Individual 10: Walter Noble

Individual Record 10

Name} Noble, Walter

Family History} Olson

Title} Sr.

Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Cir 25 Sep 1831

Place} Jedburgh, Roxburg, Scotland

Marr.: Date} Fam 10 Feb 1860

Place} Avonbank Presbyterian (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 17 Sep 1901

Place} Ontario, San Bernardino, California

Burial: Date} Exa 19 Sep 1901

Place} Bellevue Memorial Park, Ontario, San Bernardino, California

Grave Marker} Yes

Source 1}	8 = Family notes
Source 2}	271 = Interview
Source 3}	72 = Bible
Source 4}	131 = Family notes
Source 5}	100 = Photographs
Source 6}	755 = Geog history
Source 7}	224 = 1841 SCT cen
Source 8}	846 = 1851 SCT cen
Source 9}	340 = Geog history
Source 10}	268 = Map/Atlas &
Source 11}	246 = Title abst &
Source 12}	905 = Marriage rec
Source 13}	237 = 1861 CAN cen
Source 14}	186 = 1861 CAN cen
Source 15}	1350=Business dir
Source 16}	268 = Map/Atlas &
Source 17}	244 = 1871 CAN cen
Source 18}	248 = 1881 CAN cen
Source 19}	899 = 1891 CAN cen
Source 20}	1469=Voter record
Source 21}	18 = 1900 USA cen
Source 22}	182 = Photograph
Source 23}	195 = Photograph
Source 24}	360 = Death rec &
Source 25}	69 = Cemetery rec

Parents: } James Noble & Janet Mitchell
Relationship No.} 12

1st Household No.} 70 = Bongate, Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland

Occupation 1} Farmer
Occupation 2} Farm hand/farmworker

Religion/Church} Presbyterian

Spouses: Prime} Detwiller, Agnes
Total Number of} 1

Notes: Walter Noble was born 25 Sep 1831 in Scotland. The 1841 Scotland census shows him living with his father and brothers and sisters in Bongate, Parish of Jedbourgh, Roxburgh County, Scotland. The Village of Bongate had 58 houses and 234 persons, and lay beside the River Jed.

According to the notations on a postcard picture (shown above), Walter worked at the Hilson Mill as a boy. In the 1851 Scotland census, Walter was living in Galashield, Selkirkshire, at the Fairnilee Farm House, working as a farm servant.

According to the records of a grandaughter, Jean Noble Higgins, Walter left Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1854. His older brother Andrew also immigrated to Canada.

Walter was listed as a member of the Motherwell Presbyterian Church in 1858. He was a witness at the wedding of Alexander Detwiller and Elizabeth Parker on 1 November 1859. He was living in Elma on the date of his marriage to Agnes Detwiller, 10 February 1890.

The 1871 Canada census listed Walter as living with his wife and five children in the Township of Logan, Perth County, Ontario (age 30). The Ontario Land records show him owning or leasing Lot 26 or 27, Concession 16, starting as early as 1857. He and his family were still living there in 1887 and 1891. He and his brother Andrew variously shifted the lots they owned or leased between 1872 and 1897. Census records always show him as a farmer.

Walter and his family immigrated to the United States in 1893, settling in Ontario, San Bernardino, California. He was registered to vote in 1898 in the California Great Registers. At age 61, he was described as 5'10", of fair complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair. He was a rancher (fruit) from Scotland, naturalization date 28 Jul 1888, San Bernardino Superior Court.

In the 1900 U.S. census, he was living in Ontario, San Bernardino, California, with his wife Agnes, and children Mary and Walter. Their residence was at the corner of E Street and Fern Avenue.

Walter passed away on 17 Sep 1901. His funeral notice notes that the funeral was from the family home on Thursday, 19 Sep 1901. He is buried in the Bellevue Memorial Park, Ontario, California.

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