See also
Husband:
Walter Lothar Emil Eugen von Richthofen (1850-1898)
Wife:
Jane Oakley (1842-1925)
Children:
Status:
Divorced
Marriage:
19 Jan 1878
St. George's Church, Hart Street, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England1,2
Walter a civil engineer of 70 Torrington Square, Jane of Bedford Hotel Southampton Row, both single, groom's father Baron Luther von Richthofen an estate holder, bride's father William Oakley deceased, married by licence and witnessed by Mary Boggis and R H Coltman. Walter and Jane had originally met on the French Riviera
Walter Lothar Emil Eugen von Richthofen
Name:
Walter Lothar Emil Eugen von Richthofen1
Sex:
Male
Name Prefix:
Baron
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Executive Summary:
Walter was related to Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron - uncle and godfather), to Prof.Dr. Ferdinand von Richthofen (geograph, researcher of China 1860/70, who coined the term "Silk Road"and established the discipline of geomorphology; and to Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D.H. Lawrence.
He founded the suburbs of Denver in 1881 when he started the Downtown Denver Real Estate Company, and was also a founding member of the Denver Chamber of Commerce.
After divorcing Jane, Walter then married Louise Ferguson Davies (?-1934).
He wrote "Cattle-Raising on the Plains of North America" (NY: 1885). He failed in the cattle industry, but his book sold well, and he built Richthofen Castle. In 1883, he began construction of his castle, designed after the von Richthofen Castle in Germany. It was constructed primarily of rhyolite, and the estate was contained within an acre of walled gardens. He completed the 21-room residence in 1887. It was the show home for his new suburban town Montclair. In 1885, he founded Montclair, Colorado, and promoted it as the "Beautiful Suburban Town of Denver." In 1898, he built Molkerei (milkhouse), a tuberculosis sanitarium. Tuberculosis victims were promised a cure by drinking the fresh milk, lying in the sun, and inhaling the barnyard effluvium through grates in the milk house floor. Within a few years, the Molkerei was converted to an insane asylum and then as the Montclair community center.
Walter was a true playboy. The adopted daughter of his second wife, Louise Davies, married a relative of the famous German geographer Alfred Hettner, and her relatives lived in Heidelberg, too. I saw her several times, once in her home in Bognor Regis and on her visits to Heidelberg. At the last time I saw her, she told me that she saw my great-grandfather in a six horse coach, driving through London, with two mistresses at both sides
Occupation:
Birth:
30 Jan 1850
son of Lothar Oskar Carl Freiherr Von Richthofen and Baronesse Hulda Eva Ida Von Teichmann und Loggischen
Census:
1 Jun 1880 (age 31)
Weld County, Colorado, USA3
married head of the household working as a farmer and living with his wife Jane, daughter Margaret and a servant. Born in Silesia
Death:
8 May 1898 (age 48)
Cause: of shock following an appendicitis operation
Joachim Langhein said he died on 9th May 1896
Burial:
Richthofen Memorial, East 12th and Oneida Street, Montclair, Denver County, Colorado, USA6
Name:
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
land owner10
Note:
After divorcing Walter, Jane moved to Dresden and Walter then married Louise Ferguson Davies (?-1934). Jane was supported both by the father of great-grandfather and her English brother George. After WW1, they were supported by the English relatives (living at Lawrence End near Luton) and erected a house in Potsdam near Berlin, which is still extant
Birth:
27 Jun 1842
Baptism:
17 Aug 1842 (age 0)
St. Mary Matfelon Church, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England9
daughter of William Oakley (grocer) and Charlotte of High Street, born 27th June 1842
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 8)
7 Wykeham Terrace, Brighton, Sussex, England11
attending school and living with her sister Charlotte with Richard and Rose Green and family and a servant. Born in Whitechapel Middlesex
Census:
7 Apr 1861 (age 18)
Cedar Lodge, Forest Hill, Kent, England12
unmarried daughter living with her parents William and Charlotte, sisters Charlotte and Fanny, brother George and four servants. Born in St. Mary Malfellon (which is in Whitechapel)
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 28)
Green Hurst, Oxted, Surrey, England10
unmarried daughter working as a land owner and living with her father William, brother George, sister Fanny and three servants. Born in London Middlesex
Census:
1 Jun 1880 (age 37)
Weld County, Colorado, USA3
married wife working as keep house and living with her husband Walter, daughter Margaret and a servant. Born in England
Death:
10 Feb 1925 (age 82)
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany5
Name:
Sex:
Female
Nickname:
Daisy
Spouse:
Birth:
28 Dec 1878
Census:
1 Jun 1880 (age 1)
Weld County, Colorado, USA3
daughter living with her parents Walter and Jane, and a servant. Born in Colorado
Walter remarried and Jane lived in Germany2
Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Bloomsbury St. George marriages 1868-1884 page:39 entry:78. Cit. Date: 27 July 2019.
HistoryNet web site, (on-line at www.historynet.com). www.historynet.com/baron-walter-von-richthofen-red-barons-american-uncle.htm. Cit. Date: 29 July 2019.
US 1880 Census, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Colorado Weld roll:90 page:495A enumeration district:110. Cit. Date: 27 July 2019.
Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Lowe family tree by Stephen Lowe. Cit. Date: 27 July 2019.
Joachim Langhein personal communication. email dated 26th July 2019. Cit. Date: 27 July 2019.
Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:13313586. Cit. Date: 27 July 2019.
Joachim Langhein personal communication. email dated 28th September 2019. Cit. Date: 2 October 2019.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Whitechapel 1842 quarter:3 volume:2 page:540. Cit. Date: 27 July 2019.
Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Whitechapel St. Mary baptisms 1818-1845. Cit. Date: 27 July 2019.
England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:838 folio:22 page:35. Cit. Date: 14 December 2015.
England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1646 folio:591 page:3. Cit. Date: 13 December 2015.
England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:417 folio:30 page:24. Cit. Date: 13 December 2015.
Ancestry Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971. Marriage. Cit. Date: 10 March 2022.