloyd Walston was born on Nov 9, 1886, in either Beckton or Big Horn City, which were small communities near Sheridan, WY. His mother Lydia Lloyd Walston died on the same day after his birth of euremia, according to her daughter Elizabeth Walston Day.

According to Lydia Walston's death notice in the newspaper, she died "at Beckton". When Earl Walston applied for Social Security, he said he was born in Big Horn City. According to Bess Walston Day, the baby was taken by a Mrs. Works to her home and cared for him "for awhile". How long the baby was cared for by Mrs. Works was not stated.

Earl's mother was buried on Nov 11, 1886, in Mt. Hope Cemetery. It was a relatively new cemetery. Mrs. Lydia Walston was the 4th person to be buried in the cemetery.

1888 April 3 - Earl's father Philip Walston married "Miss" Annie Jordan in Big Horn City. At the time of their marriage, "Miss" Annie Jordan had a son Max Jordan. "Annie Walston" is listed as Philip Walston's wife in newspaper items through May 8, 1890, when Philip Walston ran a news item saying he was no longer responsible for any of her debts. It sounds like this marriage lasted only 2 years, so Earl had a step-mother when he was 2-4 years old. According to the life story written by Earl's sister Bessie in 1976, Annie Jordan (the step-mother) was very cruel to Philip Walston's children and was a strict disciplinarian.

Philip Walston's daughters never told him about Annie's cruelty to them. While they lived on the Beck ranch, he was out working on the ranch much of the time so he was not aware of it. Occasionally, Annie entertain male visitors while he was gone, and sent the children out of the house. At some time in late 1888 or early 1889 they moved back to the Walston homestead.

In the fall of 1889, Philip Walston moved Annie, his children, and her son Max to a cabin. He then left Wyoming and herded some some stock to sell in Elm Creek, Nebraska (where his deceased wife's brothers lived). He took his son Con with him to help, but left the other children behind with their step-mother. While he was gone, Annie 'entertained' with a young bachelor. This apparently ended the marriage (along with debts she had incurred while he was gone).

1890 May - Philip and wife Annie "separate". There is no record of a divorce for them in Sheridan Clerk records. As of April 2005, I have not been able to locate a divorce. It should have been filed in Sheridan, but they do not have it.

1890 - According to Earl's sister Bessie (1976 narrative), their father took them to a vacated house near the Big Horn Mountains to live. At this place, their oldest brother Con (now 13) had the responsibility of caring for the other Walston children -- Bertha past 10, Bessie was 9, Guy was 5, and Earl was 4 years old. Claire, now 6 years old, was given at this time to the Blakes to be raised. Thus, Con 13, Bertha 12, Bessie 9, Guy 5, and Earl 4 lived in the house mostly alone while their father was off working. They were alone at this house during the winter months with just Con to watch them. I do not know how long they lived here.

By 1892, they lived in Sheridan where their father had gotten a job clearing out willow trees. In 1892, Earl was 6 years old.

Spring 1893 - Earl's mother's brothers Oliver and Benjamin Lloyd (his uncles) came by train to Sheridan, WY, for a "visit". They took Earl's sisters Bertha and Bessie back to Elm Creek, Nebraska, with them. Conrad, Guy, and Earl were left in Sheridan. It is not known if Philip Walston was in Sheridan at this time or if he had already left for Utah.

For 6 years, Con, Earl, and Guy did not see their sisters Bertha and Bessie. In 1899, their sisters came to join their father in Salubria, Idaho. He had sent trainfare so they could come to Idaho. However, a few years earlier, Con had taken off to be a cowboy in Wyoming, so not all of the Walston family was reunited in 1899. Con was off being a cowboy and Claire was still back living with the Blakes in Beckton, Sheridan Co., WY.

1893 - Per Philip Walston's Civil War pension application statement made on April 30, 1904, he said he lived in Sheridan until 1893 then left to live and work in Salt Lake City. He made no mention of taking his sons with him to Utah. Apparently, in 1893 he left Con in charge of Guy and Earl in Sheridan. According to Bessie's 1976 narrative, "Later, Con was required to bring team, wagon, and the two boys to Utah."

I do not know when Philip Walston sent for his 3 sons.

If this happened in 1894 or 1895, Con would be 17 or 18 years old, Guy 9 or 10 and Earl 8 or 9. Bessie said that Con took along a cowboy friend to help him. That was quite a trip by horse and wagon from Sheridan, Wyoming, to Salt Lake City or Park City, Utah, where Philip Walston lived.

1896-1898 - Philip Walston said he lived in Park City, Utah. It is likely that his three sons were with him by this time (hopefully).

1896 June 23 - Philip Walston, 53, a resident of Park City, Summit Co., UT, married "Miss" Adelia Edwards, 35, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The marriage was performed by C.E. Stanton, Justice of the Peace. Witnesses were Isaac M. Waddell and John Waddell. The bride was a resident of Sugar House Ward in Salt Lake City. This marriage did not last. Per Philip Walston, he moved to Idaho in 1898.

1898 - Philip Walston said in his Civil War application that he lived in Park City, Utah, from 1896-1898.

Late summer 1899 - Earl's sister Bessie, now 18, arrived by train in Weiser, Idaho, from Joy, Mercer Co., IL, where she had been living. Earl's sister Bertha came at some time by train from Elm Creek, Nebraska, where she had been living for 6 years with her uncle.

Nov 9, 1899 - Earl Walston was 13 years old. See photo in files taken when he was 13.

1900 census - Salubria Precinct, near Weiser, Washington Co., ID. His father was living in a rented house in Salubria; listed on the census as Philip "Walstein". There was no wife "Adelia" living with him. Listed as living with him in his household was: daughter Bessie, son Guy, and son Earl. Daughter Bertha was living in Weiser on the 1900 census in a household and listed as servant.

1900 July 1 - Earl's sister Bessie, 19, married Eph Day, the eldest son of B. B. Day, owner and propriotor of the Inland Hotel where their father worked as a carpenter. Earl was almost 14 years old. During the summer of 1900, Eph and Bessie ran the Inland Hotel.

About Oct 1900, Eph and Bessie Day took Earl, almost 14, with them to Warren, Idaho -- a once booming gold mining town. They lived there until the spring of 1901.

About Oct 1900, Con went to mining towns in Nevada. B.B. Day, his wife, and younger children left the Inland Hotel in Salulbria and bought a ranch on Hornet Creek, near Council, Idaho. They took Earl's sister Bertha with them. (See info on B. B. Day and his purchase of this ranch.)

Oct 1900 -- This left Earl's brother Guy, now 15, to live with his father Philip Walston. They went to Midvale, where Guy worked in a sawmill.

Spring 1901- Eph and Bessie Day, and Earl Walston left Warren, Idaho, and went to his parent's place on Hornet Creek, about 12 miiles from Council, Idaho. Based on Bessie's narrative, this is when Earl Walston came to Council. He was about 15-1/2 years old. I assume he then went to live with his father Philip Walston, who was living in Council at this time. I do not know what work he did, but I assume he went to work and did not go to school.

1906 - Earl Walston was 20 years old.

1910 May 17 - Earl Walston purchased 155.53 acres of land from the public land office in Boise. See certificate in my files. It was in the SE qrtr of the NE qrtr and the NE quarter of the SE qrtr of Sec 25 in Twp 17 north of rante 2west and lots two and three of Section 30.

c. 1911 married first wife Emma May.

1912 Nov 8 - daughter Salome Averetta Walston was born in Council, ID.

1919 June 3 - DIVORCE HEARING, marriage dissolved, Adams Co., ID. See divorce decree papers in file. Earl L. Walston, plaintiff, vs. Emma May Walston, defendant. Emma and her attorney failed to appear at the hearing. The judge granted Earl custody of their minor daughter Salome E. Walston, age 6 years.

1920 - would be 34 years old.

1922 July 25 - Earl Lloyd Walston married Bessie Ludwig in Payette Co., Idaho.

c. 1925... last heard from by Bertha Walston Rusow per her daughter Nora who thought her uncle Earl Walston was living in Portland, OR.

1926 May - Per the narrative written in 1976 by Elizabeth Walston Day, Earl's sister, she visited him in Portland, OR, for two days in May 1926. At that time, Bessie said, he was in the real estate business and owned a hotel. This may have been where Earl's wife Bessie died... in Portland.

1928 - Earl moved Hayden Lake, Idaho, per his obituary. c. 1928 married Winona Esther ______.

