Walter Scott Varnum

1855 - 1936  (81 years)

• Name	Walter Scott Varnum
  Birth	8 Apr 1855	N Dorchester, ONT
  Gender	Male
  Census	1861	North Dorchester, Middlesex, Canada West
  	age 5, born Canada West, living with parents
  Census	23 Jun 1870	Speaker, Sanilac, MI
  	age 15, born CAN, living with parents
  Census	8 Jun 1880	Hillsdale, Hillsdale, MI
  	age 4, born CAN, Student, cousin to Edward & Nancy Jones, parents born CAN/CAN
  Census	25 Apr 1910	Seattle, King, WA
  	age 55, born CAN, imm in 1860, widowed, salesman, boarding, parents born CAN/CAN
  Census	6 Jan 1920	Oakland, Alameda, CA
  	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
  	(not first name given), age 75, born CAN, widowed, parents born CAN/CAN
  Death	3 May 1936	La Habra, Orange, CA
  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 d. 6 Jun 1915, Centerville, Turner, SD (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Harriet Ann Perkins,   b. 5 May 1827, Aylesford, Kings, NS d. 21 Jan 1899, Centerville, Turner, SD (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1854	Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT
  Family ID	F831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice “Allie” Case,   b. 1864, Illinois d. 24 Apr 1896, Mesa, AZ (Age 32 years)  [1]
  Marriage	10 May 1885	Waukeeney, KS
  Family ID	F832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2011

  
  

• Histories

  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

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