Edgar Bross Walker

Edgar Bross Walker

CaliforniaProbable

Son of Daniel Green Walker · 1861–1941

Parents

Daniel Green Walker & Mary Jane Bross

Sources

2

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE Probable confirm or correct →: as the son of Daniel Green Walker and Mary Jane Bross. Evidence: his 1941 death certificate, read from the image, names both parents S809; the 1870 and 1880 census households put him with his mother under her second married name S1079S809. What is weak: one record names the father; the certificate’s informant was B. C. Walker of Lufkin, and its California birthplaces for both parents conflict with the Alabama of the census. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.

Evidence: His own 1941 Texas death certificate, read from the image, names his parents as Daniel Green Walker and Mary Jane Bross (S809); in 1870 Edgar, 10, born California, was in the Bossier Parish household where M. J. Dannel, 40, kept house (S1079), and in 1880 he was in Angelina County with his widowed mother Mary Dannels (S809). Weak or missing: Only the certificate names his father, and it gives California as both parents' birthplace where the census has Alabama; the census links rest on his mother's remarried surname. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Edgar Bross Walker was born on 26 April 1861 in California, a son of Daniel Green Walker and Mary Jane Bross, and probably a younger brother of William B. “Willie B.” Walker. On 25 July 1870 Edgar, 10, born California, was in the household of David Dannel at Ward 6, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, where his mother, entered as M. J., 40, kept house, with Tom and Wallice Walker S1079. In 1880 he was 18, in Angelina County, Texas, with his widowed mother Mary Dannels S809. He lived at Clawson and died in Precinct 3, Angelina County, on 2 March 1941, aged 79 S809.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents—

Son of Daniel Green Walker and Mary Jane Bross.

Marriage—

His wife and children are not in this record yet.

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History of this card. 26 Oct 2026

card added: he entered the family tree on 26 Oct as a Probable son of Daniel Green Walker and Mary Jane Bross (PA-1026F), from his 1941 certificate (S809), already read; before this he was cited only as evidence for his parents.

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Probable

Probably the brother of William B. “Willie B.” Walker; his certificate is part of the evidence for their parents, which stays Probable on their card.

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In the record Generation 5 — Kristin's 2nd-great-grandparents and their siblings

1. S809Texas death certificate: Edgar Bross Walker, died Precinct 3, Angelina County, 2 March 1941. Ancestry record 21818204, certificate 10777. Image examined, read 27 September 2026. Probable Edgar Bross Walker, of Clawson, born 26 April 1861, California, aged 79; father Daniel Green Walker, born “Cal.”, mother Mary Jane Bross, born “Cal.”; informant B. C. Walker of Lufkin. Willie B. Walker's probable brother; the certificate is the evidence for his own card (Probable) and for their parents. In 1880 Edgar, 18, was in Precinct 1, Angelina County, with his widowed mother “Mary Dannels”, 50, born Louisiana (census index read 27 September 2026), so the birthplaces disagree: California for both parents here, Alabama on Willie's certificate and census, Louisiana for Mary in 1880. Collection: Texas, U.S., Death Certificates.
2. S10791870 United States Federal Census — Ward 6, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, P.O. Cotton Valley, dwelling 359. Ancestry record 28289426. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 30 September 2026. Probable 25 July 1870: Dannel, David, 70, farmer, born Louisiana; M. J., 40, female, keeping house, born Alabama; Andrew, 24, farmer, born Mississippi; Walker, Tom, 20, born Mississippi; Wallice, 14, born California; Edgar, 10, born California. No relationships are stated. M. J.’s age and Alabama birth fit Mary J. Daniels, born June 1830 in Alabama, of 1900 [S808], and Edgar, 10, born California, fits Edgar Bross Walker, born there in 1861 [S809]. The index makes David her father; on the page he is far more likely her second husband.