Ancestral Trails 2016 » James WALKER (1856-1937)
Personal data James WALKER
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8- He was born in the year 1856 in Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
- He was baptized on December 30, 1863 in St Mary the Virgin, Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.Source 9
- Occupations:
- in the year 1871 Labourer in "Shoulder of Mutton", Pirton.
- in the year 1876 Baker in The Old Bakery, Shillington Road.
- in the year 1881 Baker in Pirton.
- in the year 1891 Baker in Nr Burge End, Pirton.
- in the year 1901 Farmer, Employer in Little Green Farm, Pirton.
- in the year 1902 Farmer in Little Green Farm, Pirton.
- (Trade Directories) in the year 1886 in Pirton: Baker.
- (Nickname) : Dad Jim.
- (Trade Directories) in the year 1890 in Nr Burge End, Pirton: Baker.
- (Trade Directories) in the year 1895 in Little Green Farm, Pirton: Farmer.
- (Trade Directories) in the year 1898 in Little Green Farm, Pirton: Farmer.
- (Trade Directories) in the year 1912 in Little Green Farm, Pirton: Farmer.
- (Trade Directories) in the year 1926 in Little Green Farm, Pirton: Farmer.
- (Trade Directories) in the year 1929 in Little Green Farm, Pirton: Farmer.
- He died on June 21, 1937 in Little Green Farm, Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, he was 81 years old.Sources 4, 10
- He is buried June 1937 in St Mary the Virgin, Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.Source 4
- Probate on August 30, 1937 naar London.Source 11
- A child of James WALKER and Eliza WRIGHT
Household of James WALKER
He is married to Ann KINGSLEY.
They got married on November 9, 1876 at St Mary the Virgin, Pirton, Hertfordshire, he was 20 years old.Sources 2, 7, 12, 13
Child(ren):
- Elsie (Relative) WALKER 1898-1923
- The couple has common ancestors.
Notes about James WALKER
1861 aged 5, living in Pirton with his parents, James and Eliza Walker, and siblings Mary Ann, George, Ellen, Charles, Jane and Emily.
1871 aged 15, living at the Shoulder of Mutton with his parents and siblings, Charles, Emily, Rose, Selina, John, Clara and Thomas.
1878 was living at The Old Bakery, 28 Shillington Road until moving into Little Green Farm, where his family still farm today. SOURCE A Foot on Three Daisies.
1881 aged 24 living in Pirton with his wife Anne 25 and sons Frank 3 and Harry 1, also a visitor Laura Dawson 15.
1886 & 1890 Classified in trade directory as James Walker, Junior.
1891 aged 35, living near Burge End, Pirton with his wife Ann 36 and children Frank A 13, Harry 11, Daisy E 9, Hubert 7, Ida 5 and Jesse 2. Also lodging here was David T Kingsley, 19, Anne's brother.
1901 aged 44, living at Little Green Farm with his wife Ann 45, children Harry 22, Hubert 17 , Ida 15, Jesse 12 and Arthur 9.
1911 aged 54, living at Little Green Farm, Pirton with his wife of 33 years, Ann 55, and sons Hubert James 27, Jesse 21 and Arthur 18. Had 7 children, all living. 8 rooms.
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Sources
- 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG13; Piece: 1300; Folio: 186; Page: 15.
Birth date: abt 1857 Birth place: Pirton, Hertfordshire, England Residence date: 1901 Residence place: Pirton, Hertfordshire, England
/ Ancestry.co.uk - England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940, Ancestry.com, Place: Pirton, Hertfordshire, England; Date Range: 1837 - 1906; Film Number: 1040816 / Ancestry.com
- 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Class: RG11; Piece: 1421; Folio: 92; Page: 19; GSU roll: 1341346.
Birth date: abt 1857 Birth place: Pirton, Hertfordshire, England Residence date: 1881 Residence place: Pirton, Hertfordshire, England
/ Ancestry.co.uk - UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- 1891 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG12; Piece: 1108; Folio 211; Page 28; GSU roll: 6096218.
Birth date: abt 1856 Birth place: Pirton, Hertfordshire, England Residence date: 1891 Residence place: Pirton, Hertfordshire, England
/ Ancestry.co.uk - 1871 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG10; Piece: 1370; Folio: 92; Page: 6; GSU roll: 828461.
Birth date: abt 1856 Birth place: Pirton, Hertfordshire, England Residence date: 1871 Residence place: Pirton, Hertfordshire, England
/ Ancestry.co.uk - England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940, Ancestry.com
Birth date: abt 1856 Birth place: Marriage date: 09 Nov 1876 Marriage place: Pirton, Hertfordshire, England Residence date: Residence place: England
/ Ancestry.com - Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees / Ancestry.co.uk
- Pirton Baptism Register 1854-1864
father a carrier
- Pirton Memorial Inscriptions
aged 81 at time of death, buried in Pirton churchyard with his wife Ann, GS 218.
- England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
James Walker of Little Green Farm, Pirton, Hertfordshire died 21 June 1937. Probate London 30 August to Arthur Walker rate collector. Effects £3202.12s.8d
/ Ancestry.com - Pirton Marriage Register 1837-1879
witnesses were William Burton and Jane Walker. James occupation Baker
- British Isles Vital Record Index, second edition
WALKER, James Age:20 Ann KINGSLEY Age:21 Husband's Father: James WALKER Wife's Father: Abraham KINGSLEY FHL Film 1040816 1837 - 1906 Note:Additional Data in Original Record
Historical events
Christening day December 30, 1863
- The temperature on December 30, 1863 was about 5.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
- April 30 » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
- June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
- July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
- November 19 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.
Day of marriage November 9, 1876
- The temperature on November 9, 1876 was about -1.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
- March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
- May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
- May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
- June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
- October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
Day of death June 21, 1937
- The temperature on June 21, 1937 was between 9.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
- January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
- April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
- July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
- August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
- October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
- December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
Same birth/death day
- 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
- 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
- 1940 » Édouard Vuillard, French painter (b. 1868)
- 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)
- 1951 » Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)
- 1951 » Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (b. 1872)
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