Mary Jane Bross

Mary Jane Bross

AlabamaProbable

Kristin's 3rd great-grandmother · 1830 – after 1900

Born

June 1830, Alabama

Parents

John Bross

Married

Daniel Green Walker (1850)

Children

William Bernard "Willie B." Walker

Sources

5

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE as the mother of William Bernard “Willie B.” Walker Probable confirm or correct →. Evidence: his death certificate names his mother as Mary J. Brass (or Bross) S787; in 1900 Mary J. Daniels, “Mother”, born June 1830 in Alabama, a widow and the mother of three children, was in his Jackson County household S808; and her son Edgar's 1941 certificate names Mary Jane Bross S809. What is weak: the widow-informed certificate, the remarried surname, and birthplaces that disagree.

Evidence: Her son Willie B. Walker's death certificate names his mother as Mary J. Brass (or Bross) (S787); in 1900 Mary J. Daniels, "Mother", born June 1830 in Alabama, a widow, was in his Jackson County household (S808); her son Edgar's 1941 certificate names Mary Jane Bross (S809). Weak or missing: The certificate was filled in by his widow, she appears under a later married surname, and the records disagree on her birthplace. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Mary Jane Bross was born in June 1830, in Alabama by the 1900 census S808; the 1860 census gives Mississippi and the 1880 census Louisiana. In 1850 she was Mary, 19, with Daniel Walker, 35, and two small sons, in the Noxubee County, Mississippi, household of John Bross, 49, the postmaster, born in South Carolina, and Matilda Bross, 43 S845. A Mississippi marriage index has Daniel Walker marrying Mary Bross S846. John Bross is probably her father, but the census states no relationships, and her mother is not identified. Her later life, in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, in 1860, Bossier Parish in 1870 and Angelina County, Texas, in 1880, is set out on the card she shares with Daniel. By 1900 she was a widow, Mary J. Daniels, 69, the mother of three children, living as “Mother” in the Jackson County, Texas, household of Willie B. Walker S808. His death certificate of 1914 names his mother as Mary J. Brass or Bross S787, and her son Edgar’s of 1941 names Mary Jane Bross S809. These links are Probable: Willie’s certificate was informed by his widow, the 1900 link rests on her remarried surname, and the birthplaces disagree. Her death, after 1900, has not been found.

Birth1830

Born June 1830, Alabama, by the 1900 census S808; the 1860 census gives Mississippi and the 1880 census Louisiana.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Marriage1850

Wife of Daniel Green Walker: a Mississippi marriage index has Daniel Walker marrying Mary Bross S846, and in 1850 Daniel, 35, and Mary, 19, with two small sons, lived in John Bross's household in Noxubee County, Mississippi S845. Her later life (Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, in 1860; David Dannel's household in Bossier Parish in 1870; a widow named Mary Dannels in Angelina County, Texas, in 1880) is set out on the Daniel Green Walker & Mary Jane Bross card, with its sources.

Parents1850

Her father: probably John Bross Probable confirm or correct →, 49, born South Carolina, the Noxubee County postmaster whose household she and Daniel shared in 1850 with Matilda Bross, 43 S845. What is weak: the census states no relationships. Her mother is not identified.

Parents2026

History of this card. 24 Oct 2026

card added so that she can carry her own parent link to John Bross (the couple card she shares with Daniel Green Walker holds his parents); every fact here was already on that couple card, with the same sources and grades (GRAPH-GAPS-20261024 follow-up).

Children1857

Mother of William Bernard "Willie B." Walker, born 1857 S787.

Documents and record images for the Bross family →

In the record Generation 6 — Kristin's 3rd-great-grandparents

1. S787Texas death certificate 12730: Willie Bernard Walker, died Lolita, Jackson County, 27 June 1914. Ancestry record 21516133. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed Willie Bernard Walker, farmer, born 11 April 1857 at Columbia, California (his age, 57 years 2 months 16 days, agrees), died 27 June 1914 of pellagra, asthma contributing; buried in Lolita Cemetery on 28 June. Parents given as Daniel Walker and Mary J. Brass (or Bross), born Alabama. Informant: Mrs. W. B. Walker. The Texas death index agrees: “Walker, Willie Bernard”, Jackson County, 27 June 1914, certificate 12730 (Ancestry record 6333149, read 27 September 2026); it has no birthplace column. Corrects the tree's 10 April 1858. It is the first record to name his parents; that he is Daniel Jonah Walker's father is still probable (S406). Collection: Texas, U.S., Death Certificates.
2. S8081900 U.S. census — Justice Precinct 2, Jackson County, Texas, sheet 16, dwelling 296: Willie B. Walker household. Ancestry record 43657783. Image examined, read 27 September 2026 (ED 59, sheets 16A–16B, lines 47–53). Probable Willie B. Walker, head, born April 1858, 42, born California, both parents born Alabama; a farmer owning a mortgaged farm; Nancy J., wife, 35, born Alabama; Neomi, 13; Robert, 12; Jackson J., 10, born March 1890; Ruth E., 2; and, on line 53, Mary J. Daniels, “Mother”, born June 1830, 69, widowed, mother of three children, born Alabama, her parents born South Carolina. Mary J. Daniels is taken as Mary Jane (Bross) Walker, remarried after Daniel Green Walker died: the 1880 “Mary Dannels” of Angelina County, with her son Edgar (S809). Her Alabama birth matches the birthplace given for Willie's mother, not Nancy J.'s (whose mother was born in South Carolina). Jackson J.'s birth month and year, from the index, are Daniel Jonah Walker's (10 March 1890), but the given name does not match. Collection: 1900 United States Federal Census.
3. 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, cited only as evidence for their parents; he is not given a card. 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.
4. S8451850 U.S. census — Noxubee County, Mississippi, dwelling and family 22: John Bross household, enumerated 28 August 1850. Ancestry collection 8054, record 3503912 (image 4200050_00008). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Probable John Bross, 49, post master, $800, born South Carolina; Matilda, 43, born South Carolina; John W., 23; Lavenia, 16, born Alabama; Daniel Walker, 35, born South Carolina; Mary Walker, 19, born Alabama; John Walker, 2½, and an infant Walker, one month, born Mississippi. The 1850 census states no relationships. FamilySearch 1:1:M4L6-1S3 indexes the same page. Collection: 1850 United States Federal Census.
5. S846Mississippi marriage index — Daniel Walker and Mary Bross. FamilySearch record V284-H4N (Mississippi Marriages, 1800–1911). Index entry only — no image was examined, read 28 September 2026. Probable Daniel Walker married Mary Bross. Names no parents. Index only; the date and county were not captured here.