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Was on the board of directors of the Strong-Hacket Hardward company when it first was incorporated in St. Paul, MN. (from the St. Paul Globe, Dec 18, 1884)
Theodore G. Walther was vice president of the HACKETT, WALTHER, GATES HARD-
WARE CO. in St. Paul, MN.
Fire Commisioner in St. Paul 1898-1900
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1912 - Feb 14 - New Ulm Review, New Ulm, Minnesota, pg 2
KILLED AT LOS ANGELES St. Paul Merchant Falls While Stepping From Car. A dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal., gives news of the accidental death in that city of Theodore G. Walther, well known in St. Paul for forty years as a member of the wholesale firm of the Hackett-Walther-Gates Hardware company, from which he retired about a year ago. Mr. and Mrs. Walther were alighting from a street car when Mr. Walther's solicitude for his wife in assisting her from the street car probably cost him his life. He was standing on the step of the car when he lost his balance and fell to the asphalt street, striking his head on the pavement with such force as to fracture his skull.
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Theodore Walther (b. 1848, d. February 10, 1912)
Theodore Walther (son of Carl Jacob Walther and Louisa Meir) was born 1848 in Wi Microfilm M653 Roll 1432, and died February 10, 1912 in Los Angeles, Ca.He married Hattie Darling on October 04, 1871 in Sheboygen, Wisc..
Notes for Theodore Walther:
" Theodore G. Walther, a brother of Mrs. Minnie Imig, 1127 North Sixth Street and a former Sheboygan resident, died at Los Angeles, Cal., yesterday at 11 A.M. as the result of a street car accident. News of his death was conveyed in a dispatch to Mrs. Imig but no details were given."2/10/1912
More About Theodore Walther and Hattie Darling:
Marriage: October 04, 1871, Sheboygen, Wisc..
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696 Goodrich Avenue: T. G. Walther House; Built in 1895 (1898 according to Ramsey County property tax records;) Classical Revival in style; Sovio Conrad, architect. The structure is a two story, 3368 square foot, five bedroom, three bathroom, one half-bathroom, frame house, with a detached garage. This structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the historic Hill District. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Willard B. Darling (1822-1895,) who died of pneumonia, resided at this address in 1895. The 1902 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Walther and W. C. Walther resided at this address. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Harriet Frances Walther (1850-1903,) the wife of Theodore G. Walther, who was born in the United States to parents also born in the United States and who died of pneumonia, resided at this address in 1903. The 1918 city directory indicates that Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hauser resided at this address. Victor P. Hauser was a World War I veteran who resided at this address in 1919. Oakland Cemetery Association records indicate that Emma Hauser resided at this address in 1920. The 1930 city directory indicates that Charles J. Hauser, the president of Hauser & Sons Malting Company, a dealer in malting extracts, and his wife, Emma Hauser, resided at this address. The 1964 St. Paul Academy Alumni Directory indicates that Charles W. Hauser, a member of the Class of 1953, resided at this address. Hauser & Sons Malting Company owned several properties in Lake Elmo, Washington County, Minnesota, in 1926, 1938, and 1948. Victor P. Hauser (1894-1979) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Pfaender, and died in Ramsey County. Mrs. F. G. Walther was the daughter of Willard B. Darling. Emma Pfaender Hauser, the wife of Charles Hauser of the Hauser Malting Company, was the daughter of and one of the 15 children of William Pfaender and Catherine Pfau Pfaender. William Pfaender (1826-1905) was born in Heilbronn, Germany, the son of Jacob Pfaender, a cooper by trade and a Napoleonic war veteran, and Johanna Kuentzel Pfaender, emigrated to the United States, moved to New York in 1848, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, was employed by the Urban Safe Company at Cincinnati, then was a bookkeeper of the German Republican, a daily and weekly Whig paper, became interested in the colonization society and moved to Minnesota in 1856 as a representative of the German Land Association/North American Turnerbund, helped settle New Ulm, Minnesota, became the manager of the German Land Association, was a farmer, was postmaster in New Ulm, Minnesota, and the register of deeds for Brown County, Minnesota, was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing Brown County, Minnesota, (District 17) in 1859 and 1860, was a presidential elector for Minnesota in 1860, enlisted in the First Minnesota Light Artillery Battery in 1861, participated in the battle of Shiloh and the siege of Corinth, Mississippi, returned to Minnesota during the Dakota Uprising on detached service at St. Peter, Minnesota, and at Fort Ridgely, Minnesota, with the First Regiment Minnesota Mounted Rangers, then joined the Second Regiment Minnesota Cavalry, was mustered out in 1865, returned to farming, established a lumber yard at New Ulm, Minnesota, in 1870, was a member of the Minnesota State Senate representing County (Districts 19 and 37) from 1870 to 1873, was State Treasurer from 1876 to 1881, returned from St. Paul to New Ulm, Minnesota, in 1881 and engaged in the real estate and insurance business, was twice mayor of New Ulm, Minnesota, and served several times as member of the New Ulm, Minnesota, city council. Charles J. Hauser ( -1937) died in Ramsey County. Victor P. Hauser (1894-1979) was born in Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Pfaender, and died in Ramsey County. Harriet T. Walther (1851-1904) was born in the United States and died in Ramsey County. Emma F. Hauser (1869-1957) was born outside of Minnesota, had a mother with a maiden name of Mathis, and died in Ramsey County. The last sale of this property was in 1993 and the sale price was $240,000. The current owners of record of the property are Jane Anderson and Terri J. Henninga.
(note: If this is our Theodore G. Walther, then it seems he was married before he married Alice. )
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Children from his first marriage:
Grace Walther Davies b. 29 Sept 1872
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DAVIS, KELLOGG & SEVERANCE:
An Inventory of Its Law Firm Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
Location
Box
147.B.18.8F
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2927. Re estate of Theodore G. Walther, 1912-1913. 3 folders.
Correspondence and probate papers.
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According to probate records, Theodore and Alice were still legal residents of St. Paul, Minnesota at the time of Theodore’s death. He died without a will, and his daughter, Grace Walther Davies, and son, Willard C. Walther, were his heirs, as was Alice.
Theodore owned real estate in St. Paul, and Port Angeles, Washington, and had numerous investments in bonds, stocks, etc. The total appraisement of his estate was $56,786.41, a significant amount for that time. Alice petitioned, as the widow, to keep furniture valued at $500, and $500 cash, Theodore’s clothing and watch. According to the petition Theodore did not own their residence. The remainder of the estate was divided equally between Alice, Grace, and Willard, each getting 1/3.
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