Descendant Athena Contus said Perry played violin with his musicalfamily. Perry’s sons, all played in the family country band: Harold,Lloyd, Orin, Pete, Gerald."
Also from her mother's notes:
"All the children of Perry except Gerald are deceased. Gerald Wall isa slack key guitar player living in Colorado and earned his livingthat way all his life. They call him Snaz.
Perry and Zella (Altman) homesteaded a farm across the bridge about amile from Haigler. this is where I lived with my brothers and sistersuntil I was 4 years old. My father's crops were ruined by a big hailstorm. also while he was driving a team of horses in the field,lightning struck and killed his horses and knocked him to the ground.My mom and older sister, Bernice brought him to the house. He was blueand unconscious. They put him in a tub of hot water, which saved hislife. After losing everything he owned we picked up and moved tophoenix, AZ.”
Residences & events:
NE where Perry was born.
Bef 1914 CO where his first 4 childen were born.
1919 NE Back nearer his family again. .
1/15/1920 Haigler, Dundy Co, NE. Listed in that census were Parry JWall, 31, born NE, parents born in IA and MO; wife Zella B, 26, bornin KS, parents in IA and KS; and firve children: Bernice, 6, FlossieL, 4y 6m, Dorothy M, 3y 0m, Oren W, 1y 11m, all born in CO; and LoydP, 7m, born NE. Perry was a general farmer and owned the home butwith a mortgage. In the same county were his parents and most of hissiblings.
Aft 1926, AZ, they moved after the birh of son Delmer.
4/19/1930 Tecolote Rd, Broadway, Maricopa Co, AZ was their addresswhen the census taker came around. Living there was a large familyconsisting of: Perry J Wall, 42, born NE, both parents in MO; Zella,36, born KS, parents in IA and KS; children Bernice, 16, Lucile, 14,Dorothy, 13, and Oren, 12, all born in CO; Loyd, 10, Wilma, 9,Harold, 8, Doris, 6 and Delmer, 4y 1m, all born in NE. Perry was 25when he married for the first time to Zella, she was 19. Perry was ageneral farmer and the home was rented so he probably was a tenantfarmer. There were other Wall families in the county but born invarious other states.
4/6/1940 Longspeak St, Longmont, Boulder Co, CO. Recorded in thatcensus were Perry J Wall, 52, Zella B, 47, Lloyd P, 20, Harold V. 18,Doris E, 16, Delmar E, 14, and Geraldn N, 5. Perry and all thechildren except Gerald were born in NE, Zella in KS, Gerakd in CO.Perry, Zella and the two oldest sons had completed 7 years ofschooling, Doris was in her second year of high school. They rentedthe home for $20/month. In 1935 they lived on a farm in rural BoulderCo, CO, in 1939 Perry had not worked so had no income for that year.His current occupation was private carpenter work, Lloyd and Haroldwere sage brush cutters for the CCC Grazing Service and Doris was amaid doing housework. Son Orrin lived in the same town.
He was said to have died of black lung. Was he a miner?