1930 census index - Kootenai Co., ID Earl Walston Winona E. Walston

married Dorothy Roberts

Earl Lloyd Walston was born on Nov 9, 1886, in either Beckton or Big Horn City, which were small communities near Sheridan, WY. His mother Lydia Lloyd Walston died on the same day after his birth of euremia, according to her daughter Elizabeth Walston Day.

According to Lydia Walston's death notice in the newspaper, she died "at Beckton". When Earl Walston applied for Social Security, he said he was born in Big Horn City. According to Bess Walston Day, the baby was taken by a Mrs. Works to her home and cared for him "for awhile". How long the baby was cared for by Mrs. Works was not stated.

Earl's mother was buried on Nov 11, 1886, in Mt. Hope Cemetery. It was a relatively new cemetery. Mrs. Lydia Walston was the 4th person to be buried in the cemetery.

1888 April 3 - Earl's father Philip Walston married "Miss" Annie Jordan in Big Horn City. At the time of their marriage, "Miss" Annie Jordan had a son Max Jordan. "Annie Walston" is listed as Philip Walston's wife in newspaper items through May 8, 1890, when Philip Walston ran a news item saying he was no longer responsible for any of her debts. It sounds like this marriage lasted only 2 years, so Earl had a step-mother when he was 2-4 years old. According to the life story written by Earl's sister Bessie in 1976, Annie Jordan (the step-mother) was very cruel to Philip Walston's children and was a strict disciplinarian.

Philip Walston's daughters never told him about Annie's cruelty to them. While they lived on the Beck ranch, he was out working on the ranch much of the time so he was not aware of it. Occasionally, Annie entertain male visitors while he was gone, and sent the children out of the house. At some time in late 1888 or early 1889 they moved back to the Walston homestead.

In the fall of 1889, Philip Walston moved Annie, his children, and her son Max to a cabin. He then left Wyoming and herded some some stock to sell in Elm Creek, Nebraska (where his deceased wife's brothers lived). He took his son Con with him to help, but left the other children behind with their step-mother. While he was gone, Annie 'entertained' with a young bachelor. This apparently ended the marriage (along with debts she had incurred while he was gone).

1890 May - Philip and wife Annie "separate". There is no record of a divorce for them in Sheridan Clerk records. As of April 2005, I have not been able to locate a divorce. It should have been filed in Sheridan, but they do not have it.

1890 - According to Earl's sister Bessie (1976 narrative), their father took them to a vacated house near the Big Horn Mountains to live. At this place, their oldest brother Con (now 13) had the responsibility of caring for the other Walston children -- Bertha past 10, Bessie was 9, Guy was 5, and Earl was 4 years old. Claire, now 6 years old, was given at this time to the Blakes to be raised. Thus, Con 13, Bertha 12, Bessie 9, Guy 5, and Earl 4 lived in the house mostly alone while their father was off working. They were alone at this house during the winter months with just Con to watch them. I do not know how long they lived here.

By 1892, they lived in Sheridan where their father had gotten a job clearing out willow trees. In 1892, Earl was 6 years old.

Spring 1893 - Earl's mother's brothers Oliver and Benjamin Lloyd (his uncles) came by train to Sheridan, WY, for a "visit". They took Earl's sisters Bertha and Bessie back to Elm Creek, Nebraska, with them. Conrad, Guy, and Earl were left in Sheridan. It is not known if Philip Walston was in Sheridan at this time or if he had already left for Utah.

For 6 years, Con, Earl, and Guy did not see their sisters Bertha and Bessie. In 1899, their sisters came to join their father in Salubria, Idaho. He had sent trainfare so they could come to Idaho. However, a few years earlier, Con had taken off to be a cowboy in Wyoming, so not all of the Walston family was reunited in 1899. Con was off being a cowboy and Claire was still back living with the Blakes in Beckton, Sheridan Co., WY.

1893 - Per Philip Walston's Civil War pension application statement made on April 30, 1904, he said he lived in Sheridan until 1893 then left to live and work in Salt Lake City. He made no mention of taking his sons with him to Utah. Apparently, in 1893 he left Con in charge of Guy and Earl in Sheridan. According to Bessie's 1976 narrative, "Later, Con was required to bring team, wagon, and the two boys to Utah."

I do not know when Philip Walston sent for his 3 sons.

If this happened in 1894 or 1895, Con would be 17 or 18 years old, Guy 9 or 10 and Earl 8 or 9. Bessie said that Con took along a cowboy friend to help him. That was quite a trip by horse and wagon from Sheridan, Wyoming, to Salt Lake City or Park City, Utah, where Philip Walston lived.

1896-1898 - Philip Walston said he lived in Park City, Utah. It is likely that his three sons were with him by this time (hopefully).

1896 June 23 - Philip Walston, 53, a resident of Park City, Summit Co., UT, married "Miss" Adelia Edwards, 35, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The marriage was performed by C.E. Stanton, Justice of the Peace. Witnesses were Isaac M. Waddell and John Waddell. The bride was a resident of Sugar House Ward in Salt Lake City. This marriage did not last. Per Philip Walston, he moved to Idaho in 1898.

1898 - Philip Walston said in his Civil War application that he lived in Park City, Utah, from 1896-1898.

Late summer 1899 - Earl's sister Bessie, now 18, arrived by train in Weiser, Idaho, from Joy, Mercer Co., IL, where she had been living. Earl's sister Bertha came at some time by train from Elm Creek, Nebraska, where she had been living for 6 years with her uncle.

Nov 9, 1899 - Earl Walston was 13 years old. See photo in files taken when he was 13.

1900 census - Salubria Precinct, near Weiser, Washington Co., ID. His father was living in a rented house in Salubria; listed on the census as Philip "Walstein". There was no wife "Adelia" living with him. Listed as living with him in his household was: daughter Bessie, son Guy, and son Earl. Daughter Bertha was living in Weiser on the 1900 census in a household and listed as servant.

1900 July 1 - Earl's sister Bessie, 19, married Eph Day, the eldest son of B. B. Day, owner and propriotor of the Inland Hotel where their father worked as a carpenter. Earl was almost 14 years old. During the summer of 1900, Eph and Bessie ran the Inland Hotel.

About Oct 1900, Eph and Bessie Day took Earl, almost 14, with them to Warren, Idaho -- a once booming gold mining town. They lived there until the spring of 1901.

About Oct 1900, Con went to mining towns in Nevada. B.B. Day, his wife, and younger children left the Inland Hotel in Salulbria and bought a ranch on Hornet Creek, near Council, Idaho. They took Earl's sister Bertha with them. (See info on B. B. Day and his purchase of this ranch.)

Oct 1900 -- This left Earl's brother Guy, now 15, to live with his father Philip Walston. They went to Midvale, where Guy worked in a sawmill.

Spring 1901- Eph and Bessie Day, and Earl Walston left Warren, Idaho, and went to his parent's place on Hornet Creek, about 12 miiles from Council, Idaho. Based on Bessie's narrative, this is when Earl Walston came to Council. He was about 15-1/2 years old. I assume he then went to live with his father Philip Walston, who was living in Council at this time. I do not know what work he did, but I assume he went to work and did not go to school.

1906 - Earl Walston was 20 years old.

1910 May 17 - Earl Walston purchased 155.53 acres of land from the public land office in Boise. See certificate in my files. It was in the SE qrtr of the NE qrtr and the NE quarter of the SE qrtr of Sec 25 in Twp 17 north of rante 2west and lots two and three of Section 30.

c. 1911 married first wife Emma May.

1912 Nov 8 - daughter Salome Averetta Walston was born in Council, ID.

1919 June 3 - DIVORCE HEARING, marriage dissolved, Adams Co., ID. See divorce decree papers in file. Earl L. Walston, plaintiff, vs. Emma May Walston, defendant. Emma and her attorney failed to appear at the hearing. The judge granted Earl custody of their minor daughter Salome E. Walston, age 6 years.

1920 - would be 34 years old.

1922 July 25 - Earl Lloyd Walston married Bessie Ludwig in Payette Co., Idaho.

c. 1925... last heard from by Bertha Walston Rusow per her daughter Nora who thought her uncle Earl Walston was living in Portland, OR.

1926 May - Per the narrative written in 1976 by Elizabeth Walston Day, Earl's sister, she visited him in Portland, OR, for two days in May 1926. At that time, Bessie said, he was in the real estate business and owned a hotel. This may have been where Earl's wife Bessie died... in Portland.

1928 - Earl moved Hayden Lake, Idaho, per his obituary. c. 1928 married Winona Esther ______.

