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Walter Hamilton GALLIEN

Walter Hamilton GALLIEN

Male 1869 - 1926  (~ 57 years)


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  • Name Walter Hamilton GALLIEN
    Birth CA 1869  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1872, and Findagrave reports his birth date as 7 Dec 1872. But he appeared in the 1870 Census, age 1.
    Gender Male
    Census 1920 (919 W PIKE ST)  Point Comfort (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910 (425 CLARK ST)  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [3, 4] 
    saloon keeper 
    • News item in the "West Union Record," Friday, January 19, 1900:

      WILL GO TO CLARKSBURG
      J. A. Tierney has purchased the City Hotel building in Clarksburg and will move to that place and engage in the Hotel business. He has sold his saloon outfit here to W. H. Gallien, who has closed out his business at Grafton and will return to this place.
    Occupation 1910  [5] 
    bartender 
    Occupation 1920  [6] 
    driller for gas company 
    Death 1926  [7] 
    Burial Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Name on headstone: W. H. Galllien, Sr.
    Person ID I89569  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2025

    Father James GALLIEN,   b. Oct 1832   d. 26 Dec 1904 (Age ~ 72 years)
    Mother Henrietta MINEAR,   b. 18 Sep 1841   d. 25 Dec 1902 (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F37972  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maud Mary DAVISSON,   b. 16 Jul 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1970 (Age 95 years)  [9]
    Marriage 3 Sep 1891  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on June 2, 1900:
      Walter H. Gallien, 29, b. Dec 1872, saloon keeper, married 7 yrs; wife Maude M, 24, b. Jul 1875, married 7 yrs, 3 children (all still living); son Arley D, 7, b. Jun 1892; son Gussie G, 5, b. Oct 1894; dau Dicie F, 4, b. Feb 1896; sister-in-law Alice L. Davisson, 20, b. Apr 1880, single. All born in West Virginia.
      The next enumerated household was that of Sam Lee, Chinese male, single, 24, b. Jan 1876 in California (both parents born in China), occupation laundryman, able to read/write/speak English.
    Children 
     1. Daniel Arley GALLIEN,   b. 7 Jun 1892, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1957, Mannington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    >2. Augusta Gertrude "Gussie" GALLIEN,   b. 24 Oct 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1953, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     3. Dicie Fay GALLIEN,   b. 7 Feb 1897, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1900 (Age 2 years)
     4. (Infant daughter) GALLIEN,   b. 1900, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1900, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. Walter Hamilton GALLIEN, Jr.,   b. 27 Aug 1902   d. 2 Feb 1969, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     6. Ruth Pauline GALLIEN,   b. 4 Jan 1905   d. 5 Oct 1923, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F25452  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2193] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central Twp).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1897] West Union Record, 1/19/1900.

    4. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    5. [S2113] 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    7. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.