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Gordon Stephen Pickering

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Gordon Stephen Pickering

Gwen Elaine Sinclair

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"Gwen Elaine Sinclair, her first Marathon 2004. She just finished."

Rose Elizabeth Brewer

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Rose and Gordon Pickering

"Seated Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Standing L to R: Paul Walls, Vera Walls, Wes Joy, Mable Joy, Elizabeth Walls, F. Wesley Walls" (reverse) (best available copy)

"Justin Longenecker, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Gordon Pickering, Rose Pickering" (FEW)

Rose Brewer Pickering 1946 (Mrs. Gordon L. Pickering)

(1952) Back Row: Justin Longenecker, Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Frances Pickering Longenecker, Virginia Pickering Wiren, Gordon Pickering. On couch left side: Forrest W. Walls, Forest W. Walls. On couch on right side: Robert Wiren. Seated: Kris Wiren, Frank I. Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Rose Pickering, Gordon Steven Pickering (babe in arms). Standing Left: Francine E. Walls. Standing Right: Burton H. Walls.

“Front Row: Stephany Pickering, Jane Longenecker, Nancy Longenecker, Lynda Longenecker, Sylvia Walls. Second Row: Gordon Pickering, Frances Longenecker, Frank Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Elizabeth Walls. Third Row: Stephen Pickering, Rose Pickering, Justin Longenecker, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Francine Walls.” (abt. 1958) (FEW)

Rose Brewer Pickering 1972

Waco Texas, July 11, 1992, Wesley & Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Justin & Frances Pickering Longenecker, Rose and Gordon Pickering

Gordon and Rose Pickering 2004

Citations

1. [S57] Unknown, Gordon Lindley Pickering, Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Gordon Stephen Pickering.

Gordon Lindley Pickering

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Biography

Military	Gordon Lindley Pickering served in the military Extended Active Duty Dec. 8, 1941 to May 09, 1946. Thirty years plus of Active and Reserve Duty. Colonel, AUS Retired.1
Birth	He was born on 18 February 1912 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas, United States.2
Marriage	He and Rose Elizabeth Brewer were married on 14 December 1946 at First Methodist Church in Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States.3
Note	In 1989 Gordon applied to the Sons of the American Revolution as a direct descendant of Revolutionary War patriot Silas Winchester. A copy of the application can be viewed at the following link:
Death	He died kidney failure on 28 June 2009 at age 97 in Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, United States.

Person Exhibits

Rose and Gordon Pickering

"At Pickering farm in Illinois. Gordon & cousins Wanda F. Randle & Frank Fleming." (reverse)

Elizabeth and Gordon

Gordon & Bertha Pickering

"Seated Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Standing L to R: Paul Walls, Vera Walls, Wes Joy, Mable Joy, Elizabeth Walls, F. Wesley Walls" (reverse) (best available copy)

"Justin Longenecker, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Gordon Pickering, Rose Pickering" (FEW)

Gordon and Cousins

Gordon on Chair (1913)

"Frank I. Pickering, Bertha E. Davis Pickering, Gordon L. Pickering, Elizabeth J. Pickering, 1917?" (reverse)

Frances, Elizabeth, Gordon and Virgina Pickering (ca. 1923 )

Pickerings in Honolulu (1927)

“Mildren Knutsen (née Orr gave me (Elizabeth) this print with 2 others when she learned that I was a Pickering. When she was about 20 yrs old she entertained the 4 Pickering siblings so her father, Billy Orr, could visit with Frank Pickering. They knew each other as young men in Boulder, CO. They were both converted in the Free Methodist Church there. Picture taken in Rogers Park on a Sunday in late June, 1929 near SPC.”

Frank, Bertha and family, 1929

"Summer 1929, 1st row 1.Harold Fleming, 2.? 3.Alice Fleming, 4.Charles Fleming, 5.Uncle Will Fleming, 6. Aunt Mary F., 7. Virginia Pickering, 8. Bertha Pickering, 2nd row 1. Gordon Pickering, 2.Ross Fleming, 3.Frances Pickering, 4. Elizabeth"

Family Group (1930-32)

Gordon Lindley Pickering 1935

Goodbye, Again (1938)

(1952) Back Row: Justin Longenecker, Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Frances Pickering Longenecker, Virginia Pickering Wiren, Gordon Pickering. On couch left side: Forrest W. Walls, Forest W. Walls. On couch on right side: Robert Wiren. Seated: Kris Wiren, Frank I. Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Rose Pickering, Gordon Steven Pickering (babe in arms). Standing Left: Francine E. Walls. Standing Right: Burton H. Walls.

“Front Row: Stephany Pickering, Jane Longenecker, Nancy Longenecker, Lynda Longenecker, Sylvia Walls. Second Row: Gordon Pickering, Frances Longenecker, Frank Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Elizabeth Walls. Third Row: Stephen Pickering, Rose Pickering, Justin Longenecker, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Francine Walls.” (abt. 1958) (FEW)

Waco Texas, July 11, 1992, Wesley & Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Justin & Frances Pickering Longenecker, Rose and Gordon Pickering

"Elizbaeth Gordon and Frances Pickering, Oct. 2003"

Gordon and Rose Pickering 2004

Three Pickerings (Dec. 1915)

Three Generations (Summer 1913)

Frank at Church Conference (1914 or 1915)

Gordon at 3 months

Gordon at 3 months

Citations

1. [S65] Francine E. Walls, "Family information gleaned from files"; report, 18 Feb 2019; Microsoft Word file held by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S56] Unknown, "The Davis Line", 2; report, About 1940; 3 page typewritten report on descendants of William and Ann Davis held by Gordon Stephen Pickering.
3. [S57] Unknown, Gordon Lindley Pickering, Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Gordon Stephen Pickering.

Carmen Marie Schleiger

Stephany Jane Pickering

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"Stephany Jane Pickering Conner and family. Husband Donnie and sons - L to R. Joshua Kokoa and Caleb Ryan"

“Front Row: Stephany Pickering, Jane Longenecker, Nancy Longenecker, Lynda Longenecker, Sylvia Walls. Second Row: Gordon Pickering, Frances Longenecker, Frank Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Elizabeth Walls. Third Row: Stephen Pickering, Rose Pickering, Justin Longenecker, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Francine Walls.” (abt. 1958) (FEW)

Citations

1. [S57] Unknown, Donnie Conner, Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Gordon Stephen Pickering.

Bertha Elizabeth Davis

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Birth	Bertha Elizabeth Davis was born on 23 February 1892 in Rossie, Clay, Iowa, United States.1,2
Marriage	Frank Isaac Pickering and she were married on 2 March 1910 in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States.1,2,3 Pickering-Davis Wedding Portrait (3-2-1910)
	Dona Neal, George Stephen Davis’ second wife, had a less than stellar reputation in the family as she was reported to treat her step-children poorly. When Dona Neal contracted tuberculosis, step-daughter, Bertha E. Davis, nursed her and thus contracted TB herself. Bertha met Frank I. Pickering at church, and they became engaged. When Bertha told Frank that she had been diagnosed with TB, he said, “I will marry you if you have a year or a month or a day to live.”4
Witness	On July 4, 1913. Frank and Bertha, with his sister Lottie and his Knopf cousins, visited the Nederland Dam by Boulder, Colorado.
Witness	On 2 January 1960 Frank and Bertha celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends in Ontario, California. A copy of the event card, the text of "Sketch of the 50 Years of Pickering" as read by Elizabeth (Pickering) Walls, and a letter from December 1959 describing the event preparations can be found at the following links: Pickering 50th Anniversary 50th Anniversary Portrait
Witness	"The Odyssey of the Pickerings," a 1968 Christmas letter telling of Frank and Bertha Pickering's trip earlier that year to Colorado, Fulton, So. Dakota, Ann Arbor, Greenville, Illinois, Waco, Texas, etc., can be read at the following link:
Death	She died on 13 March 1969 at age 77 in Upland, San Bernardino, California, United States.1,2
Note	A copy of the funeral program, from Mt. View Free Methodist Church in Upland, 17 March 1969, can be viewed at the following link:
Burial	She was buried at Bellevue Mausoleum in Ontario, San Bernardino, California, United States.1,2 "Jan. 1986, Burial vault of parents of Elizabeth Pickering Walls in mausoleum in Bellevue Cemetery in Ontario, Calif. The flowers in the bouquet are silk flowers. The bouquet was placed there by the children: Gordon, Elizabeth + Frances" (EJPW)

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Bertha and Frank Isaac Pickering

Gordon & Bertha Pickering

"E.W. Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Forrest Walls(?), Elsie Walls, Elizabeth Walls" (FEW)

Davis Family 1895

Davis Family, George Stephen Davis, Anna Louise Harvey Davis, Esther, Back row: Bertha Elizabeth, Ethel Gertrude and Nathan Howard (reverse)

"Sadie Harding - 16, Bertha Davis - 14, Scotland, S. Dak."

Ethel, Bertha, Esther Davis

"About 1909, Ethel Davis 20?, Bertha Elizabeth Davis about 17 yrs, Esther Davis 15" (reverse)

Bertha Elizabeth (Davis) Pickering (1910)

"Frank I. Pickering, Bertha E. Davis Pickering, Gordon L. Pickering, Elizabeth J. Pickering, 1917?" (reverse)

Pickerings in Honolulu (1927)

Frank, Bertha and family, 1929

"Summer 1929, 1st row 1.Harold Fleming, 2.? 3.Alice Fleming, 4.Charles Fleming, 5.Uncle Will Fleming, 6. Aunt Mary F., 7. Virginia Pickering, 8. Bertha Pickering, 2nd row 1. Gordon Pickering, 2.Ross Fleming, 3.Frances Pickering, 4. Elizabeth"

Goodbye, Again (1938)

Pickerings on 40th Anniversary

(1952) Back Row: Justin Longenecker, Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Frances Pickering Longenecker, Virginia Pickering Wiren, Gordon Pickering. On couch left side: Forrest W. Walls, Forest W. Walls. On couch on right side: Robert Wiren. Seated: Kris Wiren, Frank I. Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Rose Pickering, Gordon Steven Pickering (babe in arms). Standing Left: Francine E. Walls. Standing Right: Burton H. Walls.

