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Personal data William James Walker 

Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • He was born on January 31, 1864 in Rockford, Floyd County, Iowa.
  • He died on May 27, 1913 in Bremer County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten, he was 49 years old.Sources 8, 9
  • This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of William James Walker

He is married to Laura B. Crowell.

They got married about 1892 at Rockford, Floyd County, Iowa.

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Sources

  1. "http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=delamontagne," supplied by Stewart, 10 jan 2016., Gedcom : rootsweb, Descendants of Jean Mousnier de la MONTAGNE (1595-1670), compiled by Lois Stewart Society of Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,]
  2. 1900 U.S. Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa; Roll: 4 44; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0090; FHL microfilm: 1 240444
    William J Walker  34, head, born Dec 1865 Iowa, married 7 years, father born New York, mother born Canada, Railroad fireman;  Laura B Walker  26, wife, born Apr 1874 Iowa, married 7 years, 0 births/0 children living;
  3. 1885 Iowa State Census, Microfilm of Iowa State Census 1885, obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Residence Date:  1885;  Residence Place:  Rockford, Floyd , Iowa, USA
    William R. Walker 55, farmer, born New York;  Hannah Walker 52, born New York;  William J Walker  20, single,  farm laborer, born Floyd County; Angie Walker 18;   Oscar Walker 15;  Orrin Walker 12;  Addie Walker 10;  Lura Walker  7;
    / online database
  4. 1895 Iowa State Census, Original data: Iowa. 1895 Iowa State Census. Des Moines, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa.
    Name: Laura B. Walker,  Age: 21, Race: White; Birthplace:  Floyd Co IA;  Residence:
    Rockford, Floyd;
    Name: William J. Walker,  Age: 31, Race: White; Birthplace: Floyd Co IA; Residence:
    Rockford, Floyd;
    / database online
  5. 1910 U.S. Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cedar Rapids Precinct 5, Linn, Io wa; Roll: T624_411; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0107; F HL microfilm: 1374424
    William J Walker  46, head, married 17 years, born Iowa, engineer locomotive;   Laura B Walker  37, wife, married 17 years, 0 births/0 children living, born Iowa;
  6. 1870 U.S. Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Rockford, Floyd, Iowa; Roll: M593 _392; Page: 278A; Image: 123; Family History Library Film : 545891
    Wm R Walker  36, farmer, born New York;   Hannah Walker  35, keeping house;   Elma Walker  14, born New York;   Charles Walker ; 11, born Iowa;   Huldah Walker  8, born Iowa;   William Walker  6, born Iowa; Anzil Walker  4, born Iowa;   Roswell Walker  2, born Iowa;
  7. 1880 U.S. Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Rockford, Floyd, Iowa; Roll: 340 ; Family History Film: 1254340; Page: 306B; Enumeration Dis trict: 217; Image: 0216
    William W. Walker  47, farmer, born New York;   Hannah Walker  45, wife, born New York;  ; William Walker  16, son, born Iowa, works on farm;  Angie Walker  14, daughter;
    Oscar Walker  11, son;   Orren Walker ; 8, son;   Adaline Walker  6, daughter;   Lura Walker  3, daughter;
  8. Iowa Cemetery Records, WPA Graves Registration Project, Source:  Tombstone Records of Floyd County,  Page Number: 1 20
    Name: William J Walker, Birth Date: 31 Jan 1864;  Death Date: 27 May 1913;  Age: 49;  Burial Location: Rockford, Floyd; Cemetery: Riverside; General Burial Info: (G. A. R.)
    / Ancestry.com
  9. Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990, Iowa, Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013., FHL Film Number:  1577927;  Reference ID: ; p 228 n 165;
    Name: William James Walker,  Gender: Male;  Marital Status: Married; Age: 46 ;
    Birth Date: 31 Jan 1867;  Birth Place: Iowa;  Death Date: 26 May 1913; Death Place:
    Bremer, Iowa;  Burial Date: 29 May 1913;  Burial Place: Rockford, Iowa; Father:  Wm. Walker;  Mother: Hannah Ayers;
    / database online

Historical events

Birthday January 31, 1864

  • The temperature on January 31, 1864 was about -4.7 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
    • May 15 » American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
    • September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
    • October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
    • October 7 » American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
    • November 29 » American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.

Day of death May 27, 1913

  • The temperature on May 27, 1913 was between 12.6 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 24.8 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
    • March 22 » Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
    • June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
    • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
    • July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
    • July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.


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