Brief Life History of James Robert
When James Robert Waller Sr. was born on 9 November 1877, in Ben Franklin, Delta, Texas, United States, his father, R L Waller, was 39 and his mother, Emma Miller, was 29. He married Lillian McNutt on 18 November 1900, in Delta, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Delta, Texas, United States for about 60 years. He died on 15 January 1957, in Cooper, Delta, Texas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ben Franklin, Delta, Texas, United States.
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- J R Waller in household of R L Waller, "United States Census, 1900"
- J R Waller, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- James Robert Waller, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
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.
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: occupational name from Middle English waler, waliere, walour, waller ‘builder of walls, mason’.
English: in Sussex, perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent wall.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a spring, stream, or man-made well, from Middle English waller, a derivative of Middle English walle, Old English wælle, wælle. It is a West Midlands dialect form of Weller .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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