1930 census index - Kootenai Co., ID Earl Walston Winona E. Walston

married Dorothy Roberts

[Walston GEDCOM.FTW]

Earl Lloyd Walston was born on Nov 9, 1886, in either Beckton or Big Horn City, which were small communities near Sheridan, WY. His mother Lydia Lloyd Walston died on the same day after his birth of euremia, according to her daughter Elizabeth Walston Day.

According to Lydia Walston's death notice in the newspaper, she died "at Beckton". When Earl Walston applied for Social Security, he said he was born in Big Horn City. According to Bess Walston Day, the baby was taken by a Mrs. Works to her home and cared for him "for awhile". How long the baby was cared for by Mrs. Works was not stated.

Earl's mother was buried on Nov 11, 1886, in Mt. Hope Cemetery. It was a relatively new cemetery. Mrs. Lydia Walston was the 4th person to be buried in the cemetery.

1888 April 3 - Earl's father Philip Walston married "Miss" Annie Jordan in Big Horn City. At the time of their marriage, "Miss" Annie Jordan had a son Max Jordan. "Annie Walston" is listed as Philip Walston's wife in newspaper items through May 8, 1890, when Philip Walston ran a news item saying he was no longer responsible for any of her debts. It sounds like this marriage lasted only 2 years, so Earl had a step-mother when he was 2-4 years old. According to the life story written by Earl's sister Bessie in 1976, Annie Jordan (the step-mother) was very cruel to Philip Walston's children and was a strict disciplinarian.

Philip Walston's daughters never told him about Annie's cruelty to them. While they lived on the Beck ranch, he was out working on the ranch much of the time so he was not aware of it. Occasionally, Annie entertain male visitors while he was gone, and sent the children out of the house. At some time in late 1888 or early 1889 they moved back to the Walston homestead.

In the fall of 1889, Philip Walston moved Annie, his children, and her son Max to a cabin. He then left Wyoming and herded some some stock to sell in Elm Creek, Nebraska (where his deceased wife's brothers lived). He took his son Con with him to help, but left the other children behind with their step-mother. While he was gone, Annie 'entertained' with a young bachelor. This apparently ended the marriage (along with debts she had incurred while he was gone).

1890 May - Philip and wife Annie "separate". There is no record of a divorce for them in Sheridan Clerk records. As of April 2005, I have not been able to locate a divorce. It should have been filed in Sheridan, but they do not have it.

1890 - According to Earl's sister Bessie (1976 narrative), their father took them to a vacated house near the Big Horn Mountains to live. At this place, their oldest brother Con (now 13) had the responsibility of caring for the other Walston children -- Bertha past 10, Bessie was 9, Guy was 5, and Earl was 4 years old. Claire, now 6 years old, was given at this time to the Blakes to be raised. Thus, Con 13, Bertha 12, Bessie 9, Guy 5, and Earl 4 lived in the house mostly alone while their father was off working. They were alone at this house during the winter months with just Con to watch them. I do not know how long they lived here.

By 1892, they lived in Sheridan where their father had gotten a job clearing out willow trees. In 1892, Earl was 6 years old.

Spring 1893 - Earl's mother's brothers Oliver and Benjamin Lloyd (his uncles) came by train to Sheridan, WY, for a "visit". They took Earl's sisters Bertha and Bessie back to Elm Creek, Nebraska, with them. Conrad, Guy, and Earl were left in Sheridan. It is not known if Philip Walston was in Sheridan at this time or if he had already left for Utah.

For 6 years, Con, Earl, and Guy did not see their sisters Bertha and Bessie. In 1899, their sisters came to join their father in Salubria, Idaho. He had sent trainfare so they could come to Idaho. However, a few years earlier, Con had taken off to be a cowboy in Wyoming, so not all of the Walston family was reunited in 1899. Con was off being a cowboy and Claire was still back living with the Blakes in Beckton, Sheridan Co., WY.

1893 - Per Philip Walston's Civil War pension application statement made on April 30, 1904, he said he lived in Sheridan until 1893 then left to live and work in Salt Lake City. He made no mention of taking his sons with him to Utah. Apparently, in 1893 he left Con in charge of Guy and Earl in Sheridan. According to Bessie's 1976 narrative, "Later, Con was required to bring team, wagon, and the two boys to Utah."

I do not know when Philip Walston sent for his 3 sons.

If this happened in 1894 or 1895, Con would be 17 or 18 years old, Guy 9 or 10 and Earl 8 or 9. Bessie said that Con took along a cowboy friend to help him. That was quite a trip by horse and wagon from Sheridan, Wyoming, to Salt Lake City or Park City, Utah, where Philip Walston lived.

1896-1898 - Philip Walston said he lived in Park City, Utah. It is likely that his three sons were with him by this time (hopefully).

1896 June 23 - Philip Walston, 53, a resident of Park City, Summit Co., UT, married "Miss" Adelia Edwards, 35, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The marriage was performed by C.E. Stanton, Justice of the Peace. Witnesses were Isaac M. Waddell and John Waddell. The bride was a resident of Sugar House Ward in Salt Lake City. This marriage did not last. Per Philip Walston, he moved to Idaho in 1898.

1898 - Philip Walston said in his Civil War application that he lived in Park City, Utah, from 1896-1898.

Late summer 1899 - Earl's sister Bessie, now 18, arrived by train in Weiser, Idaho, from Joy, Mercer Co., IL, where she had been living. Earl's sister Bertha came at some time by train from Elm Creek, Nebraska, where she had been living for 6 years with her uncle.

Nov 9, 1899 - Earl Walston was 13 years old. See photo in files taken when he was 13.

1900 census - Salubria Precinct, near Weiser, Washington Co., ID. His father was living in a rented house in Salubria; listed on the census as Philip "Walstein". There was no wife "Adelia" living with him. Listed as living with him in his household was: daughter Bessie, son Guy, and son Earl. Daughter Bertha was living in Weiser on the 1900 census in a household and listed as servant.

1900 July 1 - Earl's sister Bessie, 19, married Eph Day, the eldest son of B. B. Day, owner and propriotor of the Inland Hotel where their father worked as a carpenter. Earl was almost 14 years old. During the summer of 1900, Eph and Bessie ran the Inland Hotel.

About Oct 1900, Eph and Bessie Day took Earl, almost 14, with them to Warren, Idaho -- a once booming gold mining town. They lived there until the spring of 1901.

About Oct 1900, Con went to mining towns in Nevada. B.B. Day, his wife, and younger children left the Inland Hotel in Salulbria and bought a ranch on Hornet Creek, near Council, Idaho. They took Earl's sister Bertha with them. (See info on B. B. Day and his purchase of this ranch.)

Oct 1900 -- This left Earl's brother Guy, now 15, to live with his father Philip Walston. They went to Midvale, where Guy worked in a sawmill.

Spring 1901- Eph and Bessie Day, and Earl Walston left Warren, Idaho, and went to his parent's place on Hornet Creek, about 12 miiles from Council, Idaho. Based on Bessie's narrative, this is when Earl Walston came to Council. He was about 15-1/2 years old. I assume he then went to live with his father Philip Walston, who was living in Council at this time. I do not know what work he did, but I assume he went to work and did not go to school.

1906 - Earl Walston was 20 years old.

1910 May 17 - Earl Walston purchased 155.53 acres of land from the public land office in Boise. See certificate in my files. It was in the SE qrtr of the NE qrtr and the NE quarter of the SE qrtr of Sec 25 in Twp 17 north of rante 2west and lots two and three of Section 30.

c. 1911 married first wife Emma May.

1912 Nov 8 - daughter Salome Averetta Walston was born in Council, ID.

1919 June 3 - DIVORCE HEARING, marriage dissolved, Adams Co., ID. See divorce decree papers in file. Earl L. Walston, plaintiff, vs. Emma May Walston, defendant. Emma and her attorney failed to appear at the hearing. The judge granted Earl custody of their minor daughter Salome E. Walston, age 6 years.

1920 - would be 34 years old.

1922 July 25 - Earl Lloyd Walston married Bessie Ludwig in Payette Co., Idaho.

c. 1925... last heard from by Bertha Walston Rusow per her daughter Nora who thought her uncle Earl Walston was living in Portland, OR.

1926 May - Per the narrative written in 1976 by Elizabeth Walston Day, Earl's sister, she visited him in Portland, OR, for two days in May 1926. At that time, Bessie said, he was in the real estate business and owned a hotel. This may have been where Earl's wife Bessie died... in Portland.

1928 - Earl moved Hayden Lake, Idaho, per his obituary. c. 1928 married Winona Esther ______.

