Individual Details

Walter Stansifer Comstock

(13 Apr 1865 - 7 Apr 1913)



Walter's middle name was spelled by his father as "Stansifer". Somehow it got in the Comstock book as Stanisfer.

In 1886, Walter lived in Chicago and was working as a bookkeeper for Geo. P. Goore Co, 214 Madison St.

1900 Census. Cicero, Cook, IL, Hh 174
Walter Comstock, b. Apr 1865, 35, married 12 years, b. IN, Merchant
Grace, wife, b. Jan 1868, 34, 2 children, b. IL
Walter, son, b. 1892, 8
David, son, b. Aug 1894, 5
Walter Comstock, Sr., Father, b. Jul 1843, 56, married 36 years, b. IN
Charlotte, mother, b. Dec 1846, 53, 2 children, both living., b. IN

1910 Census. St. Joseph, Berrien Co, Michigan, Hh 2
Walter Comstock, 45, married once for 20 years, b. IN, retired farmer, Own Income
Grace, wife, 42, 3 children - 2 are living, b. IL
Walter Jr., son, 17, b. IL
Richard, son, 13, b. IL
Stella Gormley, sister-in-law, 47, married once for 29 years, 2 children - noneliving, b. IL
Marjorie Gormley, grand-niece, 5, b. IL
Edgar Williams, father-in-law, 74, widowed, b. NY, Farmer, Fruit

Walter was a broker in bonds, stocks and grain. He operated on the New York and Chicago Stock Exchanges and the Chicago Board of Trade for twenty years.

Events

Birth13 Apr 1865Columbus, Bartholemew County, Indiana
Marriage14 Oct 1888Cook County, Illinois - Grace Rosamond Williams
Death7 Apr 1913Saint Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan

Families

SpouseGrace Rosamond Williams (1868 - 1922)
ChildNona Comstock (1889 - 1894)
ChildWalter Comstock (1892 - )
ChildDavid Comstock (1894 - )
ChildRichard Comstock (1896 - )
FatherLyndon Walker Comstock (1843 - 1911)
MotherCharlotte Emeline Davis (1845 - 1936)
SiblingNellie Comstock (1867 - 1867)
SiblingNona Comstock (1871 - 1873)
SiblingLyndon Madeira Comstock (1877 - 1948)
SiblingCarlton Chastlar Comstock (1882 - 1885)