Notes:

Birth:
Ref: Ont. Birth Registration #37668: Frederick Leonard Walker

Died:
Aged 5 years. COD: Diptheria, 3 days.

Notes:

. 1874 Hamilton City Directory
Robert Walker, inspector public works, 7 Walnut.
Walker, Raymond, Book-keeper, Gurneys & Ware, Scale Manufacturers, 2 Colborne, & bds. 7 Walnut.

. 1875 - 1877 Hamilton City Directory
Walker, Raymond, book-keeper, bds 7 Walnut.

. 1881 Hamilton City Directory, Walker Raymond, bookkeeper, 75 Wellington south.

. 1891 Apr 6, East Toronto, Ontario, St. David's Ward
Raymond Walker, Age 39 /1852, Married, Ch. of England, Dealer Furniture Oper.
Sarah, age 37 /1854, wife, b. Ontario
Raymond, age 13, b 1878,Ontario
George G, age 9 /1882, Ontario
Paul V Walker, age 10/12 months/ c Jun 1890, Ontario.

Ontario Marriage Registration #12341-78,
on 17 Oct1877 at Hamilton.
Raymond Walker, 27y 1850, born & resided Hamilton, Ontario, bachelor, Bookkeeper, s/o Robt & Sophia Walker,
married Sarah C Lockart, 22 y 1855, b. Scotland, resided Hamilton, d/o Robt. & Margaret Lockhart. - - -

Died:
37 Playter Cres. COD: Cerebral hemorrhage, arteriosclerosis.

Buried:
Hamilton Cemetery, CEM300.

Raymond married Sarah Cameron LOCKHART on 17 Oct 1877 in Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario. Sarah was born in 1854 in Scotland; died on 28 Jul 1897 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Hamilton Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sarah C is the daughter of Margaret Gallagher & Robert Lockhart.

Died:
Aged 43y.

Buried:
Grey granite monument CEM300.

Notes:

St. Edmund Parish Register # 499, File # 12608, Robert Walker,
Baptized 15 Feb. 1821, Curate J Arrowsmith.
Son of Margaret & John Walker, Carpenter.

. 1852 Jan 12 Census Hamilton, Wentworth Co.
Robert Walker, Carriage maker, born England, Age 31/1821, Methodist, 1.5 stories Frame house, containing 3 families. 1/5 Acre. Main Street.
One Wagon shop, 2 two Blacksmiths shops, 1 show shop, 1 paint shop, 1 Trim Shop.
Sophie Walker, b. Canada, age 27, married;
Mary Walker, born England, age 20/1832, single, church of England,
William Walker, born England, age 22/1830, single,
Raymond Walker, born Canada, age 2, Single.
Manufactures: A Carriage and Waggon in all its Branches,
No. of hands employed: 12.
Rewards Under the head Shops stores I have given the names of the different work shops I have in operation.
There are also 5 persons who do not sleep on the premises but who work with me & board with me but sleep out. Signed, Robert Walker.

HAMILTON CITY DIRECTORY
. 1846 Smith's Canadian Gazetter, Province of Canada West:
Hamilton, Barton 2. Wentworth. Many buildings are already erected with cut stone fronts. Public buildings consist of stone jail & court house, 2 market houses, 2 [fire] engine houses, & theater, 11 churches. Population in 1842, 4774., Excellent roads & stages every day.

. 1851 - Canada, Coach & Carriage Makers
WALKER, ROBERT, carriage, waggon & sleigh maker, 30 Main st.
- every description of carriage made to order on the shortest notice.
. St. Patrick's Ward. 105 King St.

. 1853 - Walker, Robert, Wagon Maker, 30 Main, Hamilton. (Court House Square next block.)

. 1856 - Advertisement - WALKER, ROBERT, CARRIAGE-SHOP, 30 Main, h. 105 King. See Adv. p. 37:
Robert Walker, Manufacture of CARRIAGES, [fancy wagon diagram]
WAGGONS, Wheelbarrows, dumping Carts &c., Main Street, Hamilton.

