Individual Details

Walter's father, age 20, lived at Indiana, Lincoln, Kansas in 1880. Walter was born two years later in Jan. 1882. It is highly likely that Indiana is his birthplace.
WWI Draft Registration: 12 Sept. 1918 Walter Irwin Dunton age 36 born 3 Jan. 1882. Employed by Shell Oil. Medium height, medium build blue eyes and black hair. Nearest kin Grace F. Dunton.

Walter Irwin Jay Dunton's parents were:
John Walter Dunton, b. Feb. 2, 1860 in Clayton County, IA. and d.
Sep. 7, 1945 in Los Angeles County, CA. &
Mary Ellen Askey Dunton, b. Aug. 28, 1857 in Snow Shoe, Centre County, PA. and d. May 24, 1905 in Los Angeles, L.A., CA. 

Abt. 1881, John married Mary Ellen Askey.

John Walter and Mary Ellen Dunton's children were:
1. Walter Irwin Jay Dunton, b. Jan. 3, 1882 in Lincoln county, KS. and d. Sep. 22, 1932 in Ventura County, CA.
2. Ethel Maude Dunton, b. 1884 in KS.
3. Lyman Everett 'Jack' Dunton, b. Oct. 13, 1892 in Salem, Marion, OR. and d. Apr. 30, 1971 in Sonoma county, CA. According to his WWI Draft Registration card, 24 yr. old Lyman E. Dunton was an employee of the Universal Moving Pictures/Film Co. He was married, with 2 children. He was described as tall and slim, with brown eyes and dark brown hair.
According to the 1920 U.S. census, 26 yr. old Lyman was living in Pasadena, CA. with his 23 yr. old wife, Martha, 4 yr. old son, Robert and 3 yr. old daughter, Marie.
According to the 1940 U.S. census, 47 yr. old Lyman was living in Ducor, Tulare, CA., with his 29 yr. old wife, Betty, 11 yr. old daughter, Doris and 8 yr. old son, Jimmy.
According to his 1942 WWII Draft Registation card, 49 yr. old Lyman 'Errett' Dunton, b in Salem, Marion, OR., was marr. to Betty and living in Terra Bella, Tulare, CA.
4. John W. Dunton, b. Jun. 18, 1895 in Salem, Marion, OR.
According to his Jun. 5, 1917 WWI Draft Registration card, 21 yr. old John W. Dunton was unmarried, living in Eugene, OR. and was an ordained Minister at the First Christian Church of Crewell (Lane county) OR. He was described as tall and slender, with blue eyes and dark brown hair.

In the 1900 U.S. census, 18 yr. old Walter I. Dunton, a farm laborer, b. Jan. 1882 in KS., was living in Ojai, Ventura, CA. with his 
40 yr. old father, John W. Dunton, a laborer, doing cement work, b. Feb. 1860 in IA. 
42 yr. old mother, Mary E Dunton, b. Aug. 1857 in PA. 
15 yr. old sister, Ethel M Dunton, b. Aug. 1884 in KS.
7 yr. old brother, Emett Dunton, b. Oct. 1892 in OR.
4 yr. old brother, John W. Dunton, b. Jun. 1895 in OR. 
25 yr. old maternal uncle, James G. Askey, a farm laborer, b. Oct. 1874 in KS. 

On Sep. 19, 1906, Walter Irwin Dunton and Grace Frances Ivory were married in Lompoc, Santa Barbara county, CA., according to the Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011.

Walter Irwin Dunton, a native of Kansas, aged 24 years, resident of Lompoc County of Santa Barbara, State of California and Grace Frances Ivory, native of California, aged 18 years, resident of Lompoc upon the affidavit of both parties were granted this license. Walter Irwin Dunton and Grace Frances Ivory were joined in marriage by me on the 19th day of Sep. 1906 in said County and State; that Jno W. Dunton, a resident of Lost Angeles and Alma Ivory, a resident of Lompoc were present as witnesses.
W. T. Van Cleave Baptist Minister.

