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Emily Chrystie “Chrys” <I>Walton</I> Eager

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Emily Chrystie “Chrys” Walton Eager

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
29 Dec 1977 (aged 86)
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Mint Hill, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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--Youngest of 3 children of Edward Holt Walton and wife Mary Louise Turpin. Chrystie was raised by her widowed mother in Richmond County, GA, near Augusta.
--She was a descendant of George Walton, one of Georgia's three signers of the Declaration of Independence.
--Occupation: Teacher at Holton-Arms, a private girls' school in Washington, DC from 1913-1923.
--Chrystie married George Boardman Eager, Jr. on June 15, 1923 in Charlottesville, VA. They lived in Charlottesville, where her husband was a law professor at Univ. of Virginia. They had 3 children: 1. Raleigh Minor Eager, 2. George Boardman Eager, III, and 3. Louise Turpin Eager.
--In October 1938, Chrystie and her husband were divorced in Virginia. She and her children were living in Washington, DC. Chrystie lived in Columbia, SC during the 1950s.

(information from NC Death Collection, census of 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, Virginia Marriages, City Directories, & information provided by grandson George Eager)
--Youngest of 3 children of Edward Holt Walton and wife Mary Louise Turpin. Chrystie was raised by her widowed mother in Richmond County, GA, near Augusta.
--She was a descendant of George Walton, one of Georgia's three signers of the Declaration of Independence.
--Occupation: Teacher at Holton-Arms, a private girls' school in Washington, DC from 1913-1923.
--Chrystie married George Boardman Eager, Jr. on June 15, 1923 in Charlottesville, VA. They lived in Charlottesville, where her husband was a law professor at Univ. of Virginia. They had 3 children: 1. Raleigh Minor Eager, 2. George Boardman Eager, III, and 3. Louise Turpin Eager.
--In October 1938, Chrystie and her husband were divorced in Virginia. She and her children were living in Washington, DC. Chrystie lived in Columbia, SC during the 1950s.

(information from NC Death Collection, census of 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, Virginia Marriages, City Directories, & information provided by grandson George Eager)


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