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=Early Notable Families=
==Bell family==
* William Osborne Bell '''+1951-1958+''' (b. 1880 Miami, Saline, MO - d. 1961 WW, WA)* Letitia Belle DeJarnett Bell '''+1951-1958+''' (b. 1879 Hardinsburg, Breckenridge, KY - d. 1971 College Place, WW, WA).** Alice Elizabeth Bell Massey (b. 1911 Kansas City, Jackson, MO - d. 1983 Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ). Husband: Field William Massey '''+1951-1984+''' (b. 1901 Atchison, KS - d. 1988 WW, WA), son of William Robert Massey (b. 1874 Bristol, [[Virginia|VA]] - d. 1954 Atchison, KS) & Mary "Alice" Martin Massey (b. 1871 Eveline, Buchanan, MO - d. 1946 Atchison, KS).** Thelmajean Bell Gilbert (b. 1926 Kansas City, MO - d. 2006 King Co., WA). Husband (1946 @ WW): Jack Gilbert (b. 1925 Clearwater, FL - d. 2009 Royal Slope, King, WA), son of Rupert Horace Gilbert (b. 1893 Little Rock, AR - d. 1964 Lakeland, FL) & Dorothy Bertha Howe Gilbert (b. 1895 Philadelphia, PA - d. 1943 Lakeland, FL). Rupert moved to Lakeland in 1902, a member by 1964 of [https://www.facebook.com/p/McCrabb-Baptist-Church-100064882532143/ McCrabb Baptist] of Dixie Co., FL. In 1943, Jack was residing in Lakewood, Polk, FL while working for [https://www.museumoffloridahistory.com/explore/exhibits/permanent-exhibits/world-war-ii/historical-sites/central-listing/lodwick-aviation-military-academy/ Lodwick School of Aeronautics]. By 1950, they were residing in WW, Jack was working as a mechanic.*** Linda Lane Gilbert Ehlers (b. 1946 WW, WA - d. 2008 Black Diamond, King, WA). Husband (1970 @ King Co., WA): Daniel Duane Ehlers (b. 1935 Yakima, WA - d. 2015 King Co., WA), son of Julius Friederich Paul Ehlers (b. 1902 Rolla, Rolette, ND - d. 1958 Yakima, WA) & Conseulo Alma Neeley Ehlers (b. 1914 Spokane, WA - d. 1992 Auburn, King, WA).*** Steven Lynn Gilbert (b. 1949 WW, WA)** James Paul Bell, Sr. (b. 1907 Sampsel Lake, Cimarron, OK - d. 1984 Kirkland, WA). Wife (1925 @ Kansas City, MO): Bertha Thelma Chrisman Bell (b. 1905 Grundy Co., MO - d. 1992 Sequim, Clallam, WA), daughter of Hiram Mathias Chrisman (b. 1861 Alpha, Grundy, MO - d. 1943 Kansas City, MO) & Carrie Florence Sherrow Chrisman (b. 1868 Trenton, Grundy, MO; m. 1888 Grundy Co., MO; 1945 Laredo, Grundy, MO).*** James Paul Bell, Jr. '''+1952-1977+'''(b. 1929 Kansas City, MO - d. 2010 Sequim, Clallam, WA). Wife (1952 @ WW): Betty Jean Frogge Bell '''+1952+''' (b. 1931 OR), daughter of Jesse Richard Frogge (b. 1891 Lamar, Barton, MO - d. 1953 Bremerton, Kitsap, WA) & Carrie Louise Staley Frogge (b. 1893 Fort Osage, Kansas City metro, Jackson, MO - d. 1963 Buffalo, Erie, NY). Carrie was a daughter of Emmett Reeder Staley (b. 1863 Butler or Cove Creek, Bates, MO - d. 1924 Pasco, WA) & Minnie Lee Hamilton Staley (b. 1864 Sibley, Kansas City metro, Jackson, MO - d. 1934 Pasco, Franklin, WA).
==Berney family==
==Massey family==
The Massey family in Walla Walla dates back to 1860 with Major Edward Livingston Massey (b. 1803 MO - d. ) & Martha Pitney Massey (m. 1856 Polk, OR), two years before the city was incorporated. Also in 1852, Livingston was residing in Salem, Oregon and reported the loss of a dozen tanned deerskins somewhere between the Molalla River and Bute Creek, on the Hill road leading from Oregon City to Salem. Also see Bell family.
