Walter Winn Durham

1855 - 1929  (73 years)

• Name	Walter Winn Durham  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	20 Dec 1855	Texas, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Mar 1929	Austin, Travis, Texas, USA   [1, 3]
  Buried	Austin, Travis, Texas, USA   [2, 6]
  	Oakwood Cemetery, Section 1
  Person ID	I7645	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	George John Durham,   b. 12 May 1820, Norwich, Norfolk, England ,   d. 10 Apr 1869  (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Cassandra Lincecum,   b. Between 1832 and 1836, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 8 Apr 1877  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	23 Dec 1852	Washington, Texas, USA   [7, 8]
  Notes	- The couple might have met through Cassandra's father. Following from Lois Burkhalter's 1965 biography of Gideon Lincecum (1793-1874): Cassandra, the third daughter, was married to George J. Durham, an Englishman of Austin, Texas?This marriage pleased Gideon. He and Durham had been drawn together through mutual interest in ornithology and grape culture and were friends before Durham met Cassandra.
  Family ID	F2673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Augusta Packenius,   b. 13 Oct 1868, Germany ,   d. 31 Jan 1947  (Age 78 years)
  Married	12 Oct 1889	Travis, Texas, USA   [9]
  Children	1. George J. Durham, Sr.,   b. 15 Dec 1890, St. Elmo, Travis, Texas, USA ,   d. 10 Jan 1974, New Braunfels, Comal, Texas, USA  (Age 83 years)  [natural]   2. Walter Arthur Durham,   b. 28 Jul 1898, Texas, USA ,   d. Aft 1929  (Age > 32 years)  [natural]   3. Marie Cassandra Durham,   b. 27 Feb 1908, Texas, USA ,   d. 9 Mar 1981, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA  (Age 73 years)  [natural]   4. Mary Lee Durham,   b. 31 Dec 1894, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA ,   d. 1 Jun 1961, El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA  (Age 66 years)  [natural]   5. Jennie Durham,   b. Abt Jul 1890, Texas, USA  [natural]   6. M. Louise Durham,   b. Abt Mar 1893, Texas, USA  [natural]   7. Charles West Durham,   b. 27 Mar 1900, Texas, USA ,   d. 27 Feb 1907  (Age 6 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F2672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Dec 1855 - Texas, USA Married - 12 Oct 1889 - Travis, Texas, USA Died - 7 Mar 1929 - Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Buried - - Austin, Travis, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  - Weekly Democractic Statesman (Austin, Texas) Thursday, 29 August 1878 - pg. 4 [via GenealogyBank] GUARDIAN'S SALE. The State of Texas to all persons interested in the guardianship of SIDNEY and MARY L. DURHAM, minors: Walter W. Durham, guardian of said minors, has filed his application in the County Court of Travis county praying for a sale of certain real estate belonging to them for their education and maintenance, which will be heard at the next term of said court, to be held at the court house thereof, in Austin, on the Third Monday in September, 1878, when and where all persons interested may appear and make objections thereto... - For the 1880 Austin, Travis County, Texas Federal census, it appears Walter and brother Sid were living in the "family home" on Pecan Street. Their sister "Lela" was boarding a few doors down in the Ben J. Smith household. Both Ben and wife Eliza were school teachers. Twelve-year-old Lela's occupation was "at school." - From Gideon Lincecum, 1793-1874 by Lois Wood Burkhalter (1965): [Pg. 84] "George and Cassandra's son, Walter W. Durham, became a prominent Austin cotton buyer and named one of his sons for his father." - Per his 1929 death certificate, the cause of Walter's death was "Chronic Endocarditis, Hypertension & Nephritis." - According to Walter's obit in Austin American Statesman, 10 Mar 1929, he was a "pioneer cotton man". Services were held at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S821] Burkhalter, Lois Wood, Gideon Lincecum, 1793 - 1874, Pgs 68 - 78. [S900] Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, Travis County, Texas), Grave Markers, Image of tombstone by Robert Sage (2013) via FindAGrave memorial #63909460 -- Walter W. Durham. [S516] Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, Digital image of death certificate for Walter Winn Durham, d. 7 March 1929 at Austin, Travis County. [S1197] 1900 Census of United States, Texas, Travis, Justice Precint No. 6, Austin City, population Schedule; Online Images, E. D. No. 103, sheet no. 2A, dwelling & family 30, W. W. Durham household, accessed April 2018. Includes wife Augusta; daughters Jennie, Louise, and Mary E.; and sons George, Walter A., and Charles [S1198] 1880 Census of United States, Texas, Travis, Austin, population Schedule; Online Images, E. D. No. 130, page no. 15, dwelling 134, family 147, Walter Durham household, accessed April 2018. Includes brother Sid J. [S139] Austin American Statesman; 10 Mar 1929. [S821] Burkhalter, Lois Wood, Gideon Lincecum, 1793 - 1874. [S1194] Texas State Gazette, Austin, Texas (online archive), "Married," issued 8 January 1853, accessed 5 April 2018, names of interest: George J. Durham, Esq. and Miss Cassandria Lincecum. [S680] Texas County Marriage Index, 1837-1977, Entry for W. W. Durham, m. Auguste Packenius 12 October 1889 at Travis County.