When Palus Herman Walter was born on 17 November 1873, in Homewood, Scott, Mississippi, United States, his father, Otto Carl Moritz Wolter Sr., was 32 and his mother, Malinda Elizabeth Long, was 21. He married Lela Corene Stuart on 10 December 1899, in Scott, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Ward One, Richland, Louisiana, United States in 1940 and Warden, Richland, Louisiana, United States in 1950. He died on 13 May 1953, in Richland, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Delhi Masonic Cemetery, Delhi, Richland, Louisiana, United States.
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English (of Norman origin), German, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, and Danish: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements wald ‘rule’ + heri, hari ‘army’. This personal name was introduced into England both in the reign of Edward the Confessor and by the Normans (in the forms Walt(i)er, Waut(i)er). After the Norman Conquest it soon became one of the most popular personal names in Britain. Compare Walther .
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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