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Walter was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN. He came to Spokane with his family and several other families arriving in Spokane via rail in about 1905.
Walter moved with his parents to Seattle, WA where he attended the University of Washington and joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He worked in his fathers shoe store part time. In 1910 he married Vida Hazel Belshaw who was attending the U. of W. and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. They were married in her fathers home at 303 E. Indiana in Spokane and moved to Dallas, OR where he worked for his father in another store. In 1911 they moved to Farmington, WA and began farming as renters on the Marshall W. Belshaw land. They farmed about 600 acres with horses until 1922 when Walter went broke and took a job as the Postmaster at Farmington for 12 years. Walter continued to manage the farm by hiring the work being done. In 1934 the Belshaw family decided to sell the land at the insistance of George Belshaw who wanted his share of the inheritance of his father. The Democrats came in with Franklin Rosevelt and a new Postmaster was in order. This is when Walter went into the Farm Land Real Estate business that he continued until his retirement in 1957. He was successfull in the real estate buisness and had a comfortable retirement.
My mother was interested in family history and left behind an oral history as well as a short written history of her life. I have copies of these. (509) 482 8307. They are too long to include here. Newspaper reports: Farmington Independent, Friday Jan 28, 1916, No 40.
"Mrs Shore, reports that the Christmas Seal sale amounted to $21.40, a little better than previous years.
"Mrs M. W. Belshaw returned Friday, Jan 28, 1916 from Albany, Oregon where she was called three weeks ago by the death of her mother."
Hazel as everyone called her, was born in Farmington, lived in Spokane at 303 E. Indiana and attended high school, graduating from Lewis and Clark High School. She attended the University of Washington for two years where she was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. In 1910 she was married at her fathers home in Spokane (address above) to her University sweetheart Walter William Shore. After a year in Dallas Oregon they returned to Farmington and started farming on her fathers 600 acre farm. Her life in Farmington was occupied with raising children, keeping house on the farm home one mile south of Farmington on the road to Garfield. She belonged to the Fortnight womans club, was active in the community, attended the Methodist church and meetings of the Eastern Star.
During the depression years in Farmington she served as assistant postmaster under her husband. In 1941 they moved to Spokane and owned 3 lhomes lshere they lived. She died of a heart attack in 1964.
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