Walter Robert Remm (1857 - 1939)

Born 1 Jan 1857 in San Patricio County, Texas, United States

Died 11 Mar 1939 at age 82 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

Biography

Walter Remm is a part of US Black heritage.

Walter "Rimm" was interviewed in Fort Worth, Texas about 1937 about his life and his time as an enslaved person.

"I's born on Captain Hatch's plantation, 'cross de bay from Corpus Christi. He had somewhere near fifty slaves, and mammy told me he buyed her in Tennessee and pappy in South Carolina."

Interview: Walter Rimm was interviewed in Fort Worth, Texas as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Walter Rimm - Vol. 16, Part 3, Texas, pages 247-251, images 253-257 of 285.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJQ-57V : 30 December 2021), Walter Reme in household of John S. Givens, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLQ4-BRX : 1 March 2021), Remm, 17 Apr 1914; citing , , Texas, United States, certificate 14390, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,156,780.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHT2-83P : 3 February 2021), Walter Remm, 1920.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3MC-YYS : 20 February 2021), Walter Remm, 11 Mar 1939; citing certificate number 15443, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,118,014.