Walter Mailahn
Biographical Information
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| Name | Walter H. Mailahn | |
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Walter was the 9th child, and 3rd son, of the Mailahn family. For the majority of his young life, during his early years of memory, he lost his mother and several sisters one after another. Then, when he was 14, his elder brother killed their father, youngest brother and last surviving sister before taking his own life. His remaining older brother died two years later of tuberculosis. Walter would eventually move to Brillion, Wisconsin and learned a trade as an electrician. He stayed then until at least 1920 but eventually moved further west, ending up in Salem, Oregon. In Nov of 1932 he died at the Oregon State Hospital where they specialized in tuberculosis. His ashes are still at the State Hospital as of this writing (Apr 2024), having never been claimed.
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Census Records[edit]
- 1900: Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
- 1905: Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
- 1910: Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
- 1920: Brillion Village, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA
Military Records[edit]
- WW1 Draft Card: Walter Mailahn, 1918
Newspapers[edit]
- 3 Feb 1912 - The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) - Kills Father, Sister, Brother and Himself
- 5 Feb 1912 - The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) - Father Has Presentiment
- 8 Feb 1912 - Appleton Weekly Post (Appleton, Wisconsin) - Fiend Kills Father, Sister, Brother and Ends Own Life
- 14 Feb 1912 - The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) - Brother Tells of the Tragedy