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Thurtell and Related Families
Notes for Walter THURTELL
The Thurtell Family History done about 1963, the History of the Thurtell
Family done by Susan Persia Thurtell about 1968, and a letter from Dr.
James Walter Miller (born October 14, 1913, grandson of Walter and Agnes
Hall Thurtell) to Susan Persia Thurtell Miller dated April 10, 1977,
confirm the dates of birth and death of Walter Thurtell, who was an
optician in the Michigan Upper Peninsula.
The 1901 Traverse City, Michigan, directory lists him as "Thurtell,
Walter, trav optician, res 219 E. 9th." The 1905 Traverse City directory
lists him as "Thurtell, Walter, trav agt, res 410 5th." He is not listed
in the 1911 directory.
He and his family are listed in the 1900 U.S. census for Traverse City,
Grand Traverse County, Michigan (Vol. 23, E.D. 42, Sheet 7, Line 40).
The index shows the family was living at 219 East Ninth Street, Traverse
City, Michigan, at the time of the census. Walter is shown as a white
male born January 1861 in Canada, age 39, married 16 years, who came to
the U.S. in 1866, 34 years earlier. His U.S. citizenship is shown as NA
on the census. His occupation is shown as "grocerer," with no months
unemployed. It shows he can read, write, and speak English, and that he
was renting the home where the family was living. It shows his father
was born in England, and his mother was born in South Carolina. It lists
his wife, Agnes, daughters Evangeline and Hellen T, and son Walter B, as
living with him.
The 1910 U.S. census index for Michigan (089 0120 0014) shows Walter
Thurtell and his family were living in Washtenaw County, Michigan, at the
time of the census. He is listed as white, age 49, born in Canada on the
index. His wife is shown as Agnes H., age 49, born in New York. His
daughters, Eva and Helen, are both shown as born in Michigan. Eva is
shown as age 23, and Helen is shown as age 20.
The Traverse City Record Eagle for December 1, 1922, confirms that Walter
Thurtell had been a business man in Traverse City, Michigan, for many
years. It shows he died suddenly in Kalamazoo. Funeral services were
being held from the Anderson chapel, with Rev. Demas Cochlin from the
First Congregational Church, Traverse City, Michigan, officiating. It
showed his survivors as his widow plus his "two daughters, Mrs. Dr.
Miller of Berrien Springs and Mrs. Harold Jahraus of Cleveland, and one
son, Ben Thurtell, of Detroit."
Kalamazoo County death records on page 69 show that Walter Thurtell,
married, age 61 years, 10 months, 22 days, died November 28, 1922, from
heart disease and that he was born in Canada. This record shows his
father was Frances Thurtell (obviously this should have been Francis),
born in England, and that his mother was Amelia Higinson, born in
Virginia.
He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery, 1225 East Eighth Street, Traverse City,
Michigan 49686, telephone 616-922-4907, in Block 5, Lot 2, Second
Edition. Oakwood Cemetery records confirm he died November 28, 1922, at
age 61 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
An undated family history shows that Walter Thurtell was a grocer in
Maple City, Michigan, and later became an optician (eyeglass salesman)
all over Michigan. The same history shows that the children of Walter
and Agnes Thurtell all attended high school in Traverse City, Michigan.
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