"Wesley & Elizabeth Walls 25th Wedding Celebration, Fall, 1962, Wesley's parents: Rev. & Mrs. E. Wilbur Walls, Elizabeth's parents: Major & Mrs. Frank I. Pickering." (reverse)

“Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Frank Pickering, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Bertha Pickering, Vi Walls, Forrest Walls. Vi & Forrest Walls’ Wedding.”

Three Pickerings (Dec. 1915)

North Street (1910)

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 1, Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 2.
3. [S56] Unknown, "The Davis Line", 2; report, About 1940; 3 page typewritten report on descendants of William and Ann Davis held by Gordon Stephen Pickering.
4. [S65] Francine E. Walls, "Family information gleaned from files"; report, 18 Feb 2019; Microsoft Word file held by Francine E. Walls.

Frank Isaac Pickering

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Biography

Note	Pickering Saga is a 95-minute video, edited by Francine E. Walls in 1991 from 8mm home video captured over nearly 30 years by Frank I. and Bertha Pickering. An 8-page program to accompany the video can be downloaded here
Birth	Frank Isaac Pickering was born on 26 June 1887 in Fulton, Dakota Territory, United States.1,2 "Frank Isaac Pickering 6-27-1887 Fulton, S. Dakota" (reverse)
Note	In 1901, Frank graduated in Louisville, Colorado. A copy of the program, in which Frank gave the Salutatory Address, is at the following link:
Graduation	He graduated on 6 June 1905 at State Prep School in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States. "As I graduated from state Prep School in Boulder, Colo June 1905/Frank I .Pickering (at 84+ yrs)" (FIP) "Frank I. Pickering on graduation from High School June 6/05 age 17 yrs 11 mos" "At seventeen, as I well recall/I knew I had something 'on the ball'." (FIP)
Marriage	He and Bertha Elizabeth Davis were married on 2 March 1910 in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States.1,2,3 Pickering-Davis Wedding Portrait (3-2-1910)
Move	Junction City, Geary, Kansas, United States.4
	Dona Neal, George Stephen Davis’ second wife, had a less than stellar reputation in the family as she was reported to treat her step-children poorly. When Dona Neal contracted tuberculosis, step-daughter, Bertha E. Davis, nursed her and thus contracted TB herself. Bertha met Frank I. Pickering at church, and they became engaged. When Bertha told Frank that she had been diagnosed with TB, he said, “I will marry you if you have a year or a month or a day to live.”5
Note	On July 4, 1913. Frank and Bertha, with his sister Lottie and his Knopf cousins, visited the Nederland Dam by Boulder, Colorado.
Move	San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, in 1914.4
Note	Frank recalled a "Trip to the Hot Wells, Ostrich Farm and San Jose Mission, April 29, 1916," in a two-page typed document he later subtitled in pen, "When Gordon was a little boy & Elizabeth was a baby." A copy can be read at the following link:
Move	Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States, in 1926.4
Note	In a 1 October 1926 letter "to my Friends in the States," Frank gives his impression of the Hawaiian Islands after. The letter can be read at the following link:
Move	Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, in 1929.4
Move	Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States, in 1936.4
Note	"These are Grandpa Pickering's recollections of events between 1910 and 1941, originally mostly typed, with numerous additions and corrections in pencil. There are twenty pages, and they were found among my Dad's (Gordon's) papers. Grandpa seems to have set these memories down in 1939, because mostly everything after November 1939 is handwritten"—Steven Pickering. See this linked PDF for the transcription:
Move	San Francisco, California, United States, in 1939.4
Move	Ft. Lewis, near, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, in 1941.4
Move	Seattle, King, Washington, United States, in 1942.4
Misc	He ended his career with the rank of Lt. Col. on 31 December 1947.5
Move	Ontario, San Bernardino, California, United States, in 1948.4
Note	A three-page typed autobiographical sketch, "Major Frank I. Pickering, Retired," composed sometime after 1955 (he refers to events up to age 69) can be viewed at the following link:
Note	On 2 January 1960 Frank and Bertha celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends in Ontario, California. A copy of the event card, the text of "Sketch of the 50 Years of Pickering" as read by Elizabeth (Pickering) Walls, and a letter from December 1959 describing the event preparations can be found at the following links: Pickering 50th Anniversary 50th Anniversary Portrait
Note	On 20 September 1965 Frank Isaac Pickering typed a 6-page letter, "When Grand Father Pickering was a Little Boy," addressed to Linda, Nancy and Janie Longenecker. A copy of this letter can be found at the following link:
Note	Frank dictated his life story to his niece, which was published in a series of articles, "Covered Wagon Days," in the Free Methodist in January 1967. The articles can be read in the following linked PDF file:
Note	In 1967 Major Pickering visited his nephew, Dean Keller, in Kansas. This got the attention of the local newspaper, the Junction City Daily Union, which ran a feature on the return of its former wartime (WW I) correspondent. A copy of the article, "Former Ft. Riley Correspondent of Daily Union in 1911-15 Visits Post" can be read at the following link:
Note	In a 7 May 1968 letter to his Metcalf cousins, Walter and Jessie, Frank Pickering updates on the family. A copy can be read at the following link:
Note	"The Odyssey of the Pickerings," a 1968 Christmas letter telling of Frank and Bertha Pickering's trip earlier that year to Colorado, Fulton, So. Dakota, Ann Arbor, Greenville, Illinois, Waco, Texas, etc., can be read at the following link:
Marriage	He and Edith Adalein Pacholke were married on 19 December 1969. Edith Pickering, Frank Pickering, Elizabeth Walls, Frank's 2nd marriage
Move	Seattle, King, Washington, United States, in 1970.4
Death	He died on 16 June 1976 at age 88 at Warm Beach Manor in Arlington, Snohomish, Washington, United States.1,2,6
Note	A copy of Major Pickering's obituary from the Daily Report [Ontario-Upland, California] can be found at the following link:6
Burial	He was buried at Bellevue Cemetery in Ontario, San Bernardino, California, United States.1,2 "Jan. 1986, Burial vault of parents of Elizabeth Pickering Walls in mausoleum in Bellevue Cemetery in Ontario, Calif. The flowers in the bouquet are silk flowers. The bouquet was placed there by the children: Gordon, Elizabeth + Frances" (EJPW)
Note	"Sayings, pithy and otherwise, used by my mother and father," is an undated list of proverbs recollected by Major Pickering. It can be found at the following link:

Person Exhibits

Bertha and Frank Isaac Pickering

"Frank I Pickering swore by Pyroil" (FEW)

South Dakota Farm (enlarged)

Free Methodist Church, Boulder (enlarged)

"Frank I. Pickering/Mary Pickering Fleming" (reverse)

"Maggie, William H., Sarah Ann standing, Seated L to R, Mary, Isaac Pickering, Jane Pickering holding Frank Isaac, then a baby. Charlotte S. seated holding her doll. Taken in South Dakota before the death of Maggie & departure of Will & Sarah, about 1888" (reverse)

"Frank I. Pickering age two years" (reverse)

"Taken July 17th 1889 very hot. Frank is the 2 yr old baby in his mother's arms. Will is the young man - he is ready to go on his milk run. Lottie is the little girl. This is the house in which I was born on a So. Dakota farm - it is now owned by Russians." (FIP)

"Frank + Lottie Pickering in 1892 (approx). Frank was 5 + Lottie was 2 years or so older. Our first trip to Colo was made the/next year - 1893 - in the fall, Frank enetered school in Lousville, Colo the first of Dec 1893" (FIP)

"Fritz the dog + Frank at 7 yrs + in 3d grade."

Louisville School, Colorado, during the 1894-1895 school year, where Frank (age 7, next to checkmark) was in the 2nd Grade.

"Isaac & Jane Pickering, Lottie (14), Frank (9) with Fritz, about 1896" (reverse)

"Frank Pickering, Picture taken in front of home in Louisvlle, Colo. shortly after moving to Louisville from the farm in So Dakota. Time approx 1897. Nell & Fly - names of the hourses. Fly is nearest to camera. House still standing in 1967 but now stuccoed and no picket fnece - It still is 1 1/2 blocks from main part of town."

The Pickering house in Louisville, Colorado, c. 1897-1898.

Frank on bicycle earned carrying Denver Post (1900)

"Graduation from 8th grade, Louisville, Colo, Public School. Was 14 years old in June 1901 after my graduation" (FIP)

"Picture taken June 1901, standing L to Rt. Willie Albert, Frank I. Pickering & Willie Lewis. Seated L to Rt. Blanche Dierdem, our teachers Arthur Reideway and Alice Wolfer. We each rec'd a real 'sheepskin' for our 8th grade diploma. Louisville, Colo. 8th grade. (I drove the livery rig from Louisville to Boulder where Mr Ridgeway lived and where the picture was taken. I was the youngest and the tallest." (FIP)

“Frank I. Pickering, picture taken when I was about 17 years old. The suit I am wearing cost $4 & was coarse cloth & I was not too happy with it but it was all we could afford at the time” (FIP)

"about 17 yrs old, Frank I. Pickering" (reverse)

"Pickerings Left to Rt Rear Lottie, Frank, Will & Sarah, Mother (Jane) & Father (Isaac) seated, taken (I think) i summer of 1905" (FIP)

"Frank Isaac Pickering taken in San Antonio, TX before US. was in World War I. Taken when he was a civilian field clerk in Judge Adovcate's office at Fort Sam Houston, TX" (reverse)

Mr. Pickering Closeup (1908-1910)

"Frank Isaac Pickering about 20 years old - 1907" (reverse)

The brickyard where Frank worked (1909)

"Free Methodist Church where we worshoped while in Boulder, Colo. Rev J W Glazier, builder & pastor - also where I a young man of 17 yrs got sanctified & just about out-shouted Bro. Glazier. Here I met Bertha Davis, who became Mrs. Pickering. "(FIP)

Frank and the Brickyard (1910)

"Some of the party Nederland Dam July 4/13"

"HQ Southern Dept., US Army, Judge Advocate's Office force, WW I, Sam Houston, S.A. Tex."