1930 census index - Kootenai Co., ID Earl Walston Winona E. Walston

married Dorothy Roberts

Earl Lloyd Walston was born on Nov 9, 1886, in either Beckton or Big Horn City, which were small communities near Sheridan, WY. His mother Lydia Lloyd Walston died on the same day after his birth of euremia, according to her daughter Elizabeth Walston Day.

According to Lydia Walston's death notice in the newspaper, she died "at Beckton". When Earl Walston applied for Social Security, he said he was born in Big Horn City. According to Bess Walston Day, the baby was taken by a Mrs. Works to her home and cared for him "for awhile". How long the baby was cared for by Mrs. Works was not stated.

Earl's mother was buried on Nov 11, 1886, in Mt. Hope Cemetery. It was a relatively new cemetery. Mrs. Lydia Walston was the 4th person to be buried in the cemetery.

1888 April 3 - Earl's father Philip Walston married "Miss" Annie Jordan in Big Horn City. At the time of their marriage, "Miss" Annie Jordan had a son Max Jordan. "Annie Walston" is listed as Philip Walston's wife in newspaper items through May 8, 1890, when Philip Walston ran a news item saying he was no longer responsible for any of her debts. It sounds like this marriage lasted only 2 years, so Earl had a step-mother when he was 2-4 years old. According to the life story written by Earl's sister Bessie in 1976, Annie Jordan (the step-mother) was very cruel to Philip Walston's children and was a strict disciplinarian.

Philip Walston's daughters never told him about Annie's cruelty to them. While they lived on the Beck ranch, he was out working on the ranch much of the time so he was not aware of it. Occasionally, Annie entertain male visitors while he was gone, and sent the children out of the house. At some time in late 1888 or early 1889 they moved back to the Walston homestead.

In the fall of 1889, Philip Walston moved Annie, his children, and her son Max to a cabin. He then left Wyoming and herded some some stock to sell in Elm Creek, Nebraska (where his deceased wife's brothers lived). He took his son Con with him to help, but left the other children behind with their step-mother. While he was gone, Annie 'entertained' with a young bachelor. This apparently ended the marriage (along with debts she had incurred while he was gone).

1890 May - Philip and wife Annie "separate". There is no record of a divorce for them in Sheridan Clerk records. As of April 2005, I have not been able to locate a divorce. It should have been filed in Sheridan, but they do not have it.

1890 - According to Earl's sister Bessie (1976 narrative), their father took them to a vacated house near the Big Horn Mountains to live. At this place, their oldest brother Con (now 13) had the responsibility of caring for the other Walston children -- Bertha past 10, Bessie was 9, Guy was 5, and Earl was 4 years old. Claire, now 6 years old, was given at this time to the Blakes to be raised. Thus, Con 13, Bertha 12, Bessie 9, Guy 5, and Earl 4 lived in the house mostly alone while their father was off working. They were alone at this house during the winter months with just Con to watch them. I do not know how long they lived here.

By 1892, they lived in Sheridan where their father had gotten a job clearing out willow trees. In 1892, Earl was 6 years old.

Spring 1893 - Earl's mother's brothers Oliver and Benjamin Lloyd (his uncles) came by train to Sheridan, WY, for a "visit". They took Earl's sisters Bertha and Bessie back to Elm Creek, Nebraska, with them. Conrad, Guy, and Earl were left in Sheridan. It is not known if Philip Walston was in Sheridan at this time or if he had already left for Utah.

For 6 years, Con, Earl, and Guy did not see their sisters Bertha and Bessie. In 1899, their sisters came to join their father in Salubria, Idaho. He had sent trainfare so they could come to Idaho. However, a few years earlier, Con had taken off to be a cowboy in Wyoming, so not all of the Walston family was reunited in 1899. Con was off being a cowboy and Claire was still back living with the Blakes in Beckton, Sheridan Co., WY.

1893 - Per Philip Walston's Civil War pension application statement made on April 30, 1904, he said he lived in Sheridan until 1893 then left to live and work in Salt Lake City. He made no mention of taking his sons with him to Utah. Apparently, in 1893 he left Con in charge of Guy and Earl in Sheridan. According to Bessie's 1976 narrative, "Later, Con was required to bring team, wagon, and the two boys to Utah."

I do not know when Philip Walston sent for his 3 sons.

If this happened in 1894 or 1895, Con would be 17 or 18 years old, Guy 9 or 10 and Earl 8 or 9. Bessie said that Con took along a cowboy friend to help him. That was quite a trip by horse and wagon from Sheridan, Wyoming, to Salt Lake City or Park City, Utah, where Philip Walston lived.

1896-1898 - Philip Walston said he lived in Park City, Utah. It is likely that his three sons were with him by this time (hopefully).

1896 June 23 - Philip Walston, 53, a resident of Park City, Summit Co., UT, married "Miss" Adelia Edwards, 35, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The marriage was performed by C.E. Stanton, Justice of the Peace. Witnesses were Isaac M. Waddell and John Waddell. The bride was a resident of Sugar House Ward in Salt Lake City. This marriage did not last. Per Philip Walston, he moved to Idaho in 1898.

1898 - Philip Walston said in his Civil War application that he lived in Park City, Utah, from 1896-1898.

Late summer 1899 - Earl's sister Bessie, now 18, arrived by train in Weiser, Idaho, from Joy, Mercer Co., IL, where she had been living. Earl's sister Bertha came at some time by train from Elm Creek, Nebraska, where she had been living for 6 years with her uncle.

Nov 9, 1899 - Earl Walston was 13 years old. See photo in files taken when he was 13.

1900 census - Salubria Precinct, near Weiser, Washington Co., ID. His father was living in a rented house in Salubria; listed on the census as Philip "Walstein". There was no wife "Adelia" living with him. Listed as living with him in his household was: daughter Bessie, son Guy, and son Earl. Daughter Bertha was living in Weiser on the 1900 census in a household and listed as servant.

1900 July 1 - Earl's sister Bessie, 19, married Eph Day, the eldest son of B. B. Day, owner and propriotor of the Inland Hotel where their father worked as a carpenter. Earl was almost 14 years old. During the summer of 1900, Eph and Bessie ran the Inland Hotel.

About Oct 1900, Eph and Bessie Day took Earl, almost 14, with them to Warren, Idaho -- a once booming gold mining town. They lived there until the spring of 1901.

About Oct 1900, Con went to mining towns in Nevada. B.B. Day, his wife, and younger children left the Inland Hotel in Salulbria and bought a ranch on Hornet Creek, near Council, Idaho. They took Earl's sister Bertha with them. (See info on B. B. Day and his purchase of this ranch.)

Oct 1900 -- This left Earl's brother Guy, now 15, to live with his father Philip Walston. They went to Midvale, where Guy worked in a sawmill.

Spring 1901- Eph and Bessie Day, and Earl Walston left Warren, Idaho, and went to his parent's place on Hornet Creek, about 12 miiles from Council, Idaho. Based on Bessie's narrative, this is when Earl Walston came to Council. He was about 15-1/2 years old. I assume he then went to live with his father Philip Walston, who was living in Council at this time. I do not know what work he did, but I assume he went to work and did not go to school.

1906 - Earl Walston was 20 years old.

1910 May 17 - Earl Walston purchased 155.53 acres of land from the public land office in Boise. See certificate in my files. It was in the SE qrtr of the NE qrtr and the NE quarter of the SE qrtr of Sec 25 in Twp 17 north of rante 2west and lots two and three of Section 30.

c. 1911 married first wife Emma May.

1912 Nov 8 - daughter Salome Averetta Walston was born in Council, ID.

1919 June 3 - DIVORCE HEARING, marriage dissolved, Adams Co., ID. See divorce decree papers in file. Earl L. Walston, plaintiff, vs. Emma May Walston, defendant. Emma and her attorney failed to appear at the hearing. The judge granted Earl custody of their minor daughter Salome E. Walston, age 6 years.

1920 - would be 34 years old.

1922 July 25 - Earl Lloyd Walston married Bessie Ludwig in Payette Co., Idaho.

c. 1925... last heard from by Bertha Walston Rusow per her daughter Nora who thought her uncle Earl Walston was living in Portland, OR.

1926 May - Per the narrative written in 1976 by Elizabeth Walston Day, Earl's sister, she visited him in Portland, OR, for two days in May 1926. At that time, Bessie said, he was in the real estate business and owned a hotel. This may have been where Earl's wife Bessie died... in Portland.

1928 - Earl moved Hayden Lake, Idaho, per his obituary. c. 1928 married Winona Esther ______.

