Notes:

Robert J is the son of Elizabeth Perie & George Walker, Jr.

Ontrio Birth Registration 002452-4.
Robert James Walker, born Sept 6, 1878
s/o George Walker, farmer, Amabel, & Elizabeth Pirie
Registered Feb 24, 1879.

005607/09 (Bruce Co) Robert James WALKER, 29, farmer, Amabel Twp. Bruce Co.,
s/o George WALKER, a farmer & Elizabeth McKIDDIE,
married Carrie HILLS, 21, farmer's daughter, Arran,
d/o Thomas HILLS a farmer & Mary LOREE,
witn: Cora G. WILLIAMS & Mrs. H. CALDWELL both of Allenford, 17 November 1909, Allenford. - - -

Birth:
Ref: Ontario Birth Registration,

Died:


Buried:
Red granite monument reads 1878-54, Row 24.

Robert married Julia CARRIE HILLS on 17 Nov 1909 in Allenford, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario. Julia was born on 27 Apr 1889 in Arran Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; died on 18 Jul 1943 in Allenford, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; was buried in Hillcrest Tara Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary is the daughter of Carrie Julia Hills and Robert James Walker.

Mary married Harold Henry MERRIAM in Sep 1937. Harold was born on 19 Sep 1911 in Tara, Arran Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; died on 18 Jun 1998 in Southampton, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Allan J is the son of Julia Carrie Hills and Robert James Walker.

Buried:
Row 24, Burial Plot parents & wife Vidla. Kingston.

Allan married Viola E KINGSTON on 30 Sep 1939. Viola was born on 27 Nov 1915; died on 15 Jun 1988 in Tara, Arran Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; was buried in Hillcrest Tara Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Obituary.

AIKEN, Muriel Jean - Peacefully with family holding her hand at Mapleview Nursing Home in Owen Sound Friday morning January 4, 2013. Muriel Aiken (nee Walker) of Allenford in her 88th year. Beloved wife of Ross Aiken for 62 years. Loved mother of Murray (Debbie) & Merri Lynn (Lonnie) all of Allenford. Lovingly remembered by her 6 grandchildren; Angela (Lee Gowan), Steven (friend Kaeli Grahlman), Rebecca (Damian Pope), Jessica (Thai Lim), Rosalynn & Bradley and 1 great-grandson Jaden.
Dear sister of Ruth McLeod of London & Gerald Walker of Allenford. Dear sister-in-law of Len (Betty) Aiken of Owen Sound. Also survived by several nieces & nephews. Predeceased by 2 sons; Bradley Ross and Steven Wesley,
parents; Robert & Carrie Walker, brother Alan Walker & sister Mary Merriam. Muriel will be greatly missed.
She was a business owner, long time member of Allenford United Church & active in her community, former teacher, Bruce County Board of Education Trustee, UCW member & volunteer for several groups. Muriel's kindness & generosity will be well remembered by friends and family alike. Friends may call at the DOWNS AND SON FUNERAL HOME Hepworth Sunday January 13th. A Funeral Tribute Service to honor Muriel's life will be conducted from Zion Amabel United Church, Sauble Beach, Monday morning January 14th at 11:00 am. Spring interment Hillcrest Cemetery, Tara. Expressions of remembrance to the Alzheimer Society or Allenford United Church would be appreciated. A tree will be planted in the Memorial Forest of the Grey Sauble Conservation - - -

Buried:
Tara, ON.

Muriel married Ross Wesley AIKEN in 1951. Ross was born in 1926 in Allenford, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; died on 15 Aug 2016 in Allenford, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; was buried in Hillcrest Tara Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Eulogy for Bradley Aiken:
Who was Brad Aiken? Maybe that is a question that can't be answered either. Do you really ever know who or what a person is? Brad was certainly some obvious things. He was a devoted son of Ross & Muriel, a brother loved by Murray & Merri, a fiancee loved by Louise & a friendly clerk at the hardware store. He held an university degree. But he was more than that.
I remember the first time I met Brad about a year ago last April when I first preached in Allenford.  He was one of the first people I met & I knew he had to be a good fellow. He had a beard. But you know as I got to know him, he was a good fellow. He was kind, he was sincere, he was generous. He loved his church & it was important to him & he was active in it.  In the choir, as Recording Stewart, as a lay delegate to Presbytery. This quiet, shy man who sometimes had difficulty expressing in words his feelings, expressed his faith so forcefully by his action. Brad would have fed the world if he had had the resource. There wasn't anything he wouldn't do for people. Last night we saw testimony to that by his many friends, some had now known by the family, who came to pay their respects because Brad had done them a favour.
We are all poorer for the loss of Brad because he touched each of our lives in some way & a part of each of us dies with the death of someone we love. If it were not for love, there would be no grief.
Brad will be remembered always for his generous spirit, his kind, gentle brown eyes & the way he would help anyone who asked him for it. He must remember all that his life & his death has taught us & try to use it to help others. Brad would want it no other way.
Ref: As delivered by Reverend Bain Milroy, of the Allenford United Church.

OBITUARY
Brad Aiken passes: Aiken, Bradley Ross: 33 of Allenfort, Tues. Aug. 20, 1985, Elision son of Ross & Muriel Aiken, a brother of Murray & his wife Debbie & Merri Lynn. He was an uncle of Angela & Steven Aiken & a special friend of Louise McCulloch.
Brad grew up in Allenford when he went to public school before attending high school at Wet Hill in Owen Sound. In 1976 he graduated from the University of Waterloo with an Honors Bachelor of Mathematics degree.
Following graduation, Brad work 3 years of General Motors of Canada in Oshawa as a computer programmer. He returned to Allenford in 1979 to work in his family's business, Aiken Brothers Home Hardware, alongside his father Ross & brother Murray. He was unfailingly cheery & helpful with customers in the store.
Brad was an active member of Allenford United Church. He was recording secretary for Allenford/Park Head charge, on the Board of Stewards & was lay delegate to bruce Presbytery. He also belongs to the Allenford Curling club.
The high regard in which Brad was held was demonstrated by the many friends & relatives who visited downs & sons funeral home in Hepworth & who filled the Allenford United Church, as well as its basement, for the funeral Thursday, conducted by Mr. B Milroy.
Pallbearer were Tom Greenaway, Ron Wade, Paul Walker, Syd Wilkie, all of Allenford, Ian Sinclair of Tara & Richard Day of Toronto. Flower bears were Jennifer Walker, Molly White, Carolyn Walker, Susan Walker, Steven Dale, Wesley Greenaway, Todd Aiken & Michael Gaetz.
Relatives attended from Calgary, Sault Ste. Mario, London, Barrie, torn to, St. Thomas & Acton. - - -

Notes:

Birth:
Alt Loc: Southampton, Ontario