"Frank I. Pickering, Bertha E. Davis Pickering, Gordon L. Pickering, Elizabeth J. Pickering, 1917?" (reverse)

Pickerings in Honolulu (1927)

Frank, Bertha and family, 1929

Goodbye, Again (1938)

Pickerings on 40th Anniversary

(1952) Back Row: Justin Longenecker, Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Frances Pickering Longenecker, Virginia Pickering Wiren, Gordon Pickering. On couch left side: Forrest W. Walls, Forest W. Walls. On couch on right side: Robert Wiren. Seated: Kris Wiren, Frank I. Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Rose Pickering, Gordon Steven Pickering (babe in arms). Standing Left: Francine E. Walls. Standing Right: Burton H. Walls.

“Front Row: Stephany Pickering, Jane Longenecker, Nancy Longenecker, Lynda Longenecker, Sylvia Walls. Second Row: Gordon Pickering, Frances Longenecker, Frank Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Elizabeth Walls. Third Row: Stephen Pickering, Rose Pickering, Justin Longenecker, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Francine Walls.” (abt. 1958) (FEW)

"Wesley & Elizabeth Walls 25th Wedding Celebration, Fall, 1962, Wesley's parents: Rev. & Mrs. E. Wilbur Walls, Elizabeth's parents: Major & Mrs. Frank I. Pickering." (reverse)

“Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Frank Pickering, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Bertha Pickering, Vi Walls, Forrest Walls. Vi & Forrest Walls’ Wedding.”

Edith Pickering, Frank Pickering, Elizabeth Walls, Frank's 2nd marriage

Three Pickerings (Dec. 1915)

Three Generations (Summer 1913)

North Street (1910)

Frank at Church Conference (1914 or 1915)

Frank Pickering (1914)

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 1, Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 2.
3. [S56] Unknown, "The Davis Line", 2; report, About 1940; 3 page typewritten report on descendants of William and Ann Davis held by Gordon Stephen Pickering.
4. [S71] "The Davis Trunk", unknown date, photocopy, in handwriting of Elizabeth Jane (Pickering) Walls.
5. [S65] Francine E. Walls, "Family information gleaned from files"; report, 18 Feb 2019; Microsoft Word file held by Francine E. Walls.
6. [S67] Maj. Pickering, The Daily Report, Ontario, California, 19 Jun 1976.

Jane Metcalf

Parents

Biography

Birth	Jane Metcalf was born on 25 July 1847 in Langton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.1,2
Witness	She witnessed the immigration of Charles Metcalf in 1850 in United States.1,2 Ship's manifest for the Western World, from Liverpool to New York, 20 May 1850, showing passengers Charles, Mary and Jane Metcalf.
Witness	She appeared in the household of Charles Metcalf in the census on 26 June 1860 in Packwaukee, Marquette, Wisconsin, United States.3
Marriage	Isaac Pickering and she were married on 15 February 1866 in Packwaukee, Marquette, Wisconsin, United States.1,2
Marriage	George W. Wood and she were married on 21 April 1919 in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States.
Death	She died on 4 September 1920 at age 73 in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States.1,2
Burial	She was buried at Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States.1,2 “May, 1985, Elizabeth Jane Pickering Walls at the graves of her grandparents in Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Colo. Jane Pickering married George Wood after Isaac died. George died first.” (EJPW) Isaac & Jane Pickering headstone
Witness	"Sayings, pithy and otherwise, used by my mother and father," is an undated list of proverbs recollected by Major Pickering. It can be found at the following link:

Person Exhibits

My mother, Jane Metcalf Pickering, stands back of Charlie Metcalf, the oldest Metcalf son. Annie Metcalf Kerr stands back of Robert... (note by Frank I Pickering)

South Dakota Farm (enlarged)

"Maggie, William H., Sarah Ann standing, Seated L to R, Mary, Isaac Pickering, Jane Pickering holding Frank Isaac, then a baby. Charlotte S. seated holding her doll. Taken in South Dakota before the death of Maggie & departure of Will & Sarah, about 1888" (reverse)

Pickering Sod House, South Dakota, 1887-89

"Taken July 17th 1889 very hot. Frank is the 2 yr old baby in his mother's arms. Will is the young man - he is ready to go on his milk run. Lottie is the little girl. This is the house in which I was born on a So. Dakota farm - it is now owned by Russians." (FIP)

"Isaac & Jane Pickering, Lottie (14), Frank (9) with Fritz, about 1896" (reverse)

"Frank Pickering, Picture taken in front of home in Louisvlle, Colo. shortly after moving to Louisville from the farm in So Dakota. Time approx 1897. Nell & Fly - names of the hourses. Fly is nearest to camera. House still standing in 1967 but now stuccoed and no picket fnece - It still is 1 1/2 blocks from main part of town."

Jane & Isaac (1904)

"Standing at back L to Rt Bertha Knapp (Howell) Lloyd Knapp (deceased) Frank Pickering and Alice Knapp (Opie) (deceased), Seated L to Rt Lottie Pickering (Neisler)(deceased) Will Pickering (gone) Sarah P. (Knapp) George Knapp (gone) Jane Pickering/Isaac Pickering Between Geo & Sarah Knapp is Frank Knapp. The baby held by Jane Pickering is Wendell H. Neisler (Lottie's oldest) Summer of 1905" (reverse)

"Pickerings Left to Rt Rear Lottie, Frank, Will & Sarah, Mother (Jane) & Father (Isaac) seated, taken (I think) i summer of 1905" (FIP)

Isaac & Jane Pickering/This picture was taken on/fourth of July 1912 by Clark Underwood at Myrtle Place"

1121 North St. Boulder, Colo. (1913)

North Street (1910)

Jane and George (1919)

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 1, Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 2.
3. [S91] "1860 United States Federal Census", digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7667), Marquette Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Packwaukee, p. 74, dwelling 577, family 548, Charles Metcalf; 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Isaac Pickering

Parents

Biography

Birth	Isaac Pickering was born on 14 March 1842 in Brewer, Penobscot, Maine, United States.1,2
Military	He served in the military Company G, 32nd Wisconsin Infantry.3
Marriage	He and Jane Metcalf were married on 15 February 1866 in Packwaukee, Marquette, Wisconsin, United States.1,2
Death	He died on 23 July 1917 at age 75 in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States.1,2
Burial	He was buried at Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States.1,2 “May, 1985, Elizabeth Jane Pickering Walls at the graves of her grandparents in Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Colo. Jane Pickering married George Wood after Isaac died. George died first.” (EJPW) Isaac & Jane Pickering headstone
Witness	"Sayings, pithy and otherwise, used by my mother and father," is an undated list of proverbs recollected by Major Pickering. It can be found at the following link:

Person Exhibits

South Dakota Farm (enlarged)

"Maggie, William H., Sarah Ann standing, Seated L to R, Mary, Isaac Pickering, Jane Pickering holding Frank Isaac, then a baby. Charlotte S. seated holding her doll. Taken in South Dakota before the death of Maggie & departure of Will & Sarah, about 1888" (reverse)

Pickering Sod House, South Dakota, 1887-89

"Taken July 17th 1889 very hot. Frank is the 2 yr old baby in his mother's arms. Will is the young man - he is ready to go on his milk run. Lottie is the little girl. This is the house in which I was born on a So. Dakota farm - it is now owned by Russians." (FIP)

"Isaac & Jane Pickering, Lottie (14), Frank (9) with Fritz, about 1896" (reverse)

"Frank Pickering, Picture taken in front of home in Louisvlle, Colo. shortly after moving to Louisville from the farm in So Dakota. Time approx 1897. Nell & Fly - names of the hourses. Fly is nearest to camera. House still standing in 1967 but now stuccoed and no picket fnece - It still is 1 1/2 blocks from main part of town."

Jane & Isaac (1904)

"Standing at back L to Rt Bertha Knapp (Howell) Lloyd Knapp (deceased) Frank Pickering and Alice Knapp (Opie) (deceased), Seated L to Rt Lottie Pickering (Neisler)(deceased) Will Pickering (gone) Sarah P. (Knapp) George Knapp (gone) Jane Pickering/Isaac Pickering Between Geo & Sarah Knapp is Frank Knapp. The baby held by Jane Pickering is Wendell H. Neisler (Lottie's oldest) Summer of 1905" (reverse)

"Pickerings Left to Rt Rear Lottie, Frank, Will & Sarah, Mother (Jane) & Father (Isaac) seated, taken (I think) i summer of 1905" (FIP)

Isaac & Jane Pickering/This picture was taken on/fourth of July 1912 by Clark Underwood at Myrtle Place"

1121 North St. Boulder, Colo. (1913)

Three Generations (Summer 1913)

North Street (1910)

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 1, Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 2.
3. [S82] Unknown, "Some descendants of Charles Metcalf", 4; narrative genealogy, 53 pages, undated; held by Francine Walls.

