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Walter Scott Varnum

Male 1855 - 1936  (81 years)


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  • Name Walter Scott Varnum 
    Birth 8 Apr 1855  N Dorchester, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1861  North Dorchester, Middlesex, Canada West Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 5, born Canada West, living with parents 
    Census 23 Jun 1870  Speaker, Sanilac, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 15, born CAN, living with parents 
    Census 8 Jun 1880  Hillsdale, Hillsdale, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 4, born CAN, Student, cousin to Edward & Nancy Jones, parents born CAN/CAN 
    Census 25 Apr 1910  Seattle, King, WA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 55, born CAN, imm in 1860, widowed, salesman, boarding, parents born CAN/CAN 
    Census 6 Jan 1920  Oakland, Alameda, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 64, born CAN, widowed, imm in 1868, nat in 1876, parents born CAN/CAN, living with brother 
    Census 22 Apr 1930  Brea, Orange, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    (not first name given), age 75, born CAN, widowed, parents born CAN/CAN  
    Death 3 May 1936  La Habra, Orange, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2759  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2013 

    Father Richard Martin Varnum,   b. 26 Aug 1825, Sutton, Brome, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1915, Centerville, Turner, SD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Harriet Ann Perkins,   b. 5 May 1827, Aylesford, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1899, Centerville, Turner, SD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 1 May 1854  Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F831  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice “Allie” Case,   b. 1864, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1896, Mesa, AZ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [1
    Marriage 10 May 1885  Waukeeney, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F832  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2011 

  • Histories
    Excerpts from Ward-Munger, Varnum-Martin Genealogy
    Excerpts from Ward-Munger, Varnum-Martin Genealogy

  • Notes 
    • From LeMars Sentinel, February 25, 1930

      HOLD DIAMOND DAY GATHERING, FRIENDS WILL HONOR STUDENT AND SCHOLAR REARED ON PLYMOUTH PRAIRIES

      Many early residents of Plymouth County remember the Varnum family which settled in Fredonia Township away back in the seventies, and were contemporanous with the Reeves family, the Knowltons, the Winslows, Webb Freeman and Case, and others. The Varnums had a family of six boys who were brought up and reared in Fredonia township. Walter Scott Varnum was the eldest of these boys and is now living in California. His friends and college mates are planning to celebrate a diamond jubilee for him in April on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday. Walter S. Varnum graduated from Hillsdale College, Michigan, in 1880, with a degree of bachelor of arts and pursued the profession of teaching in various institutions in Kansas, Arizona and California. Following the death of his wife, Alice Case, an early Fredonia township resident, he traveled extensively over the Pacific Coast. Mr. Varnum was admitted to the bar while living in Kansas. He spends his time in the country in southern California with his typewriter, books and magazine, and is largely interested in methods for improving the education of children. The celebration which is planned in his honor will be held in the home of his brother, George Varnum, who is a practicing attorney in Anaheim, California. Another brother, James Varnum, lives at Centerville, S.D. Henry Newell, of this city, is a cousin of the Varnum family. The mother of W.S. Varnum and one his brothers are buried in the LeMars cemetery.


  • Sources 
    1. [S158] Ward, Duren James Henderson, Ward-Munger, Varnum-Martin genealogy, (Denver, Colo.: Up the Divide Pub. Co., 1926).