Julia (Jeffrey) Walker (1857 - 1946)

Born 1857 in Winona, Minnesota, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Cromwell — married 20 Sep 1875 in Winona, Minnesota, United States

Died 4 Sep 1946 at about age 89 in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Julia has Native American ancestors.

Julia Jeffrey was born in Minnesota in 1857, the daughter of Charles Jeffrey and Elizabeth Camm, who had married in 1851.

Heritage - Charles's father was Nehantic and his mother was Montauk. Elizabeth was of Native American descent from Connecticut; tribe is unknown. In the census records, Julie's race is listed as white, mulatto, and Indian.

She married Peter Cromwell, and they had a daughter named Drucilla.

Between 1885 and 1900, Julia married a man named Walker.

Census Records

In 1860 the Jeffrey family lived in Winona, Minnesota.^[1]

• Charles A Jeffery Age 32
• Elizbeth Jeffery Age 32
• Francis Jeffery Age 5
• Julia Jeffery Age 3
• Erastus Jeffery Age 6/12

In 1870, two Jeffrey families lived together in Winona, Minnesota.^[2]

• Charles A Jeffrey Age 42, born in CT, race: white. Occupation: Farmer
• Elisabeth Jeffrey Age 35
• Francis Jeffrey Age 15
• Julia Jeffrey Age 13
• Elisabeth Jeffrey Age 8
• Frederick A Jeffrey Age 25 (son of Richard, Charles's brother)
• Emma Jeffrey Age
• Eugene Jeffrey Age 2
• Frederick Jeffrey Age 3/12

IN 1880. Julia lived with her husband and their child in La Crosse, Wisconsin.^[3]

• Peter Cromwell (Husband, M, mulatto, 32, born NY) Barber
• Julie Cromwell (Wife, F, 22, mulatto, born MN, parents born KY) Keeps house
• Grizella Cromwell (Daughter, F, 1, mulatto born MN)

1885 - Winona, Winona, Minnesota^[4]

• Julia E Cromwell (F, 21, born WI, Race: multiple)
• Peter H Cromwell (M, 37, born NY, Race: multiple)
• Drusilla Cromwell (F, 6, born MN, Race: multiple)

On 4 June 1900, the Jeffrey family lived at 143 11th Street in Minneapolis Ward 4, Hennepin, Minnesota. Their race is listed as Indian.^[5]

• Charles Jeffrey Age 71, born in CT, parents born in NY
• Elizabeth Jeffrey Age 71, born in CT, parents born in CT
• Julia E Walker Age 43, born in MN, parents born in CT
• Drucilla Cromwell Age 21, born in MN, Father born NY, mother born MN, granddaughter of Charles and Elizabeth [daughter of Julia]
• Margery Jeffrey Age 10, born in MN, father born MN, mother born WI. Granddaughter of Charles and Elizabeth. [daughter of Frank]

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 105 Range 8, Winona, Minnesota; Page: 622
2. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Wiscoy, Winona, Minnesota; Roll: M593_719; Page: 508A
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN4T-DFF : Sun Mar 10 14:44:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Peter Cromwell and Julie Cromwell, 1880.
4. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1885", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQF9-P37 : Sun Mar 10 20:05:05 UTC 2024), Entry for Peter H Cromwell and Julia E Cromwell, 1885.
5. ↑ 1900 US Census, Minnestoa, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Ward 4. District 0036. Sheet Number: 3, Family Number: 62