Walter Lee DICKEN ²

  General Notes:

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: Walter Lee Dicken, Toddville, Linn Co, IA; 27; b. Apr 28, 1890 at Toddville, IA; farmer, employed by N. H. Dicken, Toddville, IA; single; medium height and build, brown eyes and hair.

1920 IA CENSUS, Linn Co, Otter Creek Twp: Nathan H. Dicken (Dicker?), 57, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. OH, farmer, gen. farm; wife Eda B., 54, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. PA; son Walter L., 29, single, b. IA, parents b. IA, laborer, home farm.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Linn Co, Otter Creek Twp: Walter L. Dicken, 34, 5th grade education, b. IA, father: Howard Dicken who was b. IA, mother: Eda Dicken who was b. IA and married IA, Navy veteran, served from IA, no occupation listed, no church affiliation; wife Mary E., 29, 7th grade education, b. IA, father: John Barnoska(?) who was b. Bohemia, mother: Blanche Dusil(?) who was b. IA and married IA, no church affiliation. (Listed next to Howard N. Dicken and John E. Dicken on census.)

1930 IA CENSUS, Linn Co, Otter Creek Twp: Walter Dicken, 39, 1st marriage age 32, b. IA, parents b. IA, laborer, gen. farm; wife Mary, 33, 1st marriage age 26, b. IA, father b. Austria, mother b. IA. (Listed on the same census page were John E. Dicken and Howard Dicken.)

Walter married Mary E. BARNOSKA about 1923 in IA.¹ (Mary E. BARNOSKA was born on 28 May 1895 in IA ⁴ and died in Mar 1976 in Toddville, Linn Co, IA ⁴.)