[6579] Elizabeth Wheeler is living with this woman in the 1850 Brown Co., IL census, so she is assumed to be the mother of Elizabeth and the widow of Sidney.
Age at death listed as 60, newspaper account. Her maiden name may have been McKeracher. This is suggested by a deed dated 19 jan 1850 (vol. 22 p. 34) wherein Amos and Mary McDougall buy from Philip J. Bain, Eliza Bain, John McKeracher, Katherine McKeracher, and Lucretia McKeracher.
[4478] Died "in 35th year"
Although the 1930 census gives her age as 45, there is a death record that may be hers, Matilda Victor b. 09 mar 1876 IL, d. 20 jul 1971 Los Angeles Co., but birthdate reported in Social Security Death Index as 07 mar 1876, SSAN 546-82-6283, last residence zip code 90254 (Hermosa Beach). The 1930 census indicates age at first marriage was 36, but the discrepancy in age makes this problematic. The 1920 census was checked to see who was living at 11216 Budlong Ave., but unfortunately, no such address existed in 1920!
However, the 1920 Seattle directory shows Walter Victor with wife Tilda, at the same address where our Walter resided for the 1920 census. Tilda was evidently the same Matilda Altwein mentioned as the common law wife of Walter Victor in Los Angeles around 1930! Further searches in the directories and the census records showed that Matilda A. B. was listed as the wife of William M. Altwein as early as 1913 in Seattle, and the 1920 census shows that she was divorced by that time. William Altwein is shown in the Seattle directories as early as 1905, working as a landscape gardener, and before that, he is apparently the William M. Altwein who is found in the Omaha, Nebraska directories from about 1887 until 1904. The two families may have known each other before they moved to Seattle. William and Matilda are in Seattle for the 1910 census, married 10 years, no children.
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Listed in city directories as husband and wife, but no marriage found in Los Angeles Co. Lawsuit of Matilda Altwein in 1930-31 indicates they were not legally married, had "bona fide common law marriage" about 9 years.