. 1858 - Walker Robert, waggon maker, 30 Main St.., Upper John St. intersects. (next Bowen St. & Upper Catherine St.)
Shop at 46 Catherine Street (modern street renaming? see below directory listings).
- Walker, Robert, Carriage factory, Main n. John, h. Walnut, N. King. See Ads, P.89:
Robert Walker, Manufacture of Carriages, Waggons, Wheelbarrows, Dumping Carts, etc, Main Street, Hamilton. [different adv. than the above.]

. 1866 - Walker Robert, carriage maker, corn. King & Walnut.
. 1867 - Walker, Robert, Wagon-maker, Walnut bet Main & King, h same.
. Walker, Mrs. Margaret, h. Vine bet Park & Bay.
. Wagon Makers, Walker, Robert, Walnut bet. Main & King.
. 1870 - Walker, Robert, Waggon maker, h. 7 Walnut. East side. Commences of King East & runs to Hannah Street.

. 1871 - Walker, Robt, wagon maker; carriage-maker, h 7 Walnut.
Walker, Wm H, machinist, h 11 Walnut, west side.
Walker, Mrs., wid, h 11 Walnut.
Walker, Mrs. Margaret, [wid Thos.] h. 65 Vine. Again in 1874. Vine is just a block away from Robert at Walnut St.
Verify identity: 1. 1861 - 1870 Hamilton - Thos. Walker, Waggon-maker, Nightingale St.

. 1871 Apr 7 Census Hamilton, St. Patricks Ward
Robert Walker, Age 30 / 821, born England, Carriage maker, Methodists New Connexion
Sophia, age 47 /1824, b. Canada
Raymond, age 20, b. Ontario, Book Agent
Frank, age 13, b. Ontario, school
Maud, age 11, b. Ontario, school
Anne T, Age 5, b, Ontario. & also living with them is brother :
George M Walker, 47 y, 1723, b. England, widowed, Plough Maker, C of E.
Robt. Walker, 12, b. Ontario. school (George's son).

Declaration accompany this Census 1871:
1/5 Acre:
One waggon shop, 2 blacksmiths shops; 1 show shop; 1 paint shop; 1 trimming shop.
Notes: A carriage & Waggon Manufactory in all its Branches under the head stores XX. I have given the names of the different work shops I have in operation. Number of hands employed 12.
There are also 5 persons who do not sleep on the premises but who work with me & board with me but sleep out.
Signed, Robert Walker.

(Those 12 workers are:
Blannehurst, Arther, carriage Maker, Ireland, O'Brien, Michael, Blacksmith, Scotland; Henry Robert, Blacksmith Scotland; McAdam William, Carriage Maker, Scotland; Kelerhan Patrick, Painter, Ireland; Robinson John, Painter, Scotland; Appleton Edward, Blacksmith, England; R; Filmore Edward, Blacksmith, England; Perkins Charles, Carriage Maker, U. Canada Meth; White William, Carriage Maker; Hannah William, Carriage Maker, Ireland; Hannah Alice, Ireland.)

. 1874 - Robert Walker, inspector public works, 7 Walnut.
Walker, Raymond, Book-keeper, Gurneys & Ware, bds. 7 Walnut
Walker, Wm. H., machinist, 11 Walnut, east side, from 113 King e to Hannah & Main St. intersects.

. 1875 - Work shop unoccupied., 5 Walnut,
- Robert Walker, Inspector public works , res. at house, 7 Walnut,
W H Walker, machinist, 11 Walnut, at Main st. intersects,
Vacant lot (13 Walnut).

. 1876 & 77 - Note: Slight street renumbering - PJA
Robert Walker, inspector public works, 7 Walnut
Frank Beer, butcher, 7.½ Walnut
Kenrick, Broden, clerk, 9 Walnut
Wm. H Walker, machinist, 11 Walnut at Main St.

. 1881 - Walker, Robert, Inspector Public Works, 7 Walnut. (Same address as Raymond Walker & Frank E Walker).

. 1881 Census Hamilton, St. Patrick Ward.
Robert Walker, Carriage Maker, England, born 1821; wife Sophia, Mary Walker, Wm. Walker, Blacksmith 22 y / b. 1859, England.