1930 census index - Kootenai Co., ID Earl Walston Winona E. Walston

married Dorothy Roberts

[Walston GEDCOM.FTW]

Earl Lloyd Walston was born on Nov 9, 1886, in either Beckton or Big Horn City, which were small communities near Sheridan, WY. His mother Lydia Lloyd Walston died on the same day after his birth of euremia, according to her daughter Elizabeth Walston Day.

According to Lydia Walston's death notice in the newspaper, she died "at Beckton". When Earl Walston applied for Social Security, he said he was born in Big Horn City. According to Bess Walston Day, the baby was taken by a Mrs. Works to her home and cared for him "for awhile". How long the baby was cared for by Mrs. Works was not stated.

Earl's mother was buried on Nov 11, 1886, in Mt. Hope Cemetery. It was a relatively new cemetery. Mrs. Lydia Walston was the 4th person to be buried in the cemetery.

1888 April 3 - Earl's father Philip Walston married "Miss" Annie Jordan in Big Horn City. At the time of their marriage, "Miss" Annie Jordan had a son Max Jordan. "Annie Walston" is listed as Philip Walston's wife in newspaper items through May 8, 1890, when Philip Walston ran a news item saying he was no longer responsible for any of her debts. It sounds like this marriage lasted only 2 years, so Earl had a step-mother when he was 2-4 years old. According to the life story written by Earl's sister Bessie in 1976, Annie Jordan (the step-mother) was very cruel to Philip Walston's children and was a strict disciplinarian.

Philip Walston's daughters never told him about Annie's cruelty to them. While they lived on the Beck ranch, he was out working on the ranch much of the time so he was not aware of it. Occasionally, Annie entertain male visitors while he was gone, and sent the children out of the house. At some time in late 1888 or early 1889 they moved back to the Walston homestead.

In the fall of 1889, Philip Walston moved Annie, his children, and her son Max to a cabin. He then left Wyoming and herded some some stock to sell in Elm Creek, Nebraska (where his deceased wife's brothers lived). He took his son Con with him to help, but left the other children behind with their step-mother. While he was gone, Annie 'entertained' with a young bachelor. This apparently ended the marriage (along with debts she had incurred while he was gone).

1890 May - Philip and wife Annie "separate". There is no record of a divorce for them in Sheridan Clerk records. As of April 2005, I have not been able to locate a divorce. It should have been filed in Sheridan, but they do not have it.

1890 - According to Earl's sister Bessie (1976 narrative), their father took them to a vacated house near the Big Horn Mountains to live. At this place, their oldest brother Con (now 13) had the responsibility of caring for the other Walston children -- Bertha past 10, Bessie was 9, Guy was 5, and Earl was 4 years old. Claire, now 6 years old, was given at this time to the Blakes to be raised. Thus, Con 13, Bertha 12, Bessie 9, Guy 5, and Earl 4 lived in the house mostly alone while their father was off working. They were alone at this house during the winter months with just Con to watch them. I do not know how long they lived here.

By 1892, they lived in Sheridan where their father had gotten a job clearing out willow trees. In 1892, Earl was 6 years old.

Spring 1893 - Earl's mother's brothers Oliver and Benjamin Lloyd (his uncles) came by train to Sheridan, WY, for a "visit". They took Earl's sisters Bertha and Bessie back to Elm Creek, Nebraska, with them. Conrad, Guy, and Earl were left in Sheridan. It is not known if Philip Walston was in Sheridan at this time or if he had already left for Utah.

For 6 years, Con, Earl, and Guy did not see their sisters Bertha and Bessie. In 1899, their sisters came to join their father in Salubria, Idaho. He had sent trainfare so they could come to Idaho. However, a few years earlier, Con had taken off to be a cowboy in Wyoming, so not all of the Walston family was reunited in 1899. Con was off being a cowboy and Claire was still back living with the Blakes in Beckton, Sheridan Co., WY.

1893 - Per Philip Walston's Civil War pension application statement made on April 30, 1904, he said he lived in Sheridan until 1893 then left to live and work in Salt Lake City. He made no mention of taking his sons with him to Utah. Apparently, in 1893 he left Con in charge of Guy and Earl in Sheridan. According to Bessie's 1976 narrative, "Later, Con was required to bring team, wagon, and the two boys to Utah."

I do not know when Philip Walston sent for his 3 sons.

If this happened in 1894 or 1895, Con would be 17 or 18 years old, Guy 9 or 10 and Earl 8 or 9. Bessie said that Con took along a cowboy friend to help him. That was quite a trip by horse and wagon from Sheridan, Wyoming, to Salt Lake City or Park City, Utah, where Philip Walston lived.

1896-1898 - Philip Walston said he lived in Park City, Utah. It is likely that his three sons were with him by this time (hopefully).

1896 June 23 - Philip Walston, 53, a resident of Park City, Summit Co., UT, married "Miss" Adelia Edwards, 35, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The marriage was performed by C.E. Stanton, Justice of the Peace. Witnesses were Isaac M. Waddell and John Waddell. The bride was a resident of Sugar House Ward in Salt Lake City. This marriage did not last. Per Philip Walston, he moved to Idaho in 1898.

1898 - Philip Walston said in his Civil War application that he lived in Park City, Utah, from 1896-1898.

Late summer 1899 - Earl's sister Bessie, now 18, arrived by train in Weiser, Idaho, from Joy, Mercer Co., IL, where she had been living. Earl's sister Bertha came at some time by train from Elm Creek, Nebraska, where she had been living for 6 years with her uncle.

Nov 9, 1899 - Earl Walston was 13 years old. See photo in files taken when he was 13.

1900 census - Salubria Precinct, near Weiser, Washington Co., ID. His father was living in a rented house in Salubria; listed on the census as Philip "Walstein". There was no wife "Adelia" living with him. Listed as living with him in his household was: daughter Bessie, son Guy, and son Earl. Daughter Bertha was living in Weiser on the 1900 census in a household and listed as servant.

1900 July 1 - Earl's sister Bessie, 19, married Eph Day, the eldest son of B. B. Day, owner and propriotor of the Inland Hotel where their father worked as a carpenter. Earl was almost 14 years old. During the summer of 1900, Eph and Bessie ran the Inland Hotel.

About Oct 1900, Eph and Bessie Day took Earl, almost 14, with them to Warren, Idaho -- a once booming gold mining town. They lived there until the spring of 1901.

About Oct 1900, Con went to mining towns in Nevada. B.B. Day, his wife, and younger children left the Inland Hotel in Salulbria and bought a ranch on Hornet Creek, near Council, Idaho. They took Earl's sister Bertha with them. (See info on B. B. Day and his purchase of this ranch.)

Oct 1900 -- This left Earl's brother Guy, now 15, to live with his father Philip Walston. They went to Midvale, where Guy worked in a sawmill.

Spring 1901- Eph and Bessie Day, and Earl Walston left Warren, Idaho, and went to his parent's place on Hornet Creek, about 12 miiles from Council, Idaho. Based on Bessie's narrative, this is when Earl Walston came to Council. He was about 15-1/2 years old. I assume he then went to live with his father Philip Walston, who was living in Council at this time. I do not know what work he did, but I assume he went to work and did not go to school.

1906 - Earl Walston was 20 years old.

1910 May 17 - Earl Walston purchased 155.53 acres of land from the public land office in Boise. See certificate in my files. It was in the SE qrtr of the NE qrtr and the NE quarter of the SE qrtr of Sec 25 in Twp 17 north of rante 2west and lots two and three of Section 30.

c. 1911 married first wife Emma May.

1912 Nov 8 - daughter Salome Averetta Walston was born in Council, ID.

1919 June 3 - DIVORCE HEARING, marriage dissolved, Adams Co., ID. See divorce decree papers in file. Earl L. Walston, plaintiff, vs. Emma May Walston, defendant. Emma and her attorney failed to appear at the hearing. The judge granted Earl custody of their minor daughter Salome E. Walston, age 6 years.

1920 - would be 34 years old.

1922 July 25 - Earl Lloyd Walston married Bessie Ludwig in Payette Co., Idaho.

c. 1925... last heard from by Bertha Walston Rusow per her daughter Nora who thought her uncle Earl Walston was living in Portland, OR.

1926 May - Per the narrative written in 1976 by Elizabeth Walston Day, Earl's sister, she visited him in Portland, OR, for two days in May 1926. At that time, Bessie said, he was in the real estate business and owned a hotel. This may have been where Earl's wife Bessie died... in Portland.

1928 - Earl moved Hayden Lake, Idaho, per his obituary. c. 1928 married Winona Esther ______.

