Born in Livingston, Park, Montana, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Ray Leslie Walter
and Zetta Belle (Schumann) Walter
Brother of
Ethel Marcella (Walter) Fairbanks [half], Bernard Nelson Walter [half], Norton Willis Smith [half], Nora Clara (Smith) Jacobs [half], Norman Charles Smith [half], Robert Ray Walter [half], Jeannette Adelaide Smith [half], Helen Mae (Walter) Muhlhauser [half], Margaret Emma (Walter) Bassett [half] and Howard Dale (Smith) Walter
Husband of
[private wife (1930s - unknown)]
Husband of
Alice Mae (Stewart) Blocker
— married
30 Dec 1950 (to 17 Apr 1955) in Livingston, Park, Montana, United States
Husband of
[private wife (1930s - unknown)]
Husband of
Irene J. Sherron
— married
12 Oct 1957 (to May 1973) in San Francisco, California, United States
Husband of
[private wife (1940s - unknown)]
Husband of
[private wife (1950s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 73
in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Mar 2022
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Biography
Leslie was born in 1930. He was the son of Ray Walter and Zetta Schumann. He passed away in 2004. Mother married to Fred Smith at his birth. Adopted by Ray Walter in 1944 but DNA later showed Ray Walter as biological father.
Sources
- Personal knowledge
- "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBQ4-48V : Sat Mar 09 13:52:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Ray L Walter and Robert Walter, 1940.
- "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3WQ-BXL : Sun Mar 10 18:01:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Leslie Gordon Walter and Ray Walter, 1950.
- "Montana, Yellowstone County Records, 1881-2011", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1B-M3W9 : Sun Mar 10 04:02:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Jim G Walter and Ray Walter, 16 July 1955.
- "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL41-2V9F : Sun Mar 10 14:15:27 UTC 2024), Entry for James G Smith and Irene J Sherron, 12 Oct 1957.
- "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPR7-D6M : 27 November 2014), Irene J Sherron and James G Smith, May 1973; from "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Butte, California, Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
- "Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNR-N3QS : Sat Mar 09 11:10:01 UTC 2024), Entry for James Gordon Walter and Ray Walter, 06 Jan 2004.
- "Montana Death Index, 1860-2007," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHCG-XH8 : 9 December 2014), James Walter, 06 Jan 2004; from "Montana Death Index, 1868-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2009); citing State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics, Helena.
- "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3NZ-BZ3 : 11 January 2021), James G Walter, 06 Jan 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KWK-3FXN : 10 February 2023), James Gordon Smith, .
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154896791/leslie_gordon-walter: accessed April 12, 2024), memorial page for Leslie Gordon “Jim” Walter (16 Aug 1930–6 Jan 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 154896791; Cremated, Other; Maintained by Sheila Finco (contributor 47487425).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jim by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jim:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jim by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jim:
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~12.50%
50.00%
Sheila (Smith) Finco 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BW5782981 [compare], Ancestry member Finco
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch GL5323471 [compare]
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~0.78%
Kim (Wyse) Egnatoff :
23andMe, GEDmatch M084307 [compare]
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Sheila (Smith) Finco
Original birth certificate lists Fred Smith as father and in the 1940s adopted by Ray Walter. DNA testing shows father to be Ray Walter.
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