Ontario Death Registration # 399 - 23347, Toronto
Robt Walker, died 18 Apr 1881, 61 years / b.1820, Railway Employee, England, Died of Gangrene of right leg, 8 days. Dr. T B Klingnen, Toronto, Registered 20 Apr 1881, Methodist. - - -

Birth:


Died:
7 Walnut. Aged 61y - Died of Gangrene of right leg.

Buried:
Sec. Z. From York Rd. can be seen the Walker stone is a black cube balanced on it's point erected by Frank E. Walker.

Robert married Sophia Anna EDMONSON on 30 Oct 1843 in Markham, York Co., Ontario. Sophia (daughter of Samuel D EDMONSON and Mary TERRY) was born in 1824 in Markham, York Co., Ontario; died on 14 Sep 1900 in Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario; was buried in Hamilton Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sophia is the daughter of Mary Terry, b 1802 US &. Samuel D Edmondson
Ref: Census 1851 [ ?Ann Graham b 1800, Washington Co., Virginia] & Samuel father was born 1796, New Brunswick, Canada, a son of a United Empire Loyalist. [ ?Ann Graham, b 1800, Washington Co., Virginia]

Robt. Walker of Hamilton, married Sophia Edmonson of Markham, Ontario, on 30 Oct 1843 by Rev. John Baxter, Wesleyan Minister. Wit: John Subbing.

Hamilton City Directory
. 1889 Mrs. Robt. Walker, 5 Walnut St., S E side from 113 King E, South to Hannah, & again Walker, Mrs. Sophia (wid. Robt), 5 Walnut St.

. 1890, 1891- Walker, Mrs. Sophia (wid. Robert) 11 Walnut.
Walker, William, upholsterer, 181 Walnut S.

. 1894, 1895, 1896 - Mrs. Robt Walker, 11 Walnut St S, from 202 King E to Hannah. ( & again) Walker, Mrs. Sophia (wid. Robert), 11 Walnut S.

. 1897 - Walker, Mrs S (wid. Robert), 11 Walnut S.
. 1898, 1900 - Mrs. Rob. Walker, 1 Walnut S. - - -

Died:
11 Walnut St. South., Cerebral embolism, for 10 days.

Notes:

Married:
by License Wesley Methodist.

Notes:

. St. Edmund's Parish Register, File #12605
Baptized 16 Sep 1792, Parents Jane & John Walker.

. 1798 Land Tax Redemption
Joseph Barker, Sedgefield, Durham, Occupied by John Walker, tax £2,5 pd. 1799 Mar 21.

. Hamilton City Directory:
Thomas Walker, Nightengale St., 1833 Settlement, nativity, England, Wagon Maker.

. 1834. A D Ferrier's Reminiscences, from lectures delivered to Farmers & Mechanics Institute, Fergus in 1864. Ferrier recalls his travels starting in 1830-1834:
1834 Jun. Ferrier visited Niagara Falls, St. Catherines to Hamilton, Ontario
In 1834 Hamilton was quite a small town & there had ben a fire in the main street, & the ruins were still standing. Burleigh's Hotel was the best at that time.The corner of John & King Sts was occupied by a neat little cottage, garden inferno & large orchard adjoining, & there were not a dozen houses between that the next. The only public building of any pretension was the Court House. There was nothing very inviting abut it & the road to the lake was very bad. There was great trouble insurer for want of wanter.
Ref: Sketches of the Early Days of Fergus & vicinity, 1919.

ONTARIO, CANADA CENSUS & ASSESSMENT:
(some without column headings, making interpretation difficult):
. 1835 Census & Assessment, Hamilton Town, Ontario
John Walker: 1 male; 1 male under 16; 2 females under 16, Total 7, Church of England: Eight. Rentable Property £20.
Note1: this doesn't add up correctly.

. 1837 Census John Walker: 6 Males; 1M> 16F>16; 1F Total 11 [i.e. Doesn't add up]
. 1837 Assessment Hamilton: John Walker: Framed 2 stories £35; 1 Mich Cows £3; Rentable £110. 'In the same apartment bldg. Some of those in this app. owning lots in the town: The persons residing in the country: Doctor Casy.