Elizabeth Jane Pickering

Parents

Biography

Birth	Elizabeth Jane Pickering was born on 23 February 1916 at Free Methodist Parsonage in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States.1,2,3
Note	At the following link you can view a copy of Elizabeth's "baby book," a Borden's Condensed Milk "My Biography":
Note	In an October, 1929 article, Enrollment Shows Increase of Sixty," a mention of Elizabeth Pickering coming from Honolulu is made within a discussion of North High School in Omaha's enrollment.  In another article from the same month, "From Tropical Honolulu, Elizabeth Pickering Dubiously Awaits Winter," she was interviewed about school in Hawaii and her doubts about Nebraska winters. Copies of both articles are at the following links:
Note	Elizabeth received a mention in the 25 Dec. 1932 Omaha World-Herald, as a member of Omaha North High's Honor Society. The clipping can be viewed at the following link (she is middle row, far left):
Note	Elizabeth graduated from North High School in Omaha on 9 June 1933. A formal card announcing commencement exercises, and a calling card reading "Elizabeth Jane Pickering," can be found at the following link:
Note	She earned an Associate in Arts from Central College in McPherson, Kansas. The commencement program can be viewed at the following link:
Note	She graduated from the University of Hawaii, 22 June 1937. A copy of the graduation program can be found at the following link: Elizabeth Jane Pickering Graduatation (1937) "Elizabeth Jane Pickering, age 21, graduate of University of Hawaii, June 1937"
Marriage	Dr. Forest Wesley Walls and she were married on 17 October 1937 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States.1,4,2 Marriage certificate F. Wesley Walls & Elizabeth Jane Pickering Walls, 10/17/1937 (reverse)
Witness	A 24 October 1937 program for Sunday worship at the Free Methodist Church in Waterloo, Iowa, listed the Rev. E.W. Walls as Pastor, and Wesley Walls as Assistant Pastor. It also gives the news that "Brother and Sister Wesley Walls returned Thursday evening from their honeymoon." A copy of the program can be viewed at the following link:
Note	A 25 April 1986 letter to her daughter, Francine, accompanied a set of gravesite photographs of their ancestors. The letter can be viewed at the following link:
Witness	Wes and Elizabeth Walls celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on 17 October 1987. A copy of the invention can be found at the following link:
Note	Elizabeth volunteered with the Blue Birds, Campfire Girls, Christian Youth Crusades and the Cancer Society. She also worked 25 years in the First Free Methodist Church library.5
Witness	The September 1990 issue of RV Life magazine had an article "Lewis & Clark: The Voyage of Discovery" by Wesley and Elizabeth, describing their retracing of the Lewis and Clark trail. A copy of the article can be viewed at the following link:
Witness	In April 1991, F. Wesley and Elizabeth Walls sat for an videotaped interview in which they talked about their lives. The video, Mother and Dad's Story 4/91 can be viewed by clicking the link.
Note	Clipping from church newsletter "The Communicator" (First Methodist, Seattle), 20 Sept. 1999, "Retiring After 20 Years," Elizabeth Walls, retiring as church librarian.
Note	In 11 January 2000 issue of The Communicator (bulletin of the First Free Methodist Church in Seattle) Elizabeth Walls was profiled, after receiving the Servant's Heart Award for her 60 years of volunteering with the church. A copy of the article can be found at the following link:
Witness	Undated notes on a yellow sketchpad, "Elizabeth and Wesley Walls, Houses Lived in since marriage Oct. 17, 1937," which can be viewed at the following link:
Witness	An article, "Introduction of Wes and Elizabeth Walls," in the February 2004 issue of Christwood Courier contains a brief biographical sketch. It can be found at the following link:
Death	She died on 2 February 2005 at age 88 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.1,2
Note	A copy of Elizabeth's obituary, from the Seattle Times, can be viewed at the following link:
Note	A Celebration of the Life of Elizabeth Jane Walls was held at the First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, 12 Feb. 2005. A copy of the program can be read at the following link:

Person Exhibits

Anne Walls/Elizabeth Walls (FEW)

Ann Walls' Wedding/Wesley Walls/Preston Walls/Elizabeth Walls

Anne Walls' wedding/Anne Walls/Wesley Walls/Elizabeth Walls (FEW)

"Miss Elizabeth Jane Pickering age six months" (reverse)

Elizabeth and Gordon

"Mrs. F. Wesley Walls, President of the Seattle Pacific College Faculty Women's Club."

Virginia, Elizabeth, Frances Pickering

Elizabeth J. Walls portrait by Francine Walls

F. Welsey and Elizabeth Walls

F. Welsey and Elizabeth Walls

“Sylvia Walls’ 2nd Marriage, F. Wesley Walls, Aaron Walls, Forrest Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Vi Walls, Preston Walls, Ryan Walls, Sylvia Walls, Bruce Woodstrom, Burton Walls, Anne Walls, Ralene Walls, Christian Walls, Francine Walls” (FEW)

"Seated Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Standing L to R: Paul Walls, Vera Walls, Wes Joy, Mable Joy, Elizabeth Walls, F. Wesley Walls" (reverse) (best available copy)

"Justin Longenecker, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Gordon Pickering, Rose Pickering" (FEW)

"E.W. Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Forrest Walls(?), Elsie Walls, Elizabeth Walls" (FEW)

"Standing at back L to Rt Bertha Knapp (Howell) Lloyd Knapp (deceased) Frank Pickering and Alice Knapp (Opie) (deceased), Seated L to Rt Lottie Pickering (Neisler)(deceased) Will Pickering (gone) Sarah P. (Knapp) George Knapp (gone) Jane Pickering/Isaac Pickering Between Geo & Sarah Knapp is Frank Knapp. The baby held by Jane Pickering is Wendell H. Neisler (Lottie's oldest) Summer of 1905" (reverse)

Elizabeth Pickering 6 months old

"Frank I. Pickering, Bertha E. Davis Pickering, Gordon L. Pickering, Elizabeth J. Pickering, 1917?" (reverse)

Frances, Elizabeth, Gordon and Virgina Pickering (ca. 1923 )

Pickerings in Honolulu (1927)

March, 1927, Lincoln School, Honolulu, Hawaii, Elizabeth Pickering 2nd from end of bottom row.

“Mildren Knutsen (née Orr gave me (Elizabeth) this print with 2 others when she learned that I was a Pickering. When she was about 20 yrs old she entertained the 4 Pickering siblings so her father, Billy Orr, could visit with Frank Pickering. They knew each other as young men in Boulder, CO. They were both converted in the Free Methodist Church there. Picture taken in Rogers Park on a Sunday in late June, 1929 near SPC.”

Frank, Bertha and family, 1929

"Summer 1929, 1st row 1.Harold Fleming, 2.? 3.Alice Fleming, 4.Charles Fleming, 5.Uncle Will Fleming, 6. Aunt Mary F., 7. Virginia Pickering, 8. Bertha Pickering, 2nd row 1. Gordon Pickering, 2.Ross Fleming, 3.Frances Pickering, 4. Elizabeth"

Family Group (1930-32)

"Margaret, Lola, Eliza, Beth, Ruth, Beulah - 1931"

"Buffie"

"Elizabeth Pickering, junior at Greenville Col., Greenville, lll., Fall, 1935 at Women's Fall retreat. Leather high top boots! On banks of Mississippi River"

Wesley & Elizabeth's First Car, 1935

"Girl's B B team for junior class 1935-36. Front: Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Grace Piper, Rose Corman, Bernadine Gaddis, Back: Elizabeth van Scible, Jane Bradbury, Marian Biddulph, Lois Kingsley."

"Capt. Wesley Walls, Chaplain, Word War II, March, 1945, taken shortly before he went overseas to Far East. Wesley & Elizabeth, Forrest 6 years, Burton 10 months." (reverse)

"Forrest W. Walls, Elizabeth J. Walls, Burton H. Walls, July 6, 1945?"

Walla Walla, WA, home of Wesley + Mable Joy, 1948. Backrow: Paul T. Walls, Willard Joy, Wesley Joy, Wesley Walls, Kay Jay Joy, Middle: Vera M. Walls, Mable Grace Joy, E. Wilbur Walls, Elsie Jackson Walls, Elizbaeth Walls holding Francine E. Walls, Janice Joy, Front: Roger Walls, Lynda Walls, Burton Walls, LaVera Joy, Forest W. Walls

Burton Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Forrest Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Francine Walls, 1950

(1952) Back Row: Justin Longenecker, Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Frances Pickering Longenecker, Virginia Pickering Wiren, Gordon Pickering. On couch left side: Forrest W. Walls, Forest W. Walls. On couch on right side: Robert Wiren. Seated: Kris Wiren, Frank I. Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Rose Pickering, Gordon Steven Pickering (babe in arms). Standing Left: Francine E. Walls. Standing Right: Burton H. Walls.

"F. Wesley Walls family around 1957, Seattle, WA, 2930 Queen Anne Ave" (FEW)

Elizabeth and Wesley Walls, 1964

“L to R (back row) E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Francine Walls, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Sylvia Walls, Lynda Walls, Roger Walls, Vera Walls. Seated: Mable Joy, Wesley Joy, LaVera Cowin, Jim Cowin, Lorraine Walls, Kurt Walls. Little girls: Shari Cowin, Debbie Cowin, Carol Lynn Cowin, 1964” (best available copy)

“Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Frank Pickering, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Bertha Pickering, Vi Walls, Forrest Walls. Vi & Forrest Walls’ Wedding.”

"Wesley & Elizabeth Walls in Spain at Escorial during our 10 weeks in Europe, Summer 1967" (reverse)

Edith Pickering, Frank Pickering, Elizabeth Walls, Frank's 2nd marriage

"Your folks flew to Greenville when Dad was given an honory doctorate. The pic was probably taken in 1976. F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Vera Walls, Paul T. Walls" (reverse)

"L to R: Christmas 1976 Seattle, WA/Ralene Walls, Preston Walls, Burton Walls, John Peters, Sylvia Walls, Forrest Walls, Viola Walls/Seated: Francine Walls, Chris Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Aaron Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Ryan Walls" (FEW)

Waco Texas, July 11, 1992, Wesley & Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Justin & Frances Pickering Longenecker, Rose and Gordon Pickering

"Waco, Texas, Longenecker 50th (Justin & Frances), Forest & Vi Walls, Sylvia Walls, Wesley & Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Francine Walls, July 11, 1992" (reverse)

“Wesley Walls Family, June, 1994, Seattle, WA. Back row: Christian Pickering Walls (23), Jim Webb (51), Vi Walls (55), Sylvia Walls-Woodstrom (40), Bruce Woodstrom (49). Middle row: Francine Elizabeth Walls-Webb, Aaron Gregory Walls (24), Forrest Wesley Walls (55), Ryan Wesley Walls (26). Front row: Burton Howard Walls (50), Ralene Walls (48), Elizabeth Pickering Walls (78), Forest Wesley Walls (78), Anne Elizabeth Walls (16), Preston Davis Walls (18)” (reverse)

"Elizbaeth Gordon and Frances Pickering, Oct. 2003"

“Walls Family Christmas 12-24-2004, Home of Burt & Ralene Walls. Front Row: Nick & Annie Gartner, Preston Walls & Jordon McAmmond. Middle Row: Chris Walls, F. Wesley Walls & Elizabeth Walls, Forry & Vi Walls. Back Row: Francine Walls, Ryan Walls, Renée & Aaron & Riley Walls, Sylvia Walls, Ralene & Burt Walls.” (reverse)

Elizabeth Pickering 6 months old

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 1, Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Dr. Forest Wesley Walls, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
3. [S56] Unknown, "The Davis Line", 3; report, About 1940; 3 page typewritten report on descendants of William and Ann Davis held by Gordon Stephen Pickering.
4. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Epson Wilbur Walls.
5. [S69] Evie Hutton, "Introduction of Wes and Elizabeth Walls", Christwood Courier (Feb 2004 (Vol 10, No. 2)), 3.

