Richard married Valerie Grace ZIEGLER. [Group Sheet]

1. Delayna Nicole HALTER
2. Jason William HALTER
3. Eric Deuane HALTER

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• _UID: 933ACF40F3EAE9429792FEA7452CD7E2DC1B

William married Erma Jean MORRIS. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: Maxwell, New Mexico
• Residence: Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas; 3829 E. Bruce
• Social Security Number: 447-09-6839
• _UID: 9A9FC149A67C074BA5AC8A11E9C3407F0E92

Jim married Mabel M. SKEELS on 27 May 1913 in Chandler, Oklahoma. Mabel (daughter of Charles Wesley SKEELS and Nettie Bell KINSEY) was born on 19 Feb 1895 in Kendrick, Oklahoma; died on 3 Jul 1992 in Santa Barbara County, California; was buried about 6 Jul 1992 in Kendrick Cemetery, Kendrick, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet]

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• Physical Description: having black curly hair and freckles
• Name: Mame Skeels
• Social Security Number: 515-20-4814
• _UID: 1680CC92C1177D408538A6CCB591469ADEDA

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• Religion: Catholic
• _UID: CA0999459D5E994FABC8DFE7184889E79DEB
• Emigration: 1854, Alsace Lorraine, France
• Naturalization: 10 Apr 1862, Marshall County, Iowa
• Occupation: 1870, Independence Township, Jasper County, Iowa; Farmer
• Residence: 10 Aug 1870, Independence Township, Jasper County, Iowa
• Residence: 1882, Edenville, Iowa
• Residence: 1890; Kendrick, OK

Notes:

Religion:
Oral information from Jim Halter while visiting for Isabel Halter's funeral in June 1940.

Emigration:
Memoirs of Mabel Skeels: "There was a war in Europe and they all got so poor. Peter's brother had to pay 70 cents for a rat to cook to eat. There was no money and no food. So they put the boy and girl on a big boat and sent them to America. Those kids almost starved to death on the trip over here. Peter Halter, 11, and his sister, Sara, 12, came from France. When they landed in New York City, they had $1.00 between them. They had to eat lunch. They didn't know a soul, couldn't speak a word of English, poor people. They just stood there and didn't know what to do. The Rohrer family were some of Peter's relatives. Earlier French people. They came and rescued the two. Took them into their home. Then they went to Iowa to live."

Note: Mabel Skeel's memoirs state that he arrived with his sister "Sara" who was 12, 1 year older than Peter. Sara is not identified in any records found to date but the description may fit his sister Margaret.

Notes of Pat Rafferty: "The story of their trip and Margaret's life is recorded in the Blink Family records. They started on what proved to be a three month trip across the Atlantic. They sailed on a cattle boat and were required to furnish their own food. At one point of the crossing they remained stationary for six weeks because there was not wind to fill the sails. They landed at New Orleans and took a boat up the Mississippi River, going to Otawa, Illinois to the Retz family, as their mother was related to Mrs Edward Retz (Rosalie Roher Retz). One record said they landed in New York with only $1.00 between them and neither could speak English. Margaret worked as a servant girl for fifty cents a week in a home where she could have Peter with her."

Buried:
Oral information from Jim Halter while visiting for Isabel Halter's funeral in June 1940. Bethel Cemetery is located west and north of Kendrick, OK. Grandson Raymond is also buried at this cemetery. Pat Rafferty notes show the burial at Greenwood Cemetery, Kendrick, OK.

Peter married Isabella Bonella GALLOWAY on 31 Dec 1882 in Sigourney, Marshall, Iowa. Isabella (daughter of Archibald GALLOWAY and Isabella BONELLA) was born on 1 Dec 1844 in Southmiglo, Fife, Scotland; died in Jun 1940 in White Sulphur Springs, Montana. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 9106CE2DB1947D449ABAD07707B31F5C68CD
• Emigration: 1873, Scotland
• Residence: 1873, Sigourney, Marshall, Iowa

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Birth:
According to a record of marriage obtained in 1984, Isabella was "34 next" years old when married on 31 Dec 1882. If the reconstructed certificate of marriage is accurate, her birth date would have been about 1849.

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• Occupation: Topeka, Kansas; policeman
• Residence: Guthrie, Oklahoma
• Residence: Davenport, Oklahoma
• _UID: 3B64958F40F38D47977F5D4AF2D69E220FE0
• Occupation: 1905, Kendrick, Oklahoma; banker

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Residence:
They lived on an 80 acre farm.

Residence:
They lived 2 miles south of town in a 4 room log house with a large fireplace. They kept cows, chickens, pigs, and horses. He kept a store and ran a post office. Later, they sold the farm and moved to Davenport, OK

Charles married Nettie Bell KINSEY. [Group Sheet]