. 1838 Assessment & Census: John Walker: 1 Town Lot; Frame One Story; Grist Mill wrought by water with one of stones: 1; Merchant storehouse: 2; Closed carriages with 4 wheels: 4; £60.

. 1840 Assessment Hamilton.1 of 2: John Walker, Cherry Street Lot, Between John King & John St.: Framed under 2 Stories: 1; Milch cows 1: Closed carriages with 4 wheels: 2.

. 1840 July 14 Census.2 of 2, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, CANADA:
John Walker
Males above 16 years: 3 [i.e. John Sr.; Geo. Michael; John Sibbald Sr., or perhaps Robt. Walker.]
Males under 16 years: 3 [ Infant Edward Walker, b 1840.
Females above 16 years: 2 [Marg. Sibbald Walker, Jane Thompson Walker.
Females under 16 years: 2 [Marg. Walker, Jr. Total: 10 in family.

. 1841 May Assessment Hamilton Town: John Walker, 2 men, 2 boys, 1 Female, 6 girls (column?) Total 6 [repeated].

. 1842 Assessment Hamilton Town:
John Walker, John Street, 6 houses before Cherry St.: Total 4 persons. Assessed at £100.
John Walker, Catharine Street, one adult. nil assessment
[i.e. John Walker Senior & John Sibbald Walker, Junior. This is also the last record found for John Thomas Walker.]

Thomas Walker later returned to England & secured a situation as Supt. of the bridge building department of the Great Western Railway & died in England.

. HAMILTON QUARTER SESSIONS OF PEACE, ONTARIO
Walker, Thomas, 1838 June, Plaintiff, Page 12,
Walker, John, 1839 March 14, Plaintiff,
Walker, John, 1847 /8 DEC 24, Plaintiff,
Thomson, Jane, 1843, June 12, Plaintiff, Page 18.
Note2: Further research for details is needed. - PJA.

. 1906 WELLINGTON COUNTY ATLAS, Ontario, Canada:
WALKER, John Sible, was b. Durham, Eng., & came to Hamilton in 1827 with his father, Thomas Walker, & the rest of the family. Thomas Walker later returned to England & secured a situation as Supt. of the bridge building department of the Great Western Railway & died in England.

. 1861 Census Great Aycliffe, Co. Durham: John Walker was living with his niece Jane Welch & her son Geo. E Welch.

. 1871 Census - John Walker, born 1792, in Sedgefield.
In the Census 1871 Darlington Union Workhouse shows a widower who meets the profile of our John Walker. There was a rather large population for the workhouse was reconstructed from the bishop's palace, which had fallen into neglect.

The year of John's birth 1792, is remembered as the year Sedgefield's streets were filled with two feet of hail that fell on July 17th, damaging many houses & windows.
The Parish Church, dedicated to St. Andrew, occupies a commanding position on what was formerly the site of an early Saxon church. The erection of this most interesting structure may be said to date from the early part of the thirteenth century. It is cruciform in shape, consisting of nave, aisles, transepts, spacious chancel, south porch & western tower. The lower stage of the tower is connected with the nave by a fine arch consisting of three chamfered orders, resting on octagonal responds. The parish register commences in 1558.
Ref: History, Topography & Directory of Durham, Whellan, London, 1894.
John Thomas Walker was called John in England. In Canada is was his family referred to him as Thomas, but he continued to sign his name John Walker.
Ref: John's own Birth Registration; Marriage Bond & Birth Reg. of sons John S. & George M. giving his name as John Walker; & the Wellington Co., Ontario, Atlas, the family refers to him as 'Thomas'. Additionally in the Hamilton, Ontario Census he uses the name of John.

. Auckland includes
Archdeacon Newton, Auckland St. Andrews, & St Helen, Armpton, Binchester (old Roman), Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland & Pollards Lands, Blackwell, Bolam. Hadrian's Wall, which is not too distant, was built c.122 AD, to separate the Romans from the Brignates & Caledonia Tribes. These tribes where the original inhabitants of Britain & thus neither English or Scot.

. 1801 is population was 1,184 & In 1821 the population of Sedgefield Twp., Durham was 1268 persons.

