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Title
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Finding Aid for the Walker/McCann Family Diaries
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Type
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Date
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1871-1925
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Description
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This collection consists of diaries written by members of the Joel M. Walker and Charles R. McCann families. These diaries describe the lives of farmers and their families. In addition to recording family life, these diaries also recorded historical events happening around Iowa and the United States. All diaries were written in Cedar and Muscatine counties in Iowa.
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Language
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English
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Place
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Cedar County (Iowa)
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Muscatine County (Iowa)
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Extent
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1 box
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Identifier
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MGC1064
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Walker/McCann Family diaries
Collection Summary
Title
Walker/McCann Family diaries
Date
1871, 1885, 1892-1893, 1895-1899, 1901, 1903-1904, 1914, 1917-1919, 1923, 1925
Extent
1 box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1064-WMFD
Processed by: Nicole Schlagel, 2015; finding aid created by Nicole Schlagel, 2016
Names of Creators
McCann, Charles Richard
McCann, Loretta M. Walker
Walker, Glen
Walker, Inez Clare
Walker, Joel Morris
Walker, Maria Patience Gifford
Walker, Marzella Marie
Walker, Vera
Walker, Wilma
Biographical Histories
Joel Morris Walker was born May 27, 1850 in Belmont County, Ohio. His family migrated to Cedar
County, Iowa in 1854. He married Maria Patience Gifford on September 8, 1875 in Cedar County, Iowa.
They had 6 children; Inez Clare, Loretta M., Vera, Glen, Marzella, and Wilma. Joel was a farmer and
continued to expand his farm land throughout his life. Joel died on December 19, 1926 and Maria died
on November 5, 1917. Both were buried in West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa.
Inez Clare Walker was born July 9, 1881 in Cedar County, Iowa. She married William R. Branson on
December 23, 1903. She died in January 1937 and was buried in Springdale, Cedar County, Iowa. Vera
Aileen and Glen Clifford Walker were both born September 7, 1885 in Cedar County, Iowa. She married
Robert G. Pinney and Glen married Alma C. Pinney on September 24, 1907 in Cedar County, Iowa. Vera
died on December 30, 1948 and Glen died on February 28, 1963. Both are buried in West Liberty,
Muscatine County, Iowa. Marzella Walker was born in January 1899 in Cedar County, Iowa. She married
Fred Ridenour on November 30, 1909. Marzella died on January 6, 1971 and was buried in West Liberty,
Muscatine County, Iowa. Wilma Walker was born in 1894 in Cedar County, Iowa. She married Benton
Rees Anderson on May 27, 1917 in West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa.
Loretta M. Walker McCann, daughter of Joel and Maria Walker, was born on May 3, 1883 in Cedar
County, Iowa. She married Charles Richard McCann on January 15, 1907 in Cedar County, Iowa. Loretta
and Charles had three children; Duane, Charles, and Loretta. Loretta died on January 28, 1973 and was
buried in West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa.
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Charles Richard McCann, son of John and Helen McCann, was born on January 15, 1880 in Iowa. He
married Loretta Walker on January 15, 1907 in Cedar County, Iowa. Charles and Loretta had three
children; Duane, Charles, and Loretta. Charles farmed land in Muscatine County, Iowa. He died on
August 1, 1954 and was buried in West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of diaries written by members of the Joel M. Walker and Charles R. McCann
families. These diaries describe the lives of farmers and their families. In addition to recording family life,
these diaries also recorded historical events happening around Iowa and the United States. All diaries
were written in Cedar and Muscatine counties in Iowa.
Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 4 series.
Series 1, Walker Diaries
Folder 1, Diary written by Joel Walker, 1885
Folder 2, Diary written by Joel Walker, 1892
Folder 3, Diary written by Joel Walker, 1893
Folder 4, Diary written by Walker Family, 1895
Folder 5, Diary written by Walker Family, 1896
Folder 6, Diary written by Walker Family, 1897
Folder 7, Diary written by Walker Family, 1898
Folder 8, Diary written by Maria Walker, 1899
Folder 9, Diary written by Walker Family, 1901
Folder 10, Diary written by Maria Walker, 1903
Folder 11, Diary written by Maria Walker, 1904
Series 2, McCann Diaries
Folder 1, Diary written by Charles R. McCann, 1914
Folder 2, Diary written by Charles R. McCann, 1917
Folder 3, Diary written by Charles R. McCann, 1918
Folder 4, Diary written by Loretta McCann, 1919
Folder 5, Diary written by Loretta McCann, 1923
Folder 6, Diary written by Loretta McCann, 1925
Series 3, Other diary
Folder 1, Diary with unknown author, 1871
Series 4, Miscellaneous information
Folder 1, Notes on Walker/McCann diaries
Folder 2, Genealogy information on Walker family
Folder 3, Genealogy information on McCann family
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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed within file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by B. J. Alderman.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical histories:
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2004.
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2002.
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2014.
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc, 2014.
Aurner, C. Ray. A Topical History of Cedar County Iowa, Volume II. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co,
1910.
FindAGrave.com. “Charles Richard “Charley” McCann”. Accessed February 28, 2016.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22000710
FindAGrave.com. “Glen Clifford Walker”. Accessed February 26, 2016. http://www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=pinney&GSfn=vera&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=229003
79&df=all&
FindAGrave.com. “Inez Clare Walker Branson”. Accessed February 26, 2016. http://www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Branson&GSfn=Inez&GSmn=c&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=80544720&df=all&
FindAGrave.com. “Joel M. Walker”. Accessed February 26, 2016. http://www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=walker&GSfn=joel+&GSmn=m&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GR
id=23088367&df=all&
FindAGrave.com. “Loretta Merie Walker McCann”. Accessed February 26, 2016.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=mccann&GSfn=loretta&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=2200
5257&df=all&
FindAGrave.com. “Maria Patience Gifford Walker”. Accessed February 26, 2016.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23088521
FindAGrave.com. “Marzella Marie Walker Ridenour”. Accessed February 26, 2016.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=ridenour&GSfn=Marzella&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=2
3278886&df=all&
FindAGrave.com. “Vera Aileen Walker Pinney”. Accessed February 26, 2016. http://www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=pinney&GSfn=vera&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=229003
79&df=all&
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