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Wall, Walter, The name Wall is a corruption of DeVal and it was introduced into Ireland
by the Normans in 1169. The bearers of this name settled in the south of
Ireland and has estates in Waterford and Cork. The family seat was
Coolnamuck, Waterford. They were sold under the Encumbered Estate Act of
1852 and are now held by the Ormand Buttlers. The name is still carried
in the original form by the Italian and French descendants of the family.
Sometimes it is written DelVal, notably in Merry DelVal, secretary to
Pope Pius X, who is a direct descendant of the Waterford branch. The name
was introduced into Spain by Richard Wall, born in Waterford, Ireland, in
1693, died at Granada in 1778. He entered the Spanish navy while still a
youth and rose to the rank of major general. He served as private agent
of Spain at Aix-La-Chapelle, was minister to the Court of St James, and
later minister of foreign affairs to Ferdinand VI and Charles III.It is
to his antiquarian zeal that the world is indebted for the preservation
of the Alhambra.
Walter Wall was born in New Jersey, and he and his brother James Wall
came to what is now Forward township, Allegheny county, Penna, and took
up six hundred acres of land in 1782. He spent the remainder of his life
there. He married and had children: James Wall; Isaac Wall, of further
mention; John Wall; Hannah Wall; Rebecca Wall; Rachel Wall.
Isaac Wall, son of Walter Wall, was born on the Wall homestead in Forward
township; he married first Mary Maxwell; second, Mary Smith. Children by
first marriage: Rebecca Wall; John Wall; Maxwell Wall, of whom further
mention.
Children by second marriage: Margaret Wall, Araminta Wall; Isaac Wall.
Maxwell Wall, son of Isaac Wall and Mary Maxwell Wall was born on the
Wall homestead in Forward township in 1803. He followed the occupation of
farming all his life, was an ardent supporter of Whig principles and
later joined the Republican party.
He married Elizabeth Jobb, born in Forward township in 1811, a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church. She was the daughter of James Jobb and
Nancy Gray Jobb: the former born in Allegheny county; the latter born in
Philadelphia; and a granddaughter of Robert Jobb, a native of France, who
was the first of the family to make a home in Forward township.
Mr and Mrs Wall had children: Isaac Wall, of further mention; Margaret
Ann Wall, deceased; Araminta Wall, deceased; Sarah Melissa Wall,
deceased; Hannah Rebecca Wall, deceased; Mary Elizabeth Wall.
Isaac Wall, son of Maxwell Wall and Elizabeth Jobb Wall, was born in
Forward township, Allegheny county, Penna, on the Wall homestead, October
28, 1835. He was educated in public schools and under Professor Lind who
was later an instructor at Washington and Jefferson College. Mr Wall also
became a farmer and was the owner of one hundred twenty two acres of the
old Wall homestead and also of another farm of one hundred and seven
acres. He is now living retired. He has always given his political
support to the Republican party, has served as supervisor of roads, has
been a delegate to conventions and has been generally active in the
interests of the party.
Mr Wall married first in 1863 Margaret Bean who died in 1872; she was of
Allegheny county, Penna. He married second Sarah M Cramer, a daughter of
the Rev Jonas K Cramer. Children by the first marriage: Lina Wall married
Isaac N Wykof of Elizabeth township; Lewis Wall, deceased; Ada May Wall,
deceased; Margaret Wall, deceased. Children by the second marriage were:
Francis Cramer Wall, deceased; Lillian Vaughn Wall; Susan Pearl Wall;
Theresa Mabel Wall; Maxwell Keller Wall; Ella Lorena Wall.
Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania;Vol. 3
editor-in-chief, John W. Jordan. p1486
Contributed by Marta Burns.
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