. Sedgefield stands on rising ground John Walker & family learned their trades in the heart of the ancient village of Sedgefield which was founded by the Normans. The old Roman road, Cade's Road, runs northward, just skirting Sedgefield.
By 1828 the village manufacture agricultural implements like saddlery, four milling an shoemaking. Sedgefield in North East England is were rail travel was first start in Sept. 1825 with Geo. Stephenson's famous Locomotion Number One.

. 1887 Gazetteer for Sedgefield, is a market town & is 9 miles from Durham City. The town has also a grammar school, MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, & an old market cross. Fairs for cattle are held in April & Oct. The Durham Count Lunatic Asylum is nearby in the township.

. SEDGEFIELD, Durham Co., Yorkshire. (Stockton District)
Includes twp. or civil parish: Bishop Middleham, Bishopton, Bradbuy & the Isle, Butterwick & Oldarcres, Chilton, Confoth, E & W Newbiggin, Elstob, Embleton, Ferryill, Bishburn , Foxton & Shotton, Garmondsay Moor, Great & Little Stainton, Mainsforth, Mordon, Preston le Skerne, Sedgefield, Stillington, Thrislington, Timdon, Woodham. The extensive parish of Sedgefield is divided into 7 townships: 1, Hardwick, Sans & Layton; 2. Bradbury & the Isle; 3 Mordon; Foxton & Shotton; 5 Butterwick inc. Old Acres; 6. #Embleton, inc. Swainston & the Mortons; & 7. Fishburn.
In 900 AD there were 20 Villain-farmers each of whom held two ox gangs, & contributed with their harvest to the poor. Ploughing Matches, at which prizes are given, are occasionally held at Sedgefield, for the encouragement of agricultural labourers.
Sedgefield means the open land belonging to Cedd. - - -

Birth:
Chester St.Alt DOB: 1792 Sep 16.

Died:
Aged 82.

John married Margaret SIBBALD on 17 May 1812 in Auckland, St. Andrew, Durham, England. Margaret (daughter of Thomas SIBBALD, .1 and Mary HARRIOTT, .2) was born on 21 May 1794 in Auckland, St. Andrew, Durham, England; died est < 1861 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Sibbald, MARGARET, Christened 1794 MAY 21, Auckland St. Andrews, Durham, England,
d/o Thos. Sibald & Mary Harriot.

. Marriage:
Sibbald, MARGARET, 1812 Feb. 17,
Auckland, St Andrew Anglican Parish, Durham, England,
Married Walker, John of Durham, England.

Marriage Bond for Durham Diocese, England
1812 Feb 17 on with day appeared personally John Walker of British Auckland in the County & Diocese of Durham in {Surrogate court?] & being Sworn on the Holy Evangelists, alleged & made Oath that he is a minor & intends to marry Margaret Sibbald of British Auckland in the County & Diocese of Durham, aforesaid, she is also a minor.
He prayed a license to solemnize the said marriage in the Parish Church of of St. Andrew, aforesaid, deponent, that she the said Margaret Sibbald hat had ever usual place of above of the space of 4 weeks last past,
On the Same Day the said John Walker was sworn before me John Faceon, Surrogate, Signed, John Walker.
[In hand writing:} Upon the same day appeared personally John Walker Sr, the matrimonial & lawful father of John Walker the younger, aforesaid, minor & Thomas Sibbald of Bishop Auckland the natural & lawful father of her the said Margaret Sibblad a minor, & made Oath that they are consenting to the side intended marriage,
Stood before me, John Bacon, Surrogate & Bacon Pastor?,
Signed, John Walker, Thos. Sibbald.
Know all Men, by the Present, that we John Walker of Bishop Auckland in the County of Durham, Cartwright,
& John Londsale of Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, aforesaid, Sen?sel are bound firmly obliged to Sir Thos. Bernard, Barnoet for £200. 17 Feb 1812, the condition of the Obligation is such that if the above said John Walker, a Bachelor & Marg. Sibbald, a spinster now licensed to be married together, Signed, John Bacon, Surrogate.
Note: Margaret Sibbald age 17y 11 26d. & John T Walker Jr. age 19y 8m 16d.

