Heinrich Carl Friedrich Walda (1837 - 1913)

Born 17 Apr 1837 in Quetzen, Minden, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany

Husband of Wilhelmina (Fahlsing) Walda — married 30 Oct 1859 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 18 May 1913 at age 76 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Heinrich was born in 1837. He was the son of Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Waldau (b. 1801) and Marie Sophie Elisabeth Widdelmann (b. abt 1805) of Prussia, Germany.

He emigrated to America, settling in Allen County, Indiana. He married there Wilhelmina "Minnie" Fahlsing in 1859.^[1][2][3] They had the following children, as recorded on FamilySearch:

1. Minnie Waldour b. 1861
2. Christina R. Hannah Walda 1866-1915
3. Gustave Walda 1870-1938
4. George Henry Walda 1872-1932
5. Theodore H. Walda 1875-1934
6. Ida Louise Walda 1879-1944

He was listed as a carpenter in 1860 and 1870. (Brothers Francke? and Charles may have been living nearby in 1860).

In 1880 he is recorded in Lima, Allen, Ohio, in the household of Robert Eastman, an attorney, with his family, working as a carpenter. (Children are Christina 12, Gustain 10, George 7, Theodore 5, Ida Louise 1, and all children but Ida were born in IN, Ida was OH).

In 1900 they are recorded back in Fort Wayne, IN, where he is working as a house carpenter, Minnie reports 8 children born and 6 living, and Ida is the only child at home, working as a dressmaker.

In 1910 Henry and Wilmina are recorded in the household of George and Ora Walda.

He passed away in 1913.

Sources

1. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM1-DZN1 : 18 October 2021), Henry Walda Or Waldau and Wilhelmina Fahlsing, 29 Oct 1859; citing Allen, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004165034.
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJ5-G6N : 19 October 2021), Henry Waldan and Wilhelmina Fahlsing, 29 Oct 1859; citing Allen, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004168617.
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF8T-W9N : 13 January 2020), Henry Walda or Waldan, 1859.

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• "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NZRH-C8J : 25 February 2020), Carl Friedrich Walda, 1837.
• "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH7Z-BWF : 25 March 2020), Carl Friedrich Walda, 1837.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4F8-DDT : 18 February 2021), Henry Waldo, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXZ-G7J : 18 September 2021), Henry Waldour, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ17-KX4 : 19 February 2021), Henry Walda, Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 225, sheet 508B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,990.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBH-Z51 : accessed 26 October 2021), Henry C Walda, Wayne Township, Precincts 23-24 Fort Wayne city Ward 5, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 16B, family 358, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,358.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKLY-LXX : accessed 26 October 2021), Henry Walda in household of George H Walda, Fort Wayne Ward 10, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 68, sheet 2A, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 339; FHL microfilm 1,374,352.
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