1930 census index - Kootenai Co., ID Earl Walston Winona E. Walston

married Dorothy Roberts

Earl Lloyd Walston was born on Nov 9, 1886, in either Beckton or Big Horn City, which were small communities near Sheridan, WY. His mother Lydia Lloyd Walston died on the same day after his birth of euremia, according to her daughter Elizabeth Walston Day.

According to Lydia Walston's death notice in the newspaper, she died "at Beckton". When Earl Walston applied for Social Security, he said he was born in Big Horn City. According to Bess Walston Day, the baby was taken by a Mrs. Works to her home and cared for him "for awhile". How long the baby was cared for by Mrs. Works was not stated.

Earl's mother was buried on Nov 11, 1886, in Mt. Hope Cemetery. It was a relatively new cemetery. Mrs. Lydia Walston was the 4th person to be buried in the cemetery.

1888 April 3 - Earl's father Philip Walston married "Miss" Annie Jordan in Big Horn City. At the time of their marriage, "Miss" Annie Jordan had a son Max Jordan. "Annie Walston" is listed as Philip Walston's wife in newspaper items through May 8, 1890, when Philip Walston ran a news item saying he was no longer responsible for any of her debts. It sounds like this marriage lasted only 2 years, so Earl had a step-mother when he was 2-4 years old. According to the life story written by Earl's sister Bessie in 1976, Annie Jordan (the step-mother) was very cruel to Philip Walston's children and was a strict disciplinarian.

Philip Walston's daughters never told him about Annie's cruelty to them. While they lived on the Beck ranch, he was out working on the ranch much of the time so he was not aware of it. Occasionally, Annie entertain male visitors while he was gone, and sent the children out of the house. At some time in late 1888 or early 1889 they moved back to the Walston homestead.

In the fall of 1889, Philip Walston moved Annie, his children, and her son Max to a cabin. He then left Wyoming and herded some some stock to sell in Elm Creek, Nebraska (where his deceased wife's brothers lived). He took his son Con with him to help, but left the other children behind with their step-mother. While he was gone, Annie 'entertained' with a young bachelor. This apparently ended the marriage (along with debts she had incurred while he was gone).

1890 May - Philip and wife Annie "separate". There is no record of a divorce for them in Sheridan Clerk records. As of April 2005, I have not been able to locate a divorce. It should have been filed in Sheridan, but they do not have it.

1890 - According to Earl's sister Bessie (1976 narrative), their father took them to a vacated house near the Big Horn Mountains to live. At this place, their oldest brother Con (now 13) had the responsibility of caring for the other Walston children -- Bertha past 10, Bessie was 9, Guy was 5, and Earl was 4 years old. Claire, now 6 years old, was given at this time to the Blakes to be raised. Thus, Con 13, Bertha 12, Bessie 9, Guy 5, and Earl 4 lived in the house mostly alone while their father was off working. They were alone at this house during the winter months with just Con to watch them. I do not know how long they lived here.

By 1892, they lived in Sheridan where their father had gotten a job clearing out willow trees. In 1892, Earl was 6 years old.

Spring 1893 - Earl's mother's brothers Oliver and Benjamin Lloyd (his uncles) came by train to Sheridan, WY, for a "visit". They took Earl's sisters Bertha and Bessie back to Elm Creek, Nebraska, with them. Conrad, Guy, and Earl were left in Sheridan. It is not known if Philip Walston was in Sheridan at this time or if he had already left for Utah.

For 6 years, Con, Earl, and Guy did not see their sisters Bertha and Bessie. In 1899, their sisters came to join their father in Salubria, Idaho. He had sent trainfare so they could come to Idaho. However, a few years earlier, Con had taken off to be a cowboy in Wyoming, so not all of the Walston family was reunited in 1899. Con was off being a cowboy and Claire was still back living with the Blakes in Beckton, Sheridan Co., WY.

1893 - Per Philip Walston's Civil War pension application statement made on April 30, 1904, he said he lived in Sheridan until 1893 then left to live and work in Salt Lake City. He made no mention of taking his sons with him to Utah. Apparently, in 1893 he left Con in charge of Guy and Earl in Sheridan. According to Bessie's 1976 narrative, "Later, Con was required to bring team, wagon, and the two boys to Utah."

I do not know when Philip Walston sent for his 3 sons.

If this happened in 1894 or 1895, Con would be 17 or 18 years old, Guy 9 or 10 and Earl 8 or 9. Bessie said that Con took along a cowboy friend to help him. That was quite a trip by horse and wagon from Sheridan, Wyoming, to Salt Lake City or Park City, Utah, where Philip Walston lived.

1896-1898 - Philip Walston said he lived in Park City, Utah. It is likely that his three sons were with him by this time (hopefully).

1896 June 23 - Philip Walston, 53, a resident of Park City, Summit Co., UT, married "Miss" Adelia Edwards, 35, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The marriage was performed by C.E. Stanton, Justice of the Peace. Witnesses were Isaac M. Waddell and John Waddell. The bride was a resident of Sugar House Ward in Salt Lake City. This marriage did not last. Per Philip Walston, he moved to Idaho in 1898.

1898 - Philip Walston said in his Civil War application that he lived in Park City, Utah, from 1896-1898.

Late summer 1899 - Earl's sister Bessie, now 18, arrived by train in Weiser, Idaho, from Joy, Mercer Co., IL, where she had been living. Earl's sister Bertha came at some time by train from Elm Creek, Nebraska, where she had been living for 6 years with her uncle.

Nov 9, 1899 - Earl Walston was 13 years old. See photo in files taken when he was 13.

1900 census - Salubria Precinct, near Weiser, Washington Co., ID. His father was living in a rented house in Salubria; listed on the census as Philip "Walstein". There was no wife "Adelia" living with him. Listed as living with him in his household was: daughter Bessie, son Guy, and son Earl. Daughter Bertha was living in Weiser on the 1900 census in a household and listed as servant.

1900 July 1 - Earl's sister Bessie, 19, married Eph Day, the eldest son of B. B. Day, owner and propriotor of the Inland Hotel where their father worked as a carpenter. Earl was almost 14 years old. During the summer of 1900, Eph and Bessie ran the Inland Hotel.

About Oct 1900, Eph and Bessie Day took Earl, almost 14, with them to Warren, Idaho -- a once booming gold mining town. They lived there until the spring of 1901.

About Oct 1900, Con went to mining towns in Nevada. B.B. Day, his wife, and younger children left the Inland Hotel in Salulbria and bought a ranch on Hornet Creek, near Council, Idaho. They took Earl's sister Bertha with them. (See info on B. B. Day and his purchase of this ranch.)

Oct 1900 -- This left Earl's brother Guy, now 15, to live with his father Philip Walston. They went to Midvale, where Guy worked in a sawmill.

Spring 1901- Eph and Bessie Day, and Earl Walston left Warren, Idaho, and went to his parent's place on Hornet Creek, about 12 miiles from Council, Idaho. Based on Bessie's narrative, this is when Earl Walston came to Council. He was about 15-1/2 years old. I assume he then went to live with his father Philip Walston, who was living in Council at this time. I do not know what work he did, but I assume he went to work and did not go to school.

1906 - Earl Walston was 20 years old.

1910 May 17 - Earl Walston purchased 155.53 acres of land from the public land office in Boise. See certificate in my files. It was in the SE qrtr of the NE qrtr and the NE quarter of the SE qrtr of Sec 25 in Twp 17 north of rante 2west and lots two and three of Section 30.

c. 1911 married first wife Emma May.

1912 Nov 8 - daughter Salome Averetta Walston was born in Council, ID.

1919 June 3 - DIVORCE HEARING, marriage dissolved, Adams Co., ID. See divorce decree papers in file. Earl L. Walston, plaintiff, vs. Emma May Walston, defendant. Emma and her attorney failed to appear at the hearing. The judge granted Earl custody of their minor daughter Salome E. Walston, age 6 years.

1920 - would be 34 years old.

1922 July 25 - Earl Lloyd Walston married Bessie Ludwig in Payette Co., Idaho.

c. 1925... last heard from by Bertha Walston Rusow per her daughter Nora who thought her uncle Earl Walston was living in Portland, OR.

1926 May - Per the narrative written in 1976 by Elizabeth Walston Day, Earl's sister, she visited him in Portland, OR, for two days in May 1926. At that time, Bessie said, he was in the real estate business and owned a hotel. This may have been where Earl's wife Bessie died... in Portland.

1928 - Earl moved Hayden Lake, Idaho, per his obituary. c. 1928 married Winona Esther ______.