Ethel Virginia Pickering

Parents

Biography

Burial	Ethel Virginia Pickering was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.1
Birth	She was born on 24 August 1922 at Station Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Texas, United States.1,2
Misc	She went by her middle name, Virginia.
Marriage	Robert Wiren and she were married on 14 September 1945 in Seattle, Washington.1
Death	She died Age at Death: 35 on 27 April 1958 at age 35 in Seattle, King, Washington.1

Person Exhibits

Virginia, Elizabeth, Frances Pickering

Ethel Virginia Pickering Wiren

Frances, Elizabeth, Gordon and Virgina Pickering (ca. 1923 )

Pickerings in Honolulu (1927)

“Mildren Knutsen (née Orr gave me (Elizabeth) this print with 2 others when she learned that I was a Pickering. When she was about 20 yrs old she entertained the 4 Pickering siblings so her father, Billy Orr, could visit with Frank Pickering. They knew each other as young men in Boulder, CO. They were both converted in the Free Methodist Church there. Picture taken in Rogers Park on a Sunday in late June, 1929 near SPC.”

Frank, Bertha and family, 1929

"Summer 1929, 1st row 1.Harold Fleming, 2.? 3.Alice Fleming, 4.Charles Fleming, 5.Uncle Will Fleming, 6. Aunt Mary F., 7. Virginia Pickering, 8. Bertha Pickering, 2nd row 1. Gordon Pickering, 2.Ross Fleming, 3.Frances Pickering, 4. Elizabeth"

Family Group (1930-32)

Goodbye, Again (1938)

(1952) Back Row: Justin Longenecker, Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Frances Pickering Longenecker, Virginia Pickering Wiren, Gordon Pickering. On couch left side: Forrest W. Walls, Forest W. Walls. On couch on right side: Robert Wiren. Seated: Kris Wiren, Frank I. Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Rose Pickering, Gordon Steven Pickering (babe in arms). Standing Left: Francine E. Walls. Standing Right: Burton H. Walls.

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 2, Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S56] Unknown, "The Davis Line", 3; report, About 1940; 3 page typewritten report on descendants of William and Ann Davis held by Gordon Stephen Pickering.

Frances Evelyn Pickering

Parents

Biography

Burial	Frances Evelyn Pickering was buried at Waco Memorial Park in Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States of America.1
Note	Frances, an accomplished violinist, was honored by her church for her contributions of many years. Remarks from her sister, Elizabeth (Pickering) Walls for the occasion can be read at the following link:
Birth	She was born on 11 January 1920 at Station Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States.1,2
Marriage	Justin Gooderl Longenecker and she were married on 11 July 1942 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.1 Justin and Frances Longenecker Wedding (July 11, 1942, Seattle)
Witness	The Longeneckers celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, 11 July 1992. A home video of the occasion can be viewed online. “L to R: Burton Walls, Francine Walls, Forrest Walls, Viola Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Justin Longenecker, Frances Pickering Longenecker, Al Mendez, Rose Pickering, Gordon Pickering, Philip Edgington, Stephany Pickering Conner, Caleb Connor, Donnie Connor. First Row, L to R: Sylvia Walls, Justin Colt Currie, Chelsea Currie, Lyndsie Currie, Lynda Longenecker Currie, Nancy Longenecker Mendez, Mark Mendez (baby in arms), Jane Longenecker Edgington (Goode), Jeffrey Edgington (baby in arms), Joshua Connor”
Death	She died on 23 June 2004 at age 84 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States of America.1

Person Exhibits

Virginia, Elizabeth, Frances Pickering

Frances, Elizabeth, Gordon and Virgina Pickering (ca. 1923 )

Pickerings in Honolulu (1927)

“Mildren Knutsen (née Orr gave me (Elizabeth) this print with 2 others when she learned that I was a Pickering. When she was about 20 yrs old she entertained the 4 Pickering siblings so her father, Billy Orr, could visit with Frank Pickering. They knew each other as young men in Boulder, CO. They were both converted in the Free Methodist Church there. Picture taken in Rogers Park on a Sunday in late June, 1929 near SPC.”

Frank, Bertha and family, 1929

"Summer 1929, 1st row 1.Harold Fleming, 2.? 3.Alice Fleming, 4.Charles Fleming, 5.Uncle Will Fleming, 6. Aunt Mary F., 7. Virginia Pickering, 8. Bertha Pickering, 2nd row 1. Gordon Pickering, 2.Ross Fleming, 3.Frances Pickering, 4. Elizabeth"

Family Group (1930-32)

Goodbye, Again (1938)

(1952) Back Row: Justin Longenecker, Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Frances Pickering Longenecker, Virginia Pickering Wiren, Gordon Pickering. On couch left side: Forrest W. Walls, Forest W. Walls. On couch on right side: Robert Wiren. Seated: Kris Wiren, Frank I. Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Rose Pickering, Gordon Steven Pickering (babe in arms). Standing Left: Francine E. Walls. Standing Right: Burton H. Walls.

Frances and Justin Longenecker, 1992

Waco Texas, July 11, 1992, Wesley & Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Justin & Frances Pickering Longenecker, Rose and Gordon Pickering

"Elizbaeth Gordon and Frances Pickering, Oct. 2003"

Citations

1. [S49] Francine Walls, "Nancy Menendez Note"; report, 17 Jan 2019; Microsoft Word file held by Francine Walls.
2. [S56] Unknown, "The Davis Line", 3; report, About 1940; 3 page typewritten report on descendants of William and Ann Davis held by Gordon Stephen Pickering.

Anna Louisa ("Annie") Harvey

Parents

Biography

Birth	Anna Louisa ("Annie") Harvey was born on 28 May 1863 in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. Disagreement on birth year: 1862 or 1863?1,2,3
Marriage	George Stephen Davis and she were married on 10 April 1887 in Greenville, Clay, Iowa, United States.1,2,3
Death	She died of Bright's disease. on 27 September 1902 at age 39 in Greenville, Bond, Illinois, United States.1,2,3
Burial	She was buried at Montrose Cemetery in Greenville, Bond, Illinois, United States.1,2 “Headstones of your mother’s parents, Gordon. The smaller one is Bertha’s mother. The one we put in to replace the one becoming illegible. This is not a good picture. Dad/Anna Davis + George S, Davis graves in Montrose Cemetery, Greenville, Il.” (reverse)

Person Exhibits

Harvey Girls

"Anna Louisa Harvey Davis" (reverse)

"Anna Harvey about 1886" (reverse). Photo studio was in Reedburg, Wis.

"George Stephen & Anna Davis" (reverse)

Davis Family 1895

Davis Family, George Stephen Davis, Anna Louise Harvey Davis, Esther, Back row: Bertha Elizabeth, Ethel Gertrude and Nathan Howard (reverse)

"Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Gordon Lindley Pickering, and Frances Pickering Lengenecker at grave of their grandmother, Anna Lousia Harvey Davis, in cemetery at Greenville, Ill., June 1985" (reverse)

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 1, Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 2.
3. [S56] Unknown, "The Davis Line", 2; report, About 1940; 3 page typewritten report on descendants of William and Ann Davis held by Gordon Stephen Pickering.

George Stephen Davis

Parents

Biography

Birth	George Stephen Davis was born on 13 May 1862 in Valton, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States.1,2,3,4
Move	Mahaska County, Iowa, United States, about 1871.4
Education	He was educated at Friendswood Academy in Ironton, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States.4
Marriage	He and Anna Louisa ("Annie") Harvey were married on 10 April 1887 in Greenville, Clay, Iowa, United States.1,2,5
Note	The George Stephen Davis family lived in Rossie, Iowa before 1900, moved to Greenville, IL in 1901 and Anna Louisa Davis died in Sept. 1902. The family owned land in S.D.and moved there, farmed 2 miles out of Olivet, S.D.  George Stephen Davis went back to Greenville, IL in 1905 Spring to marry Dona Neal. Moved to Greenville, IL in 1908. Aunt Ethel went one year to Greenville College.  Family moved to New Mexico summer of 1909 for a short time and then to Boulder, CO at 1121 North St.6
Marriage	He and Dona Neal were married in 1905 in Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, United States.
Move	Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico Territory, United States, in 1908.7
Move	Colorado, United States, about 1909.4
	Dona Neal, George Stephen Davis’ second wife, had a less than stellar reputation in the family as she was reported to treat her step-children poorly. When Dona Neal contracted tuberculosis, step-daughter, Bertha E. Davis, nursed her and thus contracted TB herself. Bertha met Frank I. Pickering at church, and they became engaged. When Bertha told Frank that she had been diagnosed with TB, he said, “I will marry you if you have a year or a month or a day to live.”6
Death	He died on 1 July 1918 at age 56 in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States.1,2,3,5
Note	A copy of George's obituary can be viewed at the following link:
Burial	He was buried at Montrose Cemetery in Greenville, Illinois, United States.1,2,3 "June, 1985, Cemetery in Greenville, Ill. Grave of father of Bertha Elizabeth Davis Pickering, your great grandfather. This original gravestone shows sign of the wear + tear of the years. George S, Davis is rather hard to read. S. stands for Stephen " (EJPW) “Headstones of your mother’s parents, Gordon. The smaller one is Bertha’s mother. The one we put in to replace the one becoming illegible. This is not a good picture. Dad/Anna Davis + George S, Davis graves in Montrose Cemetery, Greenville, Il.” (reverse)

Person Exhibits

"Stephen Davis" (reverse)

Stephen Davis

Stephen Davis

"George Stephen & Anna Davis" (reverse)

Davis Family 1895

Davis Family, George Stephen Davis, Anna Louise Harvey Davis, Esther, Back row: Bertha Elizabeth, Ethel Gertrude and Nathan Howard (reverse)

Three Generations (Summer 1913)

Citations

1. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 1, Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 2.
3. [S56] Unknown, "The Davis Line", 1; report, About 1940; 3 page typewritten report on descendants of William and Ann Davis held by Gordon Stephen Pickering.
4. [S68] "George Stephen Davis obituary", undated clipping, 1918, from unidentified newspaper; privately held 2019 by Francine E. Walls. "Greenville Iowa" is written in pen on the clipping.
5. [S56] Unknown, "The Davis Line", 2.
6. [S65] Francine E. Walls, "Family information gleaned from files"; report, 18 Feb 2019; Microsoft Word file held by Francine E. Walls.
7. [S71] "The Davis Trunk", unknown date, photocopy, in handwriting of Elizabeth Jane (Pickering) Walls.

