Walter McQuesten

1900 - 1965  (65 years)

• Name	Walter McQuesten
  Birth	26 May 1900	Berkeley, California
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Dec 1965	Martinez, California
  Person ID	I5518	Family
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2003

  
  

  Father	Leroy Napoleon McQuesten,   b. 9 Jul 1836, Litchfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire d. 4 Sep 1909, Berkeley, California (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Katherine James,   b. 1860, Kokrines, Alaska d. 1921, Berkeley, California (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	2 Sep 1882	Alaska   [1]
  	In a letter written by Jack to his family, he wrote, "I don't suppose you boys will think I did very well, when I tell you I have a full-blood Alaska Indian wife (I named her Kate), but I never expected to see a white woman again, so I took the best the country afforded, and we have a large family of bright children whom I dearly love." Katherine was among the very first Athabascans to marry an Ammerican, and as the wife of the senior trader, she played an important role in integrating the white and Native cultures. Many of the Native women who married white men were scorned as were some of the white men they married. These men were called "squaw men," a rude term which has persisted into the 1990's.
  Family ID	F3403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Gertrude Kay,   b. 9 Aug 1909
  Marriage	16 Aug 1929
  Children	1. Catherine Adele McQuesten   2. John Robert McQuesten,   b. 7 Mar 1933, Berkeley, California d. 18 Sep 1934, Berkeley, California (Age 1 year)   3. Walter McQuesten, Jr.
  Family ID	F1799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 May 1900 - Berkeley, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S384] McQuesten, Leroy Napoleon.