. AUCKLAND
is the site of the Bishop of Durham's Place of residence, dating 1242. The origin of the name Auckland, which is shared with West Auckland & St Helen Auckland is obscure & its earliest recorded form being Alcleat, a Celtic word meaning cliff on the River Clyde. Alcleatland was interpreted by the Vikings as Auckland which means separate land. The place has sometimes been called oakland, because of the well wooded countryside.
Ref: www.englandsnortheast.co.uk

. THE DIALECT & ACCENT OF THE LAND OF THE ANGLES:
One of the most distinctive & best known features of the North East is its famous dialect which is a very important feature of the region's heritage. It is still distinguished by its often musical tones & peculiar words that often originate from the ancient languages of Germanic & Scandinavian Europe. They were the Angles & Saxons, a fierce sea-roving pagan race originating from Angulus (now in southern Denmark) & Saxony (in northern Germany). Over the centuries the old Anglo Saxon language changed beyond recognition with the gradual introduction of Latin, Norman-French & other foreign influences.
The Anglo-Saxon `Northumbrian' dialects of North Eastern England take a number of forms which are often loosely termed `Geordie'. Distinctively Geordie & Northumbrian words are more than 80 % Angle in origin, compared to standard English, where the figure is less than 30 %. The dialects of the region take numerous forms such as the Geordie of Tyneside, the Northumbrian dialect, the Wearside dialect of Sunderland & parts of Durham & the south Durham & Teesisde dialects.

For example a Geordies calls ALD WIFE is a woman whether she is married or not is an 'Old Woman'. A Geordie may say Aaal Larn yer (meaning I'll teach you) which meant to teach you. Certain Geordies & Northumbrian Geordie words like Dede, Coo, Cloot, Hoot Wrang, Strang & Lang are in fact the original Anglo-Saxon pronunciations for Dead, Cow, Clout, House, Wrong, Strong & Long.

. The Bishop Auckland's accent seems to be closer to Darlington & similar to Teeside. Historically the Teeside area was separated from neighbouring regions, cut off by a strong natural wooded ravine area & the marsh flood plain of Sedgefield.
Ref: www.englandsnortheast.co.uk - - -

Birth:
(Bishop) Auckland St. Andrews Church.

Died:
(Presumed died England). Husband widow on Census 1861 (but nothing found for 1851).

Notes:

Married:
Alt Date: 17 Feb 1812

Notes:

Buried:
Brant Co.

Samuel married Mary TERRY. Mary was born in 1802 in New York State; died on 25 Jan 1871 in Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1852 Census, MARKHAM, York Co, Ontario

Saml. Edmondson, Age 56/ 1796 New Brunswick
Mary Edmondson, Age 45 / 1807 United States
Robt Edmondson, Age 30 /1822 Canada, Resided out of Limits at Scott?
John Edmondson, Age 28 / 1824 Canada, Resided out of Limits at Hamilton
Sophia Edmondson, Age 28 / 1826 Canada, Resided out of Limits at Hamilton
Nancey Edmondson, Age 24 / 1828 Canada, Resided out of Limits at Hamilton,
Wm Edmondson, Age 22/ 1830 Canada, Resided out of Limits at Guelph
Isaac Edmondson, Age 20 / 1832 Canada, "
James Edmondson, Age 18 / 1834 Canada, "
Barbara Edmondson, Age 15 / 1837 Canada, "
Mary Jane Edmondson, Age /13 1839 Canada , "
Geo Edmondson, Age 6 /1846 Canada.

Note: Isaac Edmondson is buried with sister Sophia Edmondson Walker's family, Hamilton Cemetery.
- Ontario Marriage Registration for: 012084-78  George EDMONSON, 27, butcher, Canada, Hamilton, s/o Samuel & Mary EDMONSON,
married Sarah CARNAHAM, 23, Canada, Hamilton, d/o Thomas & Sarah CARNAHAM,
Wtn: Frank E. WALKER & Lucy Ann FLAHERTY both of Dundas, 21 March 1878 at Dundas

Died:
COD: Consuption