Dr. Forest Wesley Walls

Parents

Biography

Note	A biographical sketch of F. Wesley Walls, written by his daughter, Francine E. Walls, is at the following link:
Birth	Dr. Forest Wesley Walls was born on 23 April 1916 in Yale, Oklahoma, United States.1,2
Baptism	He was baptized on 5 November 1916.
Misc	He graduated from Central High School in 1933.3
Note	He earned an Associate in Arts from Central College in McPherson, Kansas. The commencement program can be viewed at the following link:
Misc	He earned a B.A. in History in 1937 at Greenville College in Greenville, Bond, Illinois, United States.3 "F. Wesley Walls, Student Body President, Greenville College, Greenville, ll., 1936-37" (reverse)
Marriage	He and Elizabeth Jane Pickering were married on 17 October 1937 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States.4,1,2 Marriage certificate F. Wesley Walls & Elizabeth Jane Pickering Walls, 10/17/1937 (reverse)
Witness	A 24 October 1937 program for Sunday worship at the Free Methodist Church in Waterloo, Iowa, listed the Rev. E.W. Walls as Pastor, and Wesley Walls as Assistant Pastor. It also gives the news that "Brother and Sister Wesley Walls returned Thursday evening from their honeymoon." A copy of the program can be viewed at the following link:
Ordination	He was ordained in 1938.5
Note	An article, "Tough Training Is Helpful----Say Army Fellows" (The Falcon, 12 March 1943) discussed Prof. Wesley Walls' efforts as physical education instructor in support of wartime regulations requiring daily physical exercise. A copy of the article can be read at the following link:
Note	He served as a Chaplain in the United States Army, with the rank of Captain. In World War II he served February 4, 1945 – January 3, 1947, 11th Airborne 187th Regiment Gliders, Philippines, Okinawa and Japan. In the Korean Conflict he served October 15, 1950 – 29 June, 1952 19th Engineer Combat Group Xcorps Function. “He went by boat from US to Japan, then from Japan to Koreaby boat.  He landed in Pusan in June 1951 and went to Taegu by railway.  He flew into Chuncheon, Korea, with the 19th Engineer Combat Group Xcorps Function.  N. Korean 4.5 attack and goback.  Stalemate at 38th parallel near Reservoir.  Panmunjom 38 negational divided still.  He visited Seoul. Inchon, harbor for Seoul. McArthur cut off N Korean army then China entered war with 300,000 ill-equipped men. Americans ran to evacuate by eastern harbor – flew in Bradley bridge as N. Koreans had blown up an important bridge and the convoy was backing up – did in matter of hours. Battle of Chosin Reservoir, Nov. 26, 1950 – Dec. 13, 1950.” Information from Forrest W. Walls, son (deceased)6
Note	Wesley was demobilized from WWII service on January 3, 1947. His decorations and citations included: Asiatic Pacific Theater Medal with one bronze star, Word War II Victory Medal, Army of Occupation Medal (Japan), Philippine Liberation Medal with one bronze star. A copy of his discharge papers can be found at the following link:
Note	In a 24 October 1950 letter to his sister Mable and brother-in-law Wesley, Forest Wesley Walls announces that he as reentered active duty with the U.S. Army. A copy of this letter is at the following link:
Note	Dr. Walls's chaplaincy service was featured the full-page "Foto Feature" column of YPMS [Young Person's Missionary Society] News, February 1, 1952, a copy of which can be found at the following link:
Note	Wesley served again in the Korean War and was discharged June 29, 1952. A copy of his Certificate of Service Card, and his service record (including his WWII service) can be found at the following links:
Note	In 1953, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran an article, "Newsmakers of Tomorrow," highlighting "100 young men of vision and vitality who received your nominations because they have already show unique qualities of leadership or promise of future achievement." Forrest W. Walls was among those selected. A copy of the article can be read at the following link:
Misc	He was awarded a Danforth Fellowship in 1957.3
Misc	He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1958.3
Note	In October 1962 Wesley and Elizabeth celebrated their 25th anniversary. F. Wesley and Elizabeth Walls 25th Anniv Oct. 1962 "Wesley & Elizabeth Walls 25th Wedding Celebration, Fall, 1962, Wesley's parents: Rev. & Mrs. E. Wilbur Walls, Elizabeth's parents: Major & Mrs. Frank I. Pickering." (reverse)
Misc	He was awared Fulbright-Hayes grant for study in India in 1964.3
Misc	He was Dean of Academic Affairs at Spring Arbor College between 1967 and 069.3
Misc	He was Dean of Liberal Studies at Seattle Pacific University between 1970 and 072.3
Note	An article, "Poor Heath causes resignation of Dean Walls," from the 7 April 1972 The Falcon describes Walls stepping down as Dean of Academic Development and returning to the Political Science department to teach. A copy of the article is at the following link:
Note	Dr. Walls was the subject of a "Featured Alumnus" article in the Winter, 1981 issue of Central College Bulletin (McPherson, Kansas ), an article which outlined his academic career. A copy can be found at the following link:
Note	A "Prayer at the Veterans Day Observance," by Dr. F. Wesley Walls, 24 October 1975, can be read at the following link:
Note	"Seattle Pacific cashing in on interest in business classes" (Seattle Times, 28 Sept. 1977) discussed a new business school which had F. Wesley Walls as Director. The article can be viewed at the following link:
Note	In 1980 Dr. Wesley Walls gave a speech, "Emerging Frontiers for Central College Graduates of 1980." A draft the speech, 10 pages with handwritten edits, can be viewed at the following link:
Note	Wes and Elizabeth Walls celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on 17 October 1987. A copy of the invention can be found at the following link:
Witness	At Christmas 1987, F. Wesley Walls gave a lecture in honor of his grandfather, Henry Tetric Jackson, and Civil War Battle of Pea Ridge. The video can be viewed on YouTube here. Notes from the lecture, and a list of attendees can be found at the following links:
Note	The September 1990 issue of RV Life magazine had an article "Lewis & Clark: The Voyage of Discovery" by Wesley and Elizabeth, describing their retracing of the Lewis and Clark trail. A copy of the article can be viewed at the following link:
Note	In April 1991, F. Wesley and Elizabeth Walls sat for an videotaped interview in which they talked about their lives. The video, Mother and Dad's Story 4/91 can be viewed by clicking the link.
Note	Undated notes on a yellow sketchpad, "Elizabeth and Wesley Walls, Houses Lived in since marriage Oct. 17, 1937," which can be viewed at the following link:
Note	An article, "Introduction of Wes and Elizabeth Walls," in the February 2004 issue of Christwood Courier contains a brief biographical sketch. It can be found at the following link:
Death	He died on 29 June 2012 at age 96 in Shoreline, Washington, United States.2
Note	An obituary for F. Wesley Walls ran in the Seattle Times on 13 July 2012. A transcription of that piece is at the following link:
Note	An appreciation of his life, printed in the church bulletin, can be read at the following link:
Note	A copy of a funeral program, "A Celebration of the Life, F. Wesley Walls," 29 July 2012, including two photographs and a biographical sketch, can be viewed at the following link:

Person Exhibits

Ann Walls' Wedding/Wesley Walls/Preston Walls/Elizabeth Walls

Anne Walls' wedding/Anne Walls/Wesley Walls/Elizabeth Walls (FEW)

F. Welsey and Elizabeth Walls

F. Welsey and Elizabeth Walls

F. Wesley Walls (photo by Francine E. Walls)

F. Wesley Walls 1930s

F. Wesley Walls

"Dr. F. Wesley Walls with his grad-daughter, Dr. Annie Gartner, at her graduation from medical school." (note taped to reverse)

"Chaplain F. Wesley Walls, Please return to Publicity Office, SPC Seattle, 99" (reverse)

F. Wesley Walls

"Paul, E.W., Elsie, F. Wesley Walls"

“Sylvia Walls’ 2nd Marriage, F. Wesley Walls, Aaron Walls, Forrest Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Vi Walls, Preston Walls, Ryan Walls, Sylvia Walls, Bruce Woodstrom, Burton Walls, Anne Walls, Ralene Walls, Christian Walls, Francine Walls” (FEW)

"Seated Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Standing L to R: Paul Walls, Vera Walls, Wes Joy, Mable Joy, Elizabeth Walls, F. Wesley Walls" (reverse) (best available copy)

F. Wesley Walls, E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Paul Walls

"Justin Longenecker, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Gordon Pickering, Rose Pickering" (FEW)

“L to R: (first row) E.W. Walls, Forrest Walls, Lynda Walls, Paul Walls (seated), LaVera Joy, Wesley Joy, Elsie Walls, Burton Walls, Janice Joy, Vera Walls, Kay J. Joy, F. Wesley Walls, Mable Joy, Willard Joy, Roger Walls.”

