Descendants of John George Bauer
of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
also known as John Todd
of Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Second Generation

ADA RUTH2 TODD (John 1) was born at Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, on 17 September 1910 a daughter of John George Bauer, a.k.a. John Todd, and his third wife Mary Ellen Kurtz.[1] She died on 24 September 2004, her last residence was Downingtown.[2] She married on 16 January 1933 EARL ARNOLD WALTON.[3] He was born at Pennsylvania on 10 January 1909, a son of Clifton M. Walton and his wife Mary E. Lindsley.[4] He died on 6 July 1981, his last residence was Downingtown.[5]

When Ada was born her father was 60, her mother 39. When she was 13 her mother died, and when she was 21 her father died. However she was not raised by her parents. She remembered living in her childhood with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Simpkins.[6] I have not been able to find Ada or the Simpkins in the 1920 Census. In 1930 Ada Todd was living in the home of John and Flora Haas, in Downingtown. Ada's relationship to the family was that she was a "ward." At age 19, Ada worked as a factory girl in a box factory.[7]

Ada Todd and Earl Walton married in 1933, and she gave birth to her only child the following year. The 1940 Census described them as follows:[8]

Line Name Related Sex Race Age MS Ed B 1935 Residence Occupation
51. Walton, Earl A. head M W 31 M H3 PA same place pattern maker, paper mill mach
52. Walton, Ada R. wife F W 29 M H1 PA same place housework
53. Walton, Allen E. son M W 6 S 0 PA same place

Other information provided by the census record: Earl rented their home for $27/month. He worked 50 weeks the previous year for an income of $1500. Allen was in school, but had not yet completed a grade.

Earl and Ada lived in Downingtown throughout their lives; Earl continued to work as a pattern maker. Son Allen Walton and his wife Mary were both hair stylists.[9] Her obituary provides more information on the family:[10]

Mary Frances (Zell) Sigle, 82, of Lancaster, formerly of Downingtown, passed away Friday May 4th surrounded by her beloved family. She was a wonderful and special wife, mother and friend. Mary was born in Paradise, Pa in 1936. Once she graduated from Honey Brook high school she pursued a career as a cosmetologist and hairdresser; a vocation that would last 46 years. She was a member of the Downingtown United Methodist Church for many years until relocating to Lancaster at which time she became a member of Georgetown United Methodist Church, Lancaster County. Mary enjoyed her numerous activities as a member of the Downingtown VFW, Ladies Auxiliary and St. Anthony’s Lodge. She was pre-deceased by her first husband Allen E. Walton and her second husband Melvin R. Sigle. Mary was one of 15 children. She is survived by her daughters Jacqueline E. Oswald wife of Joel Oswald of Pleasantville, Pa and Nancy M. Fortna wife of Joe K. Fortna of Quarryville. Mary was the grandmother of Patricia Manning, Lisa Piombino, Ashley Fortna, Jennifer Bowman, Jeffrey Bowman and Justin Wiggins as well as a great grandmother of Logan DeHaven, Hanna Manning, Shannon Bowman, Bryce Copora, Leaina Copora, Lillian and Chole Bowman. She was the great great grandmother of Payton Elizabeth Bowman. Mary is also survived by a host of loving nieces and nephews. . . .
from findagrave.com

Allen's daughter was a model who later worked for Wyeth.[11]

Allen Walton and his wife Ada Todd had the following child:

  1. ALLEN E.3 WALTON b. at Pennsylvania on 8 January 1934; d. at Chester County on 18 Juy 1969;[12] m. MARY FRANCES ZELL,[13] b. at Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on 2 February 1938, d. at Lancaster County on 4 May 2018. Mary m(2). MELVIN R. SIGLE.[14] Children of Allen and Mary:[15]
    1. Jacqueline Elaine Walton b. on 30 January 1958; m(1). Jeffrey D. Bowman; m(2) Joel Oswamd. Children of Jacqueline and Jeffrey:
      1. Jeffrey Bowman, Jr. b. on 10 March 1979.
      2. Jennifer Lynn Bowman b. on 28 March 1980.
    2. Nancy Marie Walton b. on 16 November 1960; m(1). on 20 February 1982 Thomas C. Piombino; m(2) Joe K. Fortna. Children of Nancy and Thomas:
      1. Lisa Marie Piombino b. on 18 October 1984
      2. Patricia Catherine Piombino b. on 23 November 1986; m. ________ Manning

NOTES

1Pennsylvania Department of Health, Birth certificates, 1906–1910. Series 11.89, box 370, no. 2D-217645-10, Ada Ruth Todd, 1910; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 6 June 2018); Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
2Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 19 January 2019), Ada R. Walter, 179-22-3031.
3Letter from Ada Walton, to Charles A. Maxfield, 17 October 1988; held in by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
4Pennsylvania Department of Health, Birth certificates, 1906–1910. Series 11.89, no. 05037, Earl Arnold Walton, 1909.
5"U.S. Social Security Death Index", Earl Walton, 165-09-5978.
6Letter, Ada Walton to Charles A. Maxfield, 17 October 1988.
7Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Downingtown. Chester County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 19, p. 3B, household 69, John Haas family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 January 2019); NARA microfilm record group T626; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
8Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 15-20, roll 3464, p. 1B, household 13, Earl A. Walton family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 January 2019); NARA microfilm group T627.
9Letter, Ada Walton to Charles A. Maxfield, 17 October 1988.
10"Mary Frances (Zell) Sigle," obituary, 2018, Find a Grave (findagrave.com : accessed 19 January 2019).
11Letter, Ada Walton to Charles A. Maxfield, 17 October 1988.
12Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 19 January 2019), Allen E. Walton; Created by: Melissa Mariano. "U.S. Social Security Death Index", Allen Walton, 207-26-3489.
13Letter, Ada Walton to Charles A. Maxfield, 17 October 1988.
14"Mary Frances (Zell) Sigle".
15Letter, Ada Walton to Charles A. Maxfield, 17 October 1988.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2019.

Mary Frances (Zell) Sigle," obituary Find a Grave (findagrave.com : accessed 2019).

Pennsylvania Department of Health. Birth certificates, 1906–1910. Series 11.89. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2018.

United States Department of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.

________. Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.

United States Social Security Administration. "U.S. Social Security Death Index." Database. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.

Walton, Ada. Letter. 17 October 1988, to Charles A. Maxfield. Privately held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

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