Walter Emmett RUSSELL

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Notes:

Last residence was 3129 Floyd Avenue, Richmond, VA

CENSUS RECORDS

Note: For some reason he was not enumerated with his family in the 1870 census, nor is he with any other relatives.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Walter E. Russell
Age: 12
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: At Home
Household Members:
Martha A. Walden 53
Frank P. Lockwood 35 [cousin]
Geo. M. Russell 14
Walter E. Russell 12
Note: There was a close association between the Walden and Russell families as Martha was Warren Russell's sister-in-law who had no children of her own. His son Joseph Clement Russell died at the Walden home and another of his son's was named William Walden Russell.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Walter Russel
Age: 33
Birth Date: Aug 1867
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Monroe Ward, Richmond City, Virginia
[Henrico] [311 East Main Street]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1895
Years Married: 5
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts [Maine]
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Clerk, railroad
Household Members:
Walter Russel 33
Bettie 47
Ida Russell 24 [stepdaughter]
Note: Ida was born Nov. 1876, and Walter was too young to be her her father.]

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Walter E Russell
Age in 1910: 49
Birth Year: 1861
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Monroe Ward 2, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia [309 East Main Street]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Margaret E Russell
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Cashier, furniture store
Household Members:
Walter E Russell 49
Margaret E Russell 49
Eugene E Peters 37 [step son-in-law]
Ida G Peters 30 [step daughter]
Merton Hamlin 35 [boarder]

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Walter E Russell
Age: 52
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Clay Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia [3129 Floyd Ave.]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lula B Russell
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Home Owned: Own
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Occupation: Department of Revenue, US Government
Household Members:
Walter E Russell 52
Lula B Russell 47

Note: Living next door is Lula's sister Mary Ann Via Burns, who is widowed.

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Walter E Russell
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Richmond (Independent City), Virginia [3129 Floyd Ave.]
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Lula B Russell
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Chief clerk, city office of liens
Household Members:
Walter E Russell 62
Lula B Russell 57

CITY DIRECTORIES

1893 Richmond City Directory, p. 584.
Walter E. Russell, clerk Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Petersburg Railroad. boards: 103 1/2 West Clay

1895 Richmond City Directory, p. 636.
Walter E. Russell, clerk Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Petersburg Railroad. home: 315 West Main

City Directories, 1821-1989
Publication Title: Richmond, Virginia, City Directory, 1930
Name: Walter E Russell
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1930
Residence Place: Richmond, Virginia
Occupation: Chief Clerk, Richmond City Bureau of Liens
Spouse: Lula B Russell


Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=russell&GSiman=1&GSsr=41&GScid=50668&GRid=93516744&

Interment Section 9, Lot 55

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Walter Emmett Russell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 68
Birth Date: 8 Aug 1867
Birthplace: Petersburg, VA
Death Date: 10 Dec 1935
Cause of Death: hyostatic pneumonia
Death Place: Richmond, Virginia
Registration Date: 11 Dec 1935
Father: Warren Russell
Mother: Susan Vincent
Spouse: Lula Via
Occupation: Tax clerk
Certificate Number: 1935027852

Walter married Margaret Elizabeth (Bettie) Dickson 1895. Margaret was born 03 Sep 1852, Callaghan, Allegheny Co. VA; died 09 Aug 1914, Richmond, Henrico Co. VA; was buried , Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond VA. [Group Sheet]

Walter married Lula B. Via. Lula (daughter of James Via and Lucy Ann Chamberlayne) was born 02 Jan 1868, Fluvanna Co. VA; died 20 Nov 1950, Chesterfield Co. VA; was buried 22 Nov 1950, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA. [Group Sheet]