Walter and Grace Dunton's children were:
1. Walter Ward Dunton, b. Jul. 5, 1907 in Santa Barbara county, CA. and d. Nov. 11, 1907 in Santa Barbara county, CA.
2. Irene Dunton, b. abt. 1909 in CA.
3. Charles Irwin Dunton, b. Apr. 8, 1917 in Ventura county, CA. and d. May 14, 2006 in Chico, Butte, CA. Charles marr. Doris I. __. 

In the 1910 U.S. census, 28 yr. old Walter W. J. Dunton, a tool dresser (assistant to the driller) in the oil well industry, b. in KS., was living in Township 6, Santa Barbara, CA. with his
22 yr. old wife, Grace F. Dunton, b. in CA.
1 yr. old daughter, Irene Dunton, b. in CA.
This was a first marriage for both Walter and Grace. They had been married for 3 yrs. Grace was the mother of 2 children, one still alive by this census.
Walter's father was b. in IA. and his mother in PA.
Grace's father was b. in NY. and her mother in MA.

According to his Sep. 12, 1918 WWI Draft Registration card, Walter Irwin Jay Dunton, b. Jan. 3, 1882, was married to Grace F. Dunton and living in Puente, L.A., CA. He was working as an oil driller for the Shell Oil Co. of CA. 
He was described as medium in height and build, with blue eyes and black hair.

In the Jan. 24-27, 1920 U.S. census, 38 yr. old Walter Dunton, an oil well driller, b. in KS., was living on Ventura Av. in Ventura, Ventura, CA. with his
31 yr. old wife, Grace Dunton, b. in CA.
11 yr. old daughter, Irene Dunton, b. in CA. 
2 yr. 9 mth. old son, Charles Dunton, b. in CA.
Walter's father was b. in KS. and his mother in PA.
Grace's father was b. in NY. and her mother in MA.

In the 1930 U.S. census, 47 yr. old Walter J. Dunton, a Superintendent at an Irrigation Plant, b. in KS., was living in a rented home (not a farm) on Ventura Blvd. in Ventura, Ventura, CA. with his 
41 yr. old wife, Grace F. Dunton, b. in CA.
13 yr. old son, Charles Dunton, b. in CA.
14 yr. old boarder, James Hoey, b. in WA. 
Walter was 24 yrs. old and Frances was 18 at the time of their marriage.
Walter's father was b. in IA. and his mother in PA. 
Grace's father was b. in NY. and her mother in MA.

Walter died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
 
 Parents:
  John Walter Dunton (1860 - 1945)
  Mary Ellen Askey Dunton (1857 - 1905)
 
 Spouse:  Grace Frances Ivory Dunton (1888 - 1976)*
 
 Children:
  Walter Ward Dunton (1906 - 1907)*
  Charles I. Dunton (1917 - 2006)*
 
 Sibling:
  Walter Irwin Jay Dunton (1882 - 1932)
  Lyman Everett Dunton (1892 - 1971)*

Birth	3 Jan 1882	Indiana, Lincoln County, Kansas
Marriage	19 Sep 1906	Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California - Grace Frances Ivory
Census (family)	1910	Santa Barbara County, California - Grace Frances Ivory
Draft registration	12 Sep 1918	Pomona, Los Angeles County, California
Census (family)	26 Jan 1920	Ventura, Ventura County, California - Grace Frances Ivory
Census (family)	24 Apr 1930	Ventura, Ventura County, California - Grace Frances Ivory
Death	22 Sep 1932	Ventura, Ventura County, California
Burial		Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura County, California

Spouse	Grace Frances Ivory (1888 - 1976)
Child	Walter Ward Dunton (1907 - 1907)
Child	Irene Dunton (1909 - )
Child	Mary Dunton (1911 - 1911)
Child	Charles Irwin Dunton (1917 - 2006)

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