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Descendants of Thomas Walker and Catharine Lightfoot

 

John Lightfoot Walker, 1806-1817
…….. b: 25 Jun 1806, Chester
…….. d: 2 May 1817 (age 11)
…….. b: 7 May 1817, St Oswald’s Church, Chester

 

Katharine Mary Walker, 1810-1840
…….. b: 12 Dec 1810, Chester
…….. c: 10 May 1813, St Oswald’s Church, Chester
…….. m: 13 May 1833,St. John’s Church, Chester
…….. d: 11 Jun 1840, Great Boughton, Chester (age 29)
…….. b: 17 Jun 1840, St. Oswald’s Church, Chester

+John Shand
…….. b: Abt 1807, Walton-on-the-Hill, Liverpool,

Note for John Shand: His residence in 1841 after Katherine Mary’s death was Bromborough, Wirral, Cheshire.  After that he and the family disappear – perhaps they went abroad?

Children of Catharine Walker and John Shand

……………. Charles Walker Shand, b: 13 Feb 1834, Everton, Liverpool,, c: 21 Mar 1834
……………. Thomas Jones Walker Shand, c: 3 Dec 1835, St. George’s Church, Everton
……………. Katherine Mary Shand, c: 1 Dec 1837, St. George’s Church, Everton

Note: All children christened at St. George’s Church, Everton, Liverpool

 

Thomas Walker, 1812-1816
…….. b: 8 Jul 1812, Chester
…….. c: 10 May 1813, St Oswald’s Church, Chester
…….. d: 21 July 1816 (age 4)
…….. b: 25 Jul 1816 St. Oswald’s Church, Chester

 

Alice Walker and James Broadbent, 1815-1852
>> Walker/Broadbent Descentants

 

Charles Walker, 1817-1853 (age 36) Unmarried
…….. b: 8 Jun 1817, Chester
…….. c: 29 Jul 1817, St. Oswald’s Parish, Chester
…….. d: 15 Nov 1853, Melbourne, Australia (age 36)

Notes: See transcript of the Last Will and Testament of Charles Walker.
It is believed that Charles died in 1853 in Melbourne, Australia. James Broadbent,
mentioned in the will, married Charles’ sister Alice but it is not known who John Turner was.

 

Elizabeth Walker Pickering
Elizabeth Catherine Walker, 1819-1895
………….m. Charles William Harrison Pickering
>> Walker/Pickeirng Descentants

Note from Connie Pickering Stover: She is my 2x Great Grandmother

 

 

Thomas Walker, 1821-1871, m1. Sarah Shaw, m2. Susan Wade
>> Walker/Shaw Descendants

Note from Janet Leece: “Thomas Walker is my 2x Great Grandfather. His son, Thomas H W Walker is my Great Grandfather.”

 

John Walker, 1822-1845
…….. b: 27 Sep 1822, Chester
…….. d: 21 Aug 1845, Isle of Man (age 23)
…….. Note: Isle of Man is an island in the middle of the Irish Sea.

 

William Walker, 1824-1850
…….. b: 23 Jun 1824, Flookersbrook, Newton, Chester
…….. c: 29 July 1824, Independent (Congregational) Chapel, Queens Street
…….. d: 19 Nov 1850 (age 26)
…….. b: 23 Nov 1850, St. Oswald’s Church, Chester

 

 Anne Walker, 1826-1914 m: John James Esq., Surgeon
>> Walker/James Descendants

 

Emma Walker, 1828- 1855
…….. b: 2 Feb 1828, Flookersbrook, Newton, Chester
…….. c: 25 Aug 1828, Independent (Congregational) Chapel, Queens Street, Chester
…….. m: 21 Sep 1854, St Oswald’s Church, Chester
…….. m: Rev. Matthew Powley [1826-1904]
…….. d: 23 Oct 1855, Madeira (age 27)
………………Emma Powley
Notes: Madeira is an island off the coast of North West Africa. After Emma died, Rev Powley, widower, married Louisa Jane Tinker, Jan-Mar 1865, Devizes, Wiltshire. They had 6 children

 

Alfred Walker, 1829-1831
…….. b: 11 Feb 1829, Flookersbrook, Newton, Chester
…….. c: 20 Oct 1830, Independent (Congregational) Chapel, Queens Street, Chester
…….. d: 12 May 1831, Chester (age 2 years 3 mos)
…….. b: St. Oswald’s Church, Chester

 

 

1871 Census, St John District 6, Cheshire
1 Seller Street, Queen’s Head Inn
Name Status Status Age Occ. Born
Thomas Walker Head M 50 Licensed Victualler Chester
Susan Walker Wife M 56 Middlesex, London
Marg Bailey Sis-in-law U 54 Housekeeper Middlesex, London
John Walker Son U 19 Apprentice Ironmonger Chester
Alfred Ed Walker Son U 18 Draper Chester
Catherine M Walker Dau U 16 Ce
Alice Roberts Servant U 19 Domestic Servant Wales
Joseph Blake Lodger U 71 Formerly Farmer Barton, Cheshire
 

1891 Census, Chester, District 15

13 Bridge Place, Lower Bridge Street
Name Status Status Age Occ. Born
John Lightfoot Walker Head M 39 Brewer Chester
Hannah D. Walker Wife M 39
Maud Walker Dau U 11 Scholar
May Walker Dau U 11 Scholar
Fred L Walker Son U 8
Kate Walker Dau 7
Martha Parton Sis-in-law U 24 Visitor/ own means
 

1901 Census, Newton by Chester, Flookersbrook

Newton Grange, Newton Lane
Name Status Status Age Occ. Born
John L Walker Head M 49 Malster Chester
Hannah D. Wife M 46
Fred Son U 18 Engineer apprentice (civil)
Martha Parton Sis-in-law U 34
 

1911 Census, Hoole

Name Status Status Age Occ. Born
John Lightfoot Wlaker Head M 59 Coal merchant and factor, Employer, 33 yrs Chester
Hannah Dimelo Walker W M 56 3 child. Born/ still living
Kate Walker Dau U 27
Minnie Lucy Gouthupe Servant U 23 General servant domestic Chester