Walter LeRoy Hinshaw

┌── Silas G. Hinshaw │ 1843-1922 ┌── John Z. M. Hinshaw ───┤ │ 1869-1943 │ │ └── Rebecca A. Breckenridge │ 1842-1910 Walter LeRoy Hinshaw ───┤ B: 1898 │ ┌── Francis M. Livingston D: 1965 │ │ └── May Bell Livingston ──┤ 1879-1940 │ └── Sarah Ann "Sally" Page M: Magdelene Houberg ├── Helen L. Hinshaw (1920-2006) ^1,2,3 ├── Dorothy Irene Hinshaw (1921-1980) ¹ ├── Violet Hinshaw (c1924-c1981) ¹ ├── Robert Lawrence Hinshaw (1926-1995) ^1,2 ├── William Albert Hinshaw (1931-1996) ^2,4 └── Walter Leroy Hinshaw (1936-1975) ^2,5,6

On Sep 12 1918 Walter LeRoy Hinshaw, age 20, registered for the World War I draft in Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois. He declared he was born March 14 1898, and was then residing in Pontiac where he was a self-employed farmer. He declared his nearest relative was John Hinshaw of Pontiac. He was recorded as tall, slender, blue eyes, brown hair.¹⁰

He married Magdelene Houberg, about 1918.^1,5 Magdelene, daughter of Ole Lauridsen Houburg & Grace Flemming, was born Mar - 1897, Illinois.^1,9,11,12

Magdelene had apparently been briefly previously married to an -- Erschion, by whom she had a daughter Catherine/Katherine Erschion.^1,6,9

Walter and family were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 19 1920), Owego Township, Livingston County, Illinois:⁹

Walter and family were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 24 1930), Odell Township, Livingston County, Illinois:¹

Walter and family were shown in the 1940 census (Apr 24 1940), Sunbury Township, Livingston County, Illinois:²

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