Earliest Walther record appears to be in Kelbra -- marriage in 1774 of Johann Andreas David Walther; oldest son Johann Conrad had 4 sons; oldest was Jacob Heinrich August (1808-1864), who had 5 sons. Of these five, the person mentioned in my last post was the 4th son, and to my knowledge there was a daughter. The third son emigrated to Canada. Do you have any information as far back as the 1870s?