PROGENITORS

This branch of the Walterhouse family has presently been traced back to PHILIP BENJAMIN WALTERHOUSE who was born in 1813 in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

The earliest known Walterhouses were located in New Jersey in the late 1700s but at this time there is no proven connection to the line descending from Philip Benjamin Walterhouse. However, there are numerous Canadian families descending from ASA WALTERHOUSE who left New Jersey for Canada in 1788 with his wife and 4 children.

And there are American families descended from ELKANAH WALTERHOUSE, Asa's brother. Two other brothers, JOHN and NATHAN, JR also went to Canada but Nathan had no children and John's children are not known.


PHILIP BENJAMIN WALTERHOUSE

 

Husband

Philip "Buck" Benjamin Walterhouse

Biography

Born

Abt 1813

Fingal Elgin Ontario Can

Died

 Aft 1866

Possibly IN

Married

Bef 1836

Prob Elgin Ontario Can

Spouse #1

Mary Alice Morris 7 children

D bef 1848 

 

Wife #1

Mary Alice Morris (?Alice Marie Morse?)

 

Born  

 

 

Died

Abt 1848

Prob Ontario Can

Father

Unknown

 

Mother

Unknown

 

 

Child

Silas C (Frank) Walterhouse

 

Born

1836

Fingal Elgin Ontario Can

Died

1900

Cecil Paulding OH

Married

14 Jul 1861

Defiance Defiance OH

Spouse

Amelia J. Martin 4 children

1842-1915

 

Child

Margaret Matilda Walterhouse

 

Born

04 Jun 1837

Fingal Elgin Ontario Can

Died

08 May 1926

Liberal Seward KS

Married

04 March 1855

Hancock OH

Spouse

Isaac Spears Sanderlin 9 children

1833-1917

 

Child

William Lafayette Walterhouse

 

Born

1839

Final Elgin Ontario Can

Died

25 May 1919

Calgary Alberta Canada

Married

28 Feb 1867

Marshall Co. IN

Spouse # 1

Sophia Wilson

Div. Aug 1867

Spouse # 2

Catherine Kidwell

Abt. 1868-69

 

Child

Mary M. Walterhouse

 

Born

Abt 1841

Fingal Elgin Ontario Can

Died

Dec 1895

Starke Co. IN

Married

25 Aug 1860

Allen Co. IN

Spouse

Wheaton W. Woodworth 1 adop dau

1828-? 

 

Child

Eliza Catherine Walterhouse

 

Born

1842

Fingal Elgin Ontario Can

Died

31 May 1917

Ridgeway Welland Ont Ca

Married

29 Oct 1863

Bertie Welland Ont Can

Spouse

Elisha Teal at least 1 dau

1842-?

 

Child

Isreal Morris Walterhouse

 

Born

22 Sep 1844

Fingal Elgin Ontario Can

Died

20 Sep 1924

Harpster Wyandot OH

Married

14 Oct 1867

Hardin OH

Spouse #1

Lucinda Bunn 7 children

1850-1906

Spouse #2

Mary Baldwin m 17 Sep 1908 0 child

 

 

Child

Sarah E. Walterhouse

 

Born

1846

Fingal Elgin Ontario Can

Died

Unknown

 

Married

Yes

 

Spouse

? Norton at least 1 child

 

Sarah was given up for adoption after her mother died

 

 

Spouse #2

Rebecca Mapes

 

Born

Abt 1826

 

Died

Bef 1861

OH

Married

24 Sep 1848 4 children

Marion Co. OH

Father

Unknown

 

Mother

 

Unknown

 

 

Child

George Washington Walterhouse

 

Born

1850

Marion Co. OH

Died

Unknown

 

Married

Unknown

 

 

Child

Ellen Walterhouse

 

Born

1851

Hancock Co OH

Died

1946

OH

Married

12 May 1872

OH

Spouse #1

Nathan A. Philo 7 children

d 1921/22

Spouse #2

James Lewis 0 children

 

 

Child

Joseph L. Walterhouse

"Joe"

Born

23 Apr 1854

Hancock Co OH

Died

19 Aug 1904

Polk Twp Marshall IN

Married

07 Nov 1878

Whitley Co IN

Spouse

Lydia (:Liddie") Grace 5 children

1859-1905 

 

Child

Charles Walterhouse

 

Born

06 Aug 1857

Hancock Co OH

Died

Mar 1945

St. Joseph Buchanan MO

Married

29 Nov 1870

Whitley Co In

Spouse #1

Sarah ("Shonnie") Shodat

 

Spouse #2

Elizabeth Ellen Huffman 1 child

Stockton Rooks KS

 

Spouse #3

Laura Jane Mapes

 

Born

28 Jun 1844

Hancock OH

Died

Unknown

 

Married

28 Mar 1861 1 child

Henry Co OH

Father

Phineas Mapes

1806-1874

Mother

Sarah ("Sallie") Cubbage

1811-1874

 

Child

 Kittura or Catura Ann Walterhouse

 

Born

31 Mar 1862

Henry Co OH

Died

Unknown

 

Adopted by

Charles H and Mary Long 1863

 

 

Spouse # 4

Julia Ann (nee Blue) Thomas

 

Born

Feb 1835

OH

Died

08 Dec 1915

Bremen Marshall IN

Married

15 Jan 1866 1 child

Starke Co IN

Father

Michael Blue

 

Mother

Julia Blue

 

 

Child

John Wesley Walterhouse

Biography

Born

27 Aug 1867

Starke Co IN

Died

15 Dec 1927

Logansport Cass IN

Married

18 April 1886 15 children

Starke Co IN

Spouse

Rosa Lee Baldwin

1867-1948 Biography

 

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