1930 census index - Kootenai Co., ID Earl Walston Winona E. Walston

married Dorothy Roberts[Walston GEDCOM.FTW]

Earl Lloyd Walston was born on Nov 9, 1886, in either Beckton or Big Horn City, which were small communities near Sheridan, WY. His mother Lydia Lloyd Walston died on the same day after his birth of euremia, according to her daughter Elizabeth Walston Day.

According to Lydia Walston's death notice in the newspaper, she died "at Beckton". When Earl Walston applied for Social Security, he said he was born in Big Horn City. According to Bess Walston Day, the baby was taken by a Mrs. Works to her home and cared for him "for awhile". How long the baby was cared for by Mrs. Works was not stated.

Earl's mother was buried on Nov 11, 1886, in Mt. Hope Cemetery. It was a relatively new cemetery. Mrs. Lydia Walston was the 4th person to be buried in the cemetery.

1888 April 3 - Earl's father Philip Walston married "Miss" Annie Jordan in Big Horn City. At the time of their marriage, "Miss" Annie Jordan had a son Max Jordan. "Annie Walston" is listed as Philip Walston's wife in newspaper items through May 8, 1890, when Philip Walston ran a news item saying he was no longer responsible for any of her debts. It sounds like this marriage lasted only 2 years, so Earl had a step-mother when he was 2-4 years old. According to the life story written by Earl's sister Bessie in 1976, Annie Jordan (the step-mother) was very cruel to Philip Walston's children and was a strict disciplinarian.

Philip Walston's daughters never told him about Annie's cruelty to them. While they lived on the Beck ranch, he was out working on the ranch much of the time so he was not aware of it. Occasionally, Annie entertain male visitors while he was gone, and sent the children out of the house. At some time in late 1888 or early 1889 they moved back to the Walston homestead.

In the fall of 1889, Philip Walston moved Annie, his children, and her son Max to a cabin. He then left Wyoming and herded some some stock to sell in Elm Creek, Nebraska (where his deceased wife's brothers lived). He took his son Con with him to help, but left the other children behind with their step-mother. While he was gone, Annie 'entertained' with a young bachelor. This apparently ended the marriage (along with debts she had incurred while he was gone).

1890 May - Philip and wife Annie "separate". There is no record of a divorce for them in Sheridan Clerk records. As of April 2005, I have not been able to locate a divorce. It should have been filed in Sheridan, but they do not have it.

1890 - According to Earl's sister Bessie (1976 narrative), their father took them to a vacated house near the Big Horn Mountains to live. At this place, their oldest brother Con (now 13) had the responsibility of caring for the other Walston children -- Bertha past 10, Bessie was 9, Guy was 5, and Earl was 4 years old. Claire, now 6 years old, was given at this time to the Blakes to be raised. Thus, Con 13, Bertha 12, Bessie 9, Guy 5, and Earl 4 lived in the house mostly alone while their father was off working. They were alone at this house during the winter months with just Con to watch them. I do not know how long they lived here.

By 1892, they lived in Sheridan where their father had gotten a job clearing out willow trees. In 1892, Earl was 6 years old.

Spring 1893 - Earl's mother's brothers Oliver and Benjamin Lloyd (his uncles) came by train to Sheridan, WY, for a "visit". They took Earl's sisters Bertha and Bessie back to Elm Creek, Nebraska, with them. Conrad, Guy, and Earl were left in Sheridan. It is not known if Philip Walston was in Sheridan at this time or if he had already left for Utah.

For 6 years, Con, Earl, and Guy did not see their sisters Bertha and Bessie. In 1899, their sisters came to join their father in Salubria, Idaho. He had sent trainfare so they could come to Idaho. However, a few years earlier, Con had taken off to be a cowboy in Wyoming, so not all of the Walston family was reunited in 1899. Con was off being a cowboy and Claire was still back living with the Blakes in Beckton, Sheridan Co., WY.

1893 - Per Philip Walston's Civil War pension application statement made on April 30, 1904, he said he lived in Sheridan until 1893 then left to live and work in Salt Lake City. He made no mention of taking his sons with him to Utah. Apparently, in 1893 he left Con in charge of Guy and Earl in Sheridan. According to Bessie's 1976 narrative, "Later, Con was required to bring team, wagon, and the two boys to Utah."

I do not know when Philip Walston sent for his 3 sons.

If this happened in 1894 or 1895, Con would be 17 or 18 years old, Guy 9 or 10 and Earl 8 or 9. Bessie said that Con took along a cowboy friend to help him. That was quite a trip by horse and wagon from Sheridan, Wyoming, to Salt Lake City or Park City, Utah, where Philip Walston lived.

1896-1898 - Philip Walston said he lived in Park City, Utah. It is likely that his three sons were with him by this time (hopefully).

1896 June 23 - Philip Walston, 53, a resident of Park City, Summit Co., UT, married "Miss" Adelia Edwards, 35, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The marriage was performed by C.E. Stanton, Justice of the Peace. Witnesses were Isaac M. Waddell and John Waddell. The bride was a resident of Sugar House Ward in Salt Lake City. This marriage did not last. Per Philip Walston, he moved to Idaho in 1898.

1898 - Philip Walston said in his Civil War application that he lived in Park City, Utah, from 1896-1898.

Late summer 1899 - Earl's sister Bessie, now 18, arrived by train in Weiser, Idaho, from Joy, Mercer Co., IL, where she had been living. Earl's sister Bertha came at some time by train from Elm Creek, Nebraska, where she had been living for 6 years with her uncle.

Nov 9, 1899 - Earl Walston was 13 years old. See photo in files taken when he was 13.

1900 census - Salubria Precinct, near Weiser, Washington Co., ID. His father was living in a rented house in Salubria; listed on the census as Philip "Walstein". There was no wife "Adelia" living with him. Listed as living with him in his household was: daughter Bessie, son Guy, and son Earl. Daughter Bertha was living in Weiser on the 1900 census in a household and listed as servant.

1900 July 1 - Earl's sister Bessie, 19, married Eph Day, the eldest son of B. B. Day, owner and propriotor of the Inland Hotel where their father worked as a carpenter. Earl was almost 14 years old. During the summer of 1900, Eph and Bessie ran the Inland Hotel.

About Oct 1900, Eph and Bessie Day took Earl, almost 14, with them to Warren, Idaho -- a once booming gold mining town. They lived there until the spring of 1901.

About Oct 1900, Con went to mining towns in Nevada. B.B. Day, his wife, and younger children left the Inland Hotel in Salulbria and bought a ranch on Hornet Creek, near Council, Idaho. They took Earl's sister Bertha with them. (See info on B. B. Day and his purchase of this ranch.)

Oct 1900 -- This left Earl's brother Guy, now 15, to live with his father Philip Walston. They went to Midvale, where Guy worked in a sawmill.

Spring 1901- Eph and Bessie Day, and Earl Walston left Warren, Idaho, and went to his parent's place on Hornet Creek, about 12 miiles from Council, Idaho. Based on Bessie's narrative, this is when Earl Walston came to Council. He was about 15-1/2 years old. I assume he then went to live with his father Philip Walston, who was living in Council at this time. I do not know what work he did, but I assume he went to work and did not go to school.

1906 - Earl Walston was 20 years old.

1910 May 17 - Earl Walston purchased 155.53 acres of land from the public land office in Boise. See certificate in my files. It was in the SE qrtr of the NE qrtr and the NE quarter of the SE qrtr of Sec 25 in Twp 17 north of rante 2west and lots two and three of Section 30.

c. 1911 married first wife Emma May.

1912 Nov 8 - daughter Salome Averetta Walston was born in Council, ID.

1919 June 3 - DIVORCE HEARING, marriage dissolved, Adams Co., ID. See divorce decree papers in file. Earl L. Walston, plaintiff, vs. Emma May Walston, defendant. Emma and her attorney failed to appear at the hearing. The judge granted Earl custody of their minor daughter Salome E. Walston, age 6 years.

1920 - would be 34 years old.

1922 July 25 - Earl Lloyd Walston married Bessie Ludwig in Payette Co., Idaho.

c. 1925... last heard from by Bertha Walston Rusow per her daughter Nora who thought her uncle Earl Walston was living in Portland, OR.

1926 May - Per the narrative written in 1976 by Elizabeth Walston Day, Earl's sister, she visited him in Portland, OR, for two days in May 1926. At that time, Bessie said, he was in the real estate business and owned a hotel. This may have been where Earl's wife Bessie died... in Portland.

1928 - Earl moved Hayden Lake, Idaho, per his obituary. c. 1928 married Winona Esther ______.