* Field William Massey '''+1951-1984+''' (b. 1901 Atchison, KS - d. 1988 WW, WA), son of William Robert Massey (b. 1874 Bristol, [[Virginia|VA]] - d. 1954 Atchison, KS) & Mary "Alice" Martin Massey (b. 1871 Eveline, Buchanan, MO - d. 1946 Atchison, KS). Field moved to WW in 1942, enlisting in the Navy from 1942-1947 operating a large frozen food plant in Alameda Co., CA. Within a month from being discharged in July of 1947 back to Walla Walla, he had founded a frozen food locker plant (Kwik-Freeze Locker Service @ 2021 Isaacs), in WW with 1,000 steel lockers. In 1948, he resided at 715 Lincoln. In 1951, he and his wife co-founded Pacific Chemical Inc., along with J. Paul Bell. In later years, he became a notable real estate developer.
* Alice EElizabeth Bell Massey (b. 1911 Kansas City, Jackson, MO - d. 1983 Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ), daughter of William Osborne Bell (b. 1880 Miami, Saline, MO - d. 1961 WW, WA) & Letitia Belle DeJarnett Bell (b. 1879 Hardinsburg, Breckenridge, KY - d. 1971 College Place, WW, WA). Massey** Calvin Randolph Massey (b. 1949 WW, WA - d. 2015 Deer Isle, Hancock, ME). As per his obit in the ''Concord Monitor'', he graduated Flagstaff High School in Arizona in 1965, then studied economics at Whitman College where he was appointed a publicity chairman in 1967, and graduated summa cum laude in 1969. He then earned an MBA from Harvard in 1971, and a JD from Columbia Univ. in 1974 where he served as managing editor of the ''Columbia Law Review''. From 1987-2012, he served on the faculty of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California_College_of_the_Law,_San_Francisco University of California College of the Law] in San Francisco teaching on constitutional law, property, wills and trusts. Then he became the Daniel Webster Distinguished Professor of Law at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_New_Hampshire_School_of_Law University of New Hampshire School of Law] until his death in 2015. Calvin was also an adjunct professor at the law schools of Stanford, Berkeley, Boston College, Boston Univ., Lewis & Clark, Washington & Lee, and Leiden Univ. (Netherlands). He wrote casebooks on constitutional law and property, and authored over 50 articles on the subjects. His memorial was at [https://standrewshopkinton.org/ St. Andrew's Episcopal] of Hopkinton. Wife: Martha Massey.** Mary A. Massey - teacher Tonn (b. 1944 WW, WA). Mary has been a schoolteacher @ Cottonwood, AZ 1965 & Garrison Junior High School 1966+. Husband (1973 @ WW, WA): Ewell Stephen Tonn (b. 1954 Denton, TX; div. 1979), son of Ewell Shirley Tonn (b. 1925 Coahoma, TX - d. 2015 Denton, TX) & Virginia Ruth Meroney Tonn (b. 1927 Electra, Wichita, TX - d. 2017 Denton, TX). Ewell Sr. was one of the pioneers that converted [[Denton Meeting Room, TX]] from KLC to its current branch.
==Meuter family==
==Thonney family==
The WW assembly met initially in Jean Thonney's home. His family emigrated to the U.S. on Apr. 15, 1850. By 1856 he lived at Greenville, Bond, IL, and in 1870 he was at Beaver Creek, Bond, IL where it is presumed the year he relocated to Walla Walla, likely via the Oregon Trail. Henry Rochat lived here 1883-1884.
''The Evening Statesman'' (TES) 1905-6-7 (as per Newspapers.com):
"The sale of the 34-acre fruit farm of John Thonney lying at the head of Pleasant street, near the new Berney school, to C.A. Beck, will probably be announced in a few days... the price to be paid for the 34 acres is $10,000. The Thonney place is considered to be one of the finest pieces of suburban property around Walla Walla. With the exception of a few acres the place is in a high state of cultivation, most of it being leased to Chinese for gardening purposes. Mr. Thonney who has made his home on the place for several years will move to Walla Walla. He is having plans drawn for a $4,000 residence to be erected on Lincoln near Howard street on a lot he recently acquired. The new residence will be a story and a half building consisting of eight rooms with the first story of stone." The stonework was done by the Walla Walla Brick & Stone Co., 507 W. Main St., with W.M. Calhoun as GM.
''TES'' 1906-11-22:
"Thonney Mill costs $50,000. Thonney Brothers' new chop and feed mill, being erected on property recently purchased near the Pacific Coast Elevator company will be completed and in operation in another week. John Thonney, a member of the firm, stated this morning that the new mill is practically under roof and the machinery will be installed within the next few days. The main building is 30x40 feet with two wings, 16x40 feet. The mill will be operated by a 15 horsepower electric motor and will have a capacity of 30 tons of chopped feed a day."
* Jean Gabriel Thonney '''1870-1902''' (b. 1827 Vullien, Vaud, [[Switzerland]] - d. 1902 WW, WA), son of Ferdinand Thonney (1760-1832) and Julie Bahon Thonney (1784-1836),