"E.W. Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Forrest Walls(?), Elsie Walls, Elizabeth Walls" (FEW)

"c. 1915. Top: Lola Walls, Vern Walls , Mable Walls, Botton: Roy Epson, Paul Titrick, Forrest Wesley Walls, all children of E. Wilbur & Else P. Walls except Lola & Vern" (reverse)

"Wesley Walls, from April 23, 1916 as infant, Yale, Oklahoma" (reverse)

Wesley & Elizabeth's First Car, 1935

"Capt. Wesley Walls, Chaplain, Word War II, March, 1945, taken shortly before he went overseas to Far East. Wesley & Elizabeth, Forrest 6 years, Burton 10 months." (reverse)

Walla Walla, WA, home of Wesley + Mable Joy, 1948. Backrow: Paul T. Walls, Willard Joy, Wesley Joy, Wesley Walls, Kay Jay Joy, Middle: Vera M. Walls, Mable Grace Joy, E. Wilbur Walls, Elsie Jackson Walls, Elizbaeth Walls holding Francine E. Walls, Janice Joy, Front: Roger Walls, Lynda Walls, Burton Walls, LaVera Joy, Forest W. Walls

Burton Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Forrest Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Francine Walls, 1950

(1952) Back Row: Justin Longenecker, Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Frances Pickering Longenecker, Virginia Pickering Wiren, Gordon Pickering. On couch left side: Forrest W. Walls, Forest W. Walls. On couch on right side: Robert Wiren. Seated: Kris Wiren, Frank I. Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Rose Pickering, Gordon Steven Pickering (babe in arms). Standing Left: Francine E. Walls. Standing Right: Burton H. Walls.

"F. Wesley Walls family around 1957, Seattle, WA, 2930 Queen Anne Ave" (FEW)

“Front Row: Stephany Pickering, Jane Longenecker, Nancy Longenecker, Lynda Longenecker, Sylvia Walls. Second Row: Gordon Pickering, Frances Longenecker, Frank Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Elizabeth Walls. Third Row: Stephen Pickering, Rose Pickering, Justin Longenecker, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Francine Walls.” (abt. 1958) (FEW)

Elizabeth and Wesley Walls, 1964

“L to R (back row) E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Francine Walls, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Sylvia Walls, Lynda Walls, Roger Walls, Vera Walls. Seated: Mable Joy, Wesley Joy, LaVera Cowin, Jim Cowin, Lorraine Walls, Kurt Walls. Little girls: Shari Cowin, Debbie Cowin, Carol Lynn Cowin, 1964” (best available copy)

“Elsie Walls, E.W. Walls, Frank Pickering, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Bertha Pickering, Vi Walls, Forrest Walls. Vi & Forrest Walls’ Wedding.”

"Wesley & Elizabeth Walls in Spain at Escorial during our 10 weeks in Europe, Summer 1967" (reverse)

"Your folks flew to Greenville when Dad was given an honory doctorate. The pic was probably taken in 1976. F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Vera Walls, Paul T. Walls" (reverse)

"L to R: Christmas 1976 Seattle, WA/Ralene Walls, Preston Walls, Burton Walls, John Peters, Sylvia Walls, Forrest Walls, Viola Walls/Seated: Francine Walls, Chris Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Aaron Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Ryan Walls" (FEW)

Waco Texas, July 11, 1992, Wesley & Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Justin & Frances Pickering Longenecker, Rose and Gordon Pickering

"Waco, Texas, Longenecker 50th (Justin & Frances), Forest & Vi Walls, Sylvia Walls, Wesley & Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Francine Walls, July 11, 1992" (reverse)

“Wesley Walls Family, June, 1994, Seattle, WA. Back row: Christian Pickering Walls (23), Jim Webb (51), Vi Walls (55), Sylvia Walls-Woodstrom (40), Bruce Woodstrom (49). Middle row: Francine Elizabeth Walls-Webb, Aaron Gregory Walls (24), Forrest Wesley Walls (55), Ryan Wesley Walls (26). Front row: Burton Howard Walls (50), Ralene Walls (48), Elizabeth Pickering Walls (78), Forest Wesley Walls (78), Anne Elizabeth Walls (16), Preston Davis Walls (18)” (reverse)

“Walls Family Christmas 12-24-2004, Home of Burt & Ralene Walls. Front Row: Nick & Annie Gartner, Preston Walls & Jordon McAmmond. Middle Row: Chris Walls, F. Wesley Walls & Elizabeth Walls, Forry & Vi Walls. Back Row: Francine Walls, Ryan Walls, Renée & Aaron & Riley Walls, Sylvia Walls, Ralene & Burt Walls.” (reverse)

“L to R, Seated: Ralene Walls, Preston Walls, Renée Walls (Keira – babe in arm), Riley Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Anne Walls Gartner, Nick Gartner. Back Row: Burton Walls, Aaron Walls, Abby Walls, Chris Walls, Francine Walls, Vi Walls, Ryan Walls, Syvlia Walls, Forrest W. Walls” (FEW)

Citations

1. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Epson Wilbur Walls, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Dr. Forest Wesley Walls.
3. [S66] David L. McKenna, "Featured Alumnus: F. Wesley Walls", Central College Bulletin (Winter, 1981), 10-11.
4. [S51] Max L. Carpenter, p. 1, Francine E. Walls family archive; supplied by Francine E. Walls.
5. [S69] Evie Hutton, "Introduction of Wes and Elizabeth Walls", Christwood Courier (Feb 2004 (Vol 10, No. 2)), 3.
6. [S65] Francine E. Walls, "Family information gleaned from files"; report, 18 Feb 2019; Microsoft Word file held by Francine E. Walls.

Forrest Wesley Walls

Parents

Biography

Person Source	Forrest Wesley Walls had person sources.1
Birth	He was born on 3 January 1939 in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States.2
Degree	He received a B.A. degree in 1960 at Seattle Pacific College.
Degree	He received a J.D. degree in 1962 at University of Washington Law School.
Occupation	Forrest Wesley Walls was a Partner and Chairman of the Municipal Department of the law firm Preston, Thorgrimson, Eillis & Holman.
Death	He died on 16 October 2009 at age 70 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.2
Note	Forrest's funeral service was held at the Free Methodist Church in Seattle, October 23, 2009. The audio from the service was recorded and can be listened to on YouTube here. A copy of the obituary, from Edmonds (Washington) Beacon, as well as a copy of the funeral program, can be read at the following links:

Person Exhibits

Forrest W. Walls, Vi Walls, Aaron Walls, Renee Walls, Ryan Walls, 2003 (FEW)

From the Ghost Town "Pitchur Gallery" at Knott's Berrry Farm

Forrest W. Walls SPC

“Sylvia Walls’ 2nd Marriage, F. Wesley Walls, Aaron Walls, Forrest Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Vi Walls, Preston Walls, Ryan Walls, Sylvia Walls, Bruce Woodstrom, Burton Walls, Anne Walls, Ralene Walls, Christian Walls, Francine Walls” (FEW)

“L to R: (first row) E.W. Walls, Forrest Walls, Lynda Walls, Paul Walls (seated), LaVera Joy, Wesley Joy, Elsie Walls, Burton Walls, Janice Joy, Vera Walls, Kay J. Joy, F. Wesley Walls, Mable Joy, Willard Joy, Roger Walls.”

"E.W. Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Forrest Walls(?), Elsie Walls, Elizabeth Walls" (FEW)

"Capt. Wesley Walls, Chaplain, Word War II, March, 1945, taken shortly before he went overseas to Far East. Wesley & Elizabeth, Forrest 6 years, Burton 10 months." (reverse)

"Don't touch it, Burton, says Forrest. Burton's 1st birthday, May 10, 1945" (reverse)

"Forrest W. Walls, Elizabeth J. Walls, Burton H. Walls, July 6, 1945?"

Walla Walla, WA, home of Wesley + Mable Joy, 1948. Backrow: Paul T. Walls, Willard Joy, Wesley Joy, Wesley Walls, Kay Jay Joy, Middle: Vera M. Walls, Mable Grace Joy, E. Wilbur Walls, Elsie Jackson Walls, Elizbaeth Walls holding Francine E. Walls, Janice Joy, Front: Roger Walls, Lynda Walls, Burton Walls, LaVera Joy, Forest W. Walls

Burton Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Forrest Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Francine Walls, 1950

(1952) Back Row: Justin Longenecker, Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Frances Pickering Longenecker, Virginia Pickering Wiren, Gordon Pickering. On couch left side: Forrest W. Walls, Forest W. Walls. On couch on right side: Robert Wiren. Seated: Kris Wiren, Frank I. Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Rose Pickering, Gordon Steven Pickering (babe in arms). Standing Left: Francine E. Walls. Standing Right: Burton H. Walls.

