From KathyBones@hotmail.com, February 7, 2002
Joseph
Hey thanks
for answering us. This is great!!
We would
like copies . . . Pictures . . . Notes . . .dates. . . Of births, deaths,
weddings, children, burial places . . . Everything. LOL
My
grandfather, William Charles, did have 3 girls and two boys. They are
Myrtle, Martha, and Mary. Mary died in the homestead in Butte when she
was 5 years old. The boys are William Lawrence, my father, and
Jack. I didn’t know much about Jack. He ranched in southern
Colorado and we didn’t hear or see of him.
Here are
some of the facts we have so far. We look forward to hearing from you.
William
Charles “Walgenbach” Walden and Evaline May Jackson Walden.
William
Charless “Curly” and Eva line “May” met at Coal Creek Canyon . . . Canyon west
of Denver, while both working, Curly for Bill Blake and taking care of the
daughter of a rich family, in 1908 they got real close and got married April
20, 1909.
Evaline was
the daughter of Henry Jackson from CO and Mary Davis from Rotherham,
England. She came to the states in 1887 with her brother who was 7 and a
younger sister who was 3 at the time. Her father was a cabinet maker and
a carpenter, who worked on the capital building in Denver when all work was
done by hand.
They lived
in Denver till after Myrtle Evaline was born 05/16/1910 as their family
followed the shearing run throughout Wyoming and into Montana. They lived
near Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. Three more children were born:
1)
Florence Mary “Mary” 8/6/1913.
2)
Martha Mary “Martha” 7/13/1916.
The
following page is a letter from Joe Sullivan to Charlen and John. I did not
find a date on it.
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Page #2
It’s April
here!
Dear Wot’s
His Face and Charlen:
You just
don’t know how long this letter is in it’s being. So many times I have
started it and so many times the paper remained blank. But now it’s
Sunday and I’ll give it another shot. What with banging my knees on the
desk and finding the right posture to get this off and all.
Now that I
am getting into gear there is so very much to say. I pray that you have
time and can enjoy it as do I.
You note the
last time, Charlen, mentioned about your family and weddings and all.
What a truly busy it must be for you all. Now that we are ‘way up here
(Grover City) and not conversant or what have you about people down there,
weddings and christenings are things of the past. Like remembering you
there in the old Hall of Justice, Charlen, just a wee thing with your dark hair
and such a beautiful smile. Remind me again then about those times in
West Covina when I had Janice with me and she did all of the things that I
remember you doing then back in some other day, Charlen and with your
favorite person: Dad. I have so many remembrances, as do you, of him and
recall his being tortured there on the street in Duarte that I don’t recall now
when he did not have that long to live. He was groping for us and for air
as he laid there in that place of pain. Those days I remember and will
never forget. Your dad had so many times in his life when he had that
impact on us and me and he had that Walgo way of living. And I remember
the days of Nora as best he would allow me and how she treated or talked to the
family. Those days of San Gabriel and Duarte and all of the rest are here
to remember for all time. He was wonderful. You, Charlen and John,
recall it all and more vividly, I am sure. I felt when I started this
that it would come to this and I didn’t want it to. But shucks.
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