Brief Life History of Lester
When Lester Walt was born on 4 April 1898, in Vernon Township, Jennings, Indiana, United States, his father, Alfred Walt, was 39 and his mother, Deborah Jane Gallimore, was 36. He married Christine J Starling in 1933, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States in 1920. He died on 10 September 1964, in Vernon, Vernon Township, Jennings, Indiana, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Vernon Cemetery, Vernon Township, Jennings, Indiana, United States.
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- Lester Walt, "United States Census, 1920"
- Walt, "Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933"
- Lester Walt, "Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Waldt ‘forest’.
German: from a short form of the personal name Walther .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wald .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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