"F. Wesley Walls family around 1957, Seattle, WA, 2930 Queen Anne Ave" (FEW)

“Front Row: Stephany Pickering, Jane Longenecker, Nancy Longenecker, Lynda Longenecker, Sylvia Walls. Second Row: Gordon Pickering, Frances Longenecker, Frank Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Elizabeth Walls. Third Row: Stephen Pickering, Rose Pickering, Justin Longenecker, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Francine Walls.” (abt. 1958) (FEW)

“L to R (back row) E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Francine Walls, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Sylvia Walls, Lynda Walls, Roger Walls, Vera Walls. Seated: Mable Joy, Wesley Joy, LaVera Cowin, Jim Cowin, Lorraine Walls, Kurt Walls. Little girls: Shari Cowin, Debbie Cowin, Carol Lynn Cowin, 1964” (best available copy)

"L to R: Christmas 1976 Seattle, WA/Ralene Walls, Preston Walls, Burton Walls, John Peters, Sylvia Walls, Forrest Walls, Viola Walls/Seated: Francine Walls, Chris Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Aaron Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Ryan Walls" (FEW)

"Waco, Texas, Longenecker 50th (Justin & Frances), Forest & Vi Walls, Sylvia Walls, Wesley & Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Francine Walls, July 11, 1992" (reverse)

“Wesley Walls Family, June, 1994, Seattle, WA. Back row: Christian Pickering Walls (23), Jim Webb (51), Vi Walls (55), Sylvia Walls-Woodstrom (40), Bruce Woodstrom (49). Middle row: Francine Elizabeth Walls-Webb, Aaron Gregory Walls (24), Forrest Wesley Walls (55), Ryan Wesley Walls (26). Front row: Burton Howard Walls (50), Ralene Walls (48), Elizabeth Pickering Walls (78), Forest Wesley Walls (78), Anne Elizabeth Walls (16), Preston Davis Walls (18)” (reverse)

“Walls Family Christmas 12-24-2004, Home of Burt & Ralene Walls. Front Row: Nick & Annie Gartner, Preston Walls & Jordon McAmmond. Middle Row: Chris Walls, F. Wesley Walls & Elizabeth Walls, Forry & Vi Walls. Back Row: Francine Walls, Ryan Walls, Renée & Aaron & Riley Walls, Sylvia Walls, Ralene & Burt Walls.” (reverse)

“L to R, Seated: Ralene Walls, Preston Walls, Renée Walls (Keira – babe in arm), Riley Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Anne Walls Gartner, Nick Gartner. Back Row: Burton Walls, Aaron Walls, Abby Walls, Chris Walls, Francine Walls, Vi Walls, Ryan Walls, Syvlia Walls, Forrest W. Walls” (FEW)

Citations

1. [S52] Unknown, "Reverend E. Wilbur Walls Family"; report, 20 Oct 1981; typed descendant chart held by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Dr. Forest Wesley Walls, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

Francine Elizabeth Walls

Parents

Person Exhibits

Francine Walls (wearing the broach of Bertha Pickering)

Sylvia Jeanette Walls

Parents

Biography

Person Source	Sylvia Jeanette Walls had person sources.1
Birth	She was born on 22 April 1954 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.2
Death	She died on 26 September 2008 at age 54 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.2
Note	A program, "A Celebration of the Life of Sylvia Walls" from 19 Oct. 2008 can be viewed at the following link:

Person Exhibits

Sylvia Walls

“Sylvia Walls’ 2nd Marriage, F. Wesley Walls, Aaron Walls, Forrest Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Vi Walls, Preston Walls, Ryan Walls, Sylvia Walls, Bruce Woodstrom, Burton Walls, Anne Walls, Ralene Walls, Christian Walls, Francine Walls” (FEW)

"F. Wesley Walls family around 1957, Seattle, WA, 2930 Queen Anne Ave" (FEW)

“Front Row: Stephany Pickering, Jane Longenecker, Nancy Longenecker, Lynda Longenecker, Sylvia Walls. Second Row: Gordon Pickering, Frances Longenecker, Frank Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Elizabeth Walls. Third Row: Stephen Pickering, Rose Pickering, Justin Longenecker, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Francine Walls.” (abt. 1958) (FEW)

“L to R (back row) E.W. Walls, Elsie Walls, Francine Walls, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Sylvia Walls, Lynda Walls, Roger Walls, Vera Walls. Seated: Mable Joy, Wesley Joy, LaVera Cowin, Jim Cowin, Lorraine Walls, Kurt Walls. Little girls: Shari Cowin, Debbie Cowin, Carol Lynn Cowin, 1964” (best available copy)

"L to R: Christmas 1976 Seattle, WA/Ralene Walls, Preston Walls, Burton Walls, John Peters, Sylvia Walls, Forrest Walls, Viola Walls/Seated: Francine Walls, Chris Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Aaron Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Ryan Walls" (FEW)

"Waco, Texas, Longenecker 50th (Justin & Frances), Forest & Vi Walls, Sylvia Walls, Wesley & Elizabeth Walls, Burton Walls, Francine Walls, July 11, 1992" (reverse)

“Wesley Walls Family, June, 1994, Seattle, WA. Back row: Christian Pickering Walls (23), Jim Webb (51), Vi Walls (55), Sylvia Walls-Woodstrom (40), Bruce Woodstrom (49). Middle row: Francine Elizabeth Walls-Webb, Aaron Gregory Walls (24), Forrest Wesley Walls (55), Ryan Wesley Walls (26). Front row: Burton Howard Walls (50), Ralene Walls (48), Elizabeth Pickering Walls (78), Forest Wesley Walls (78), Anne Elizabeth Walls (16), Preston Davis Walls (18)” (reverse)

“Walls Family Christmas 12-24-2004, Home of Burt & Ralene Walls. Front Row: Nick & Annie Gartner, Preston Walls & Jordon McAmmond. Middle Row: Chris Walls, F. Wesley Walls & Elizabeth Walls, Forry & Vi Walls. Back Row: Francine Walls, Ryan Walls, Renée & Aaron & Riley Walls, Sylvia Walls, Ralene & Burt Walls.” (reverse)

“L to R, Seated: Ralene Walls, Preston Walls, Renée Walls (Keira – babe in arm), Riley Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Anne Walls Gartner, Nick Gartner. Back Row: Burton Walls, Aaron Walls, Abby Walls, Chris Walls, Francine Walls, Vi Walls, Ryan Walls, Syvlia Walls, Forrest W. Walls” (FEW)

Citations

1. [S52] Unknown, "Reverend E. Wilbur Walls Family"; report, 20 Oct 1981; typed descendant chart held by Francine E. Walls.
2. [S53] Gordon L. Pickering, Dr. Forest Wesley Walls, Gordon L. Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Francine E. Walls.

Burton Howard Walls

Parents

Person Exhibits

Burt Walls

Justin Gooderl Longenecker

Parents

Biography

Burial	Justin Gooderl Longenecker was buried at Waco Memorial Park.1
Birth	He was born on 4 May 1917 in Mayetta, Jackson, Kansas, United States. Discrepancy on birthplace: One source says Birmingham, Kansas, the other Mayetta, Kansas.1,2
Marriage	He and Frances Evelyn Pickering were married on 11 July 1942 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.1 Justin and Frances Longenecker Wedding (July 11, 1942, Seattle)
Note	The Longeneckers celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, 11 July 1992. A home video of the occasion can be viewed online. “L to R: Burton Walls, Francine Walls, Forrest Walls, Viola Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Justin Longenecker, Frances Pickering Longenecker, Al Mendez, Rose Pickering, Gordon Pickering, Philip Edgington, Stephany Pickering Conner, Caleb Connor, Donnie Connor. First Row, L to R: Sylvia Walls, Justin Colt Currie, Chelsea Currie, Lyndsie Currie, Lynda Longenecker Currie, Nancy Longenecker Mendez, Mark Mendez (baby in arms), Jane Longenecker Edgington (Goode), Jeffrey Edgington (baby in arms), Joshua Connor”
Death	He died on 14 September 2005 at age 88 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States of America.1

Person Exhibits

"Justin Longenecker, F. Wesley Walls, Elizabeth Walls, Gordon Pickering, Rose Pickering" (FEW)

(1952) Back Row: Justin Longenecker, Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Frances Pickering Longenecker, Virginia Pickering Wiren, Gordon Pickering. On couch left side: Forrest W. Walls, Forest W. Walls. On couch on right side: Robert Wiren. Seated: Kris Wiren, Frank I. Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Rose Pickering, Gordon Steven Pickering (babe in arms). Standing Left: Francine E. Walls. Standing Right: Burton H. Walls.

“Front Row: Stephany Pickering, Jane Longenecker, Nancy Longenecker, Lynda Longenecker, Sylvia Walls. Second Row: Gordon Pickering, Frances Longenecker, Frank Pickering, Bertha Pickering, Elizabeth Walls. Third Row: Stephen Pickering, Rose Pickering, Justin Longenecker, Forrest Walls, F. Wesley Walls, Francine Walls.” (abt. 1958) (FEW)

Frances and Justin Longenecker, 1992

Waco Texas, July 11, 1992, Wesley & Elizabeth Pickering Walls, Justin & Frances Pickering Longenecker, Rose and Gordon Pickering

Citations

1. [S49] Francine Walls, "Nancy Menendez Note"; report, 17 Jan 2019; Microsoft Word file held by Francine Walls.
2. [S57] Unknown, Longenecker Justin Gooderl, Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Gordon Stephen Pickering.

Jane Evelyn Longenecker

Parents

Nancy Louise Longenecker

Parents

Linda Jean ("Lynda") Longenecker

Parents

Robert Craig Wiren

Parents

Biography

Birth	Robert Craig Wiren was born on 23 April 1954 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.1
Graduation	He graduated at Shoreline High School.2
Graduation	He graduated at University of Washington, with a B.A. in engineering.2
Graduation	He graduated at University of Washington, with a M.A. in Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.2
Death	He died on 10 October 1995 at age 41 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.1
Note	Craig Wiren (obituary) (son of Virginia Pickering Wiren) Born April 23, 1954 in Seattle; passed away October 10, 1995 in Atlanta, GA. Meningococcal septicaemia.  He was a graduate of Shoreline High School, the University of Washington with a B.A. in Engineering and an M.A. in Nuclear Power Plant Engineering. He was working on the Guidance System Software for the Lockheed C-30 transport. Craig was a generous person with a lot of potential. He had a love of people and the Pacific NW.  He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.  He is survived by his parents Robert and Agnes May Wiren; sister Terri Ault and family; brothers Kris Wiren and family; Tom Swenson and family; nephews Steve, Dan and Adam Wiren; niece Kiersti Johnson. Memorial service Saturday, Oct. 21 at 2 PM at Forest Lawn Funeral Home 6701 30th Ave. S.W., Seattle. Remembrances to Children’s Hospital or the charity of your choice—Seattle Times, October 19, 1995. A copy of the obituary and a letter describing the funeral service from Elizabeth and Wesley Walls can be viewed at the following link:2

Citations

1. [S57] Unknown, Wiren Robert, Pickering Pedigree Charts; supplied by Gordon Stephen Pickering.
2. [S70] Robert (Craig) Wiren, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington, 19 Oct 1995.