1930 census index - Kootenai Co., ID Earl Walston Winona E. Walston

married Dorothy Roberts

Earl Lloyd Walston was born on Nov 9, 1886, in either Beckton or Big Horn City, which were small communities near Sheridan, WY. His mother Lydia Lloyd Walston died on the same day after his birth of euremia, according to her daughter Elizabeth Walston Day.

According to Lydia Walston's death notice in the newspaper, she died "at Beckton". When Earl Walston applied for Social Security, he said he was born in Big Horn City. According to Bess Walston Day, the baby was taken by a Mrs. Works to her home and cared for him "for awhile". How long the baby was cared for by Mrs. Works was not stated.

Earl's mother was buried on Nov 11, 1886, in Mt. Hope Cemetery. It was a relatively new cemetery. Mrs. Lydia Walston was the 4th person to be buried in the cemetery.

1888 April 3 - Earl's father Philip Walston married "Miss" Annie Jordan in Big Horn City. At the time of their marriage, "Miss" Annie Jordan had a son Max Jordan. "Annie Walston" is listed as Philip Walston's wife in newspaper items through May 8, 1890, when Philip Walston ran a news item saying he was no longer responsible for any of her debts. It sounds like this marriage lasted only 2 years, so Earl had a step-mother when he was 2-4 years old. According to the life story written by Earl's sister Bessie in 1976, Annie Jordan (the step-mother) was very cruel to Philip Walston's children and was a strict disciplinarian.

Philip Walston's daughters never told him about Annie's cruelty to them. While they lived on the Beck ranch, he was out working on the ranch much of the time so he was not aware of it. Occasionally, Annie entertain male visitors while he was gone, and sent the children out of the house. At some time in late 1888 or early 1889 they moved back to the Walston homestead.

In the fall of 1889, Philip Walston moved Annie, his children, and her son Max to a cabin. He then left Wyoming and herded some some stock to sell in Elm Creek, Nebraska (where his deceased wife's brothers lived). He took his son Con with him to help, but left the other children behind with their step-mother. While he was gone, Annie 'entertained' with a young bachelor. This apparently ended the marriage (along with debts she had incurred while he was gone).

1890 May - Philip and wife Annie "separate". There is no record of a divorce for them in Sheridan Clerk records. As of April 2005, I have not been able to locate a divorce. It should have been filed in Sheridan, but they do not have it.

1890 - According to Earl's sister Bessie (1976 narrative), their father took them to a vacated house near the Big Horn Mountains to live. At this place, their oldest brother Con (now 13) had the responsibility of caring for the other Walston children -- Bertha past 10, Bessie was 9, Guy was 5, and Earl was 4 years old. Claire, now 6 years old, was given at this time to the Blakes to be raised. Thus, Con 13, Bertha 12, Bessie 9, Guy 5, and Earl 4 lived in the house mostly alone while their father was off working. They were alone at this house during the winter months with just Con to watch them. I do not know how long they lived here.

By 1892, they lived in Sheridan where their father had gotten a job clearing out willow trees. In 1892, Earl was 6 years old.

Spring 1893 - Earl's mother's brothers Oliver and Benjamin Lloyd (his uncles) came by train to Sheridan, WY, for a "visit". They took Earl's sisters Bertha and Bessie back to Elm Creek, Nebraska, with them. Conrad, Guy, and Earl were left in Sheridan. It is not known if Philip Walston was in Sheridan at this time or if he had already left for Utah.

For 6 years, Con, Earl, and Guy did not see their sisters Bertha and Bessie. In 1899, their sisters came to join their father in Salubria, Idaho. He had sent trainfare so they could come to Idaho. However, a few years earlier, Con had taken off to be a cowboy in Wyoming, so not all of the Walston family was reunited in 1899. Con was off being a cowboy and Claire was still back living with the Blakes in Beckton, Sheridan Co., WY.

1893 - Per Philip Walston's Civil War pension application statement made on April 30, 1904, he said he lived in Sheridan until 1893 then left to live and work in Salt Lake City. He made no mention of taking his sons with him to Utah. Apparently, in 1893 he left Con in charge of Guy and Earl in Sheridan. According to Bessie's 1976 narrative, "Later, Con was required to bring team, wagon, and the two boys to Utah."

I do not know when Philip Walston sent for his 3 sons.

If this happened in 1894 or 1895, Con would be 17 or 18 years old, Guy 9 or 10 and Earl 8 or 9. Bessie said that Con took along a cowboy friend to help him. That was quite a trip by horse and wagon from Sheridan, Wyoming, to Salt Lake City or Park City, Utah, where Philip Walston lived.

1896-1898 - Philip Walston said he lived in Park City, Utah. It is likely that his three sons were with him by this time (hopefully).

1896 June 23 - Philip Walston, 53, a resident of Park City, Summit Co., UT, married "Miss" Adelia Edwards, 35, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The marriage was performed by C.E. Stanton, Justice of the Peace. Witnesses were Isaac M. Waddell and John Waddell. The bride was a resident of Sugar House Ward in Salt Lake City. This marriage did not last. Per Philip Walston, he moved to Idaho in 1898.

1898 - Philip Walston said in his Civil War application that he lived in Park City, Utah, from 1896-1898.

Late summer 1899 - Earl's sister Bessie, now 18, arrived by train in Weiser, Idaho, from Joy, Mercer Co., IL, where she had been living. Earl's sister Bertha came at some time by train from Elm Creek, Nebraska, where she had been living for 6 years with her uncle.

Nov 9, 1899 - Earl Walston was 13 years old. See photo in files taken when he was 13.

1900 census - Salubria Precinct, near Weiser, Washington Co., ID. His father was living in a rented house in Salubria; listed on the census as Philip "Walstein". There was no wife "Adelia" living with him. Listed as living with him in his household was: daughter Bessie, son Guy, and son Earl. Daughter Bertha was living in Weiser on the 1900 census in a household and listed as servant.

1900 July 1 - Earl's sister Bessie, 19, married Eph Day, the eldest son of B. B. Day, owner and propriotor of the Inland Hotel where their father worked as a carpenter. Earl was almost 14 years old. During the summer of 1900, Eph and Bessie ran the Inland Hotel.

About Oct 1900, Eph and Bessie Day took Earl, almost 14, with them to Warren, Idaho -- a once booming gold mining town. They lived there until the spring of 1901.

About Oct 1900, Con went to mining towns in Nevada. B.B. Day, his wife, and younger children left the Inland Hotel in Salulbria and bought a ranch on Hornet Creek, near Council, Idaho. They took Earl's sister Bertha with them. (See info on B. B. Day and his purchase of this ranch.)

Oct 1900 -- This left Earl's brother Guy, now 15, to live with his father Philip Walston. They went to Midvale, where Guy worked in a sawmill.

Spring 1901- Eph and Bessie Day, and Earl Walston left Warren, Idaho, and went to his parent's place on Hornet Creek, about 12 miiles from Council, Idaho. Based on Bessie's narrative, this is when Earl Walston came to Council. He was about 15-1/2 years old. I assume he then went to live with his father Philip Walston, who was living in Council at this time. I do not know what work he did, but I assume he went to work and did not go to school.

1906 - Earl Walston was 20 years old.

1910 May 17 - Earl Walston purchased 155.53 acres of land from the public land office in Boise. See certificate in my files. It was in the SE qrtr of the NE qrtr and the NE quarter of the SE qrtr of Sec 25 in Twp 17 north of rante 2west and lots two and three of Section 30.

c. 1911 married first wife Emma May.

1912 Nov 8 - daughter Salome Averetta Walston was born in Council, ID.

1919 June 3 - DIVORCE HEARING, marriage dissolved, Adams Co., ID. See divorce decree papers in file. Earl L. Walston, plaintiff, vs. Emma May Walston, defendant. Emma and her attorney failed to appear at the hearing. The judge granted Earl custody of their minor daughter Salome E. Walston, age 6 years.

1920 - would be 34 years old.

1922 July 25 - Earl Lloyd Walston married Bessie Ludwig in Payette Co., Idaho.

c. 1925... last heard from by Bertha Walston Rusow per her daughter Nora who thought her uncle Earl Walston was living in Portland, OR.

1926 May - Per the narrative written in 1976 by Elizabeth Walston Day, Earl's sister, she visited him in Portland, OR, for two days in May 1926. At that time, Bessie said, he was in the real estate business and owned a hotel. This may have been where Earl's wife Bessie died... in Portland.

1928 - Earl moved Hayden Lake, Idaho, per his obituary. c. 1928 married Winona Esther ______.

1930 census index - Kootenai Co., ID Earl Walston Winona E. Walston

married Dorothy Roberts

1. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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2. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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3. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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4. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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5. ↑ Walston GEDCOM.FTW.

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