Malinda "Linda" Gabeline ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

• Research. Malinda's birth date can be read as January 1864 in the 1900 federal census; otherwise much of the family information is faded.

• Census, 1870, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. ⁶ Malinda Gabeling, age 6, female, white, at home, born in Iowa, father of foreign birth

• Census, 1880, Des Moines County, Iowa. ⁷ Malinda, white, female, age 16, daughter, at school, born in Iowa, father born in Baden, mother born in Virginia

• Iowa State Census, 1885, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. ⁸ Linda Walker, age 21, female, married, housekeeper, born in Des Moines County, Iowa, both parents native born

• Iowa State Census, 1895, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. ⁹ Linda Walker, age 31, born in Des Moines County Iowa, white

• Census, 1900, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. ¹⁰ See notes under Clark Walker regarding this census image.

• Census, 1910, Washington Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. ¹¹ Linda Walker, wife, female, white, age 46, married (once) 28 years, 8 children, 7 living, born in Iowa, father in Germany, mother in Virginia, could speak, read and write English.

Linda married Clark Walker, son of Martin Walker and Margaret Dorn, on August 23, 1881 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa.^{1 2} (Clark Walker was born on March 4, 1858 in Des Moines County, Iowa,^{1 2 3 4} died on August 7, 1924 ^{1 2 3 4} and was buried in the North Walker Cemetery, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa ⁵.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Gravestone Inscription. ³ Clark and Malinda (Gabeline) Walker's grave is located in North Walker Cemetery in Des Moines County, Iowa. The inscription on their gravestone is: "Walker - Clark Walker 1888-1924; Linda His Wife 1864-1911."

  Marriage Notes:

The Reverend B. B. Far married Clark and Malinda. Witnesses were TOm Walker/Maggie Foster. ²