Walter Clinton Hiatt

Brief Life History of Walter Clinton

When Walter Clinton Hiatt was born on 25 November 1877, in Belleville, Republic, Kansas, United States, his father, Joel Hiatt, was 36 and his mother, Barbary Ellen Whitlock, was 26. He married Olive Russell Pratt on 7 March 1927, in San Francisco, California, United States. He lived in Vallejo Judicial Township, Solano, California, United States in 1940 and Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1950. He died on 26 December 1957, in Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walter Clinton Hiatt
1877–1957
Olive Russell Pratt
1892–1944
Marriage: 7 March 1927

Sources (12)

  • Walter C Hiatt, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Walter Clinton Hiatt, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
  • Walter Clinton Hiatt, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

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  • Marriage

    • World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1881 · Kansas Prohibits Alcoholic Beverages

    Kansas became the first state to adopt a constitutional amendment which prohibited all alcoholic beverages on February 19, 1881.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    Name Meaning

    English (Warwickshire): variant of Hyatt .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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    Story Highlight

    Estate of the late Joel Hiatt

    Salinas Index Journal, Volume 31, Number 160, 8 October 1912

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