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WALCKER/WALKER
Jakob Walcker 1842-1924 and wife Magdalena (Hoffman)
Walcker 1844-1914
Came to America aboard the ship "EMS", landing
in New York 5/16/1885
My paternal great grandparents
I have traced this Walcker
family line back to 1744.
If you would like more details, let me know.
I've traced my Walcker family line back into the mid-1700's in
Steinheim, Marbach, Baded-Württemberg, Germany which is slightly
north of Stuttgart, Germany. The family left Germany because the country
had been at war for almost 20 years and had recently made military service
mandatory. They chose to live in Russia, because Russia was offering free
farm land and had no mandatory military service.
After almost 70 years in Russia, Russia changed the rules and started requiring
the German immigrants to join the military to fight against their homeland
of Germany. Finding that unacceptable, they immigrated to America in 1885
and received free farming land through the American Homestead Act.
Jakob
and Magdalene Walcker
Ashley, North Dakota
My paternal great grandparents grave
with original Walcker spelling
Ashley, North Dakota
Jakob
and Magdalene Walcker, my great grandparents:
They had 9 children:
*Friedrich Walcker b, 1867 Neu Freudenthal,
Russia
*Magdalena Walcker b. 1869 Helenthal, Russia
*Jacob Walcker b. 1873 Neu Freudenthal, Russia.....(Coleen's
paternal grandfather)
*Johann Walcker b. 1874 Neu Freudenthal, Russia
*Christian Walcker b. 1876 Neu Freudenthal,
Russia
*Julia Walcker b. 1877 Neu Freudenthal, Russia
*Adam "Tom" Walcker b. 1880 Neusatz,
Russia
*Rosina Walcker b. 1882 Neu Freudenthal,
Russia
*Heinrich Walcker b. 1886 South Dakota
JACOB WALKER 1873-1958 married Rosena Opp
(1880-1959) ....MY PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS
My grandfather dropped the letter "c" from
the Walcker name because he thought it looked
more American.
My
patrnal grandparents
Jacob and Rosena (Opp) Walker with
son Samuel and daughter Pauline 1908
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The Walker Family
1940
My patrnal grandparents seated center
Back row (standing) left to right: Adolph, Edwin,
(Iver is the little boy),
*Oliver (my father),
Samuel and Tina
Front row (seated) left to right: Leah, Jacob,
Rosina, Pauline
Jacob
and Rosina (Opp) Walker (my paternal grandparents) both born in Russia.
They came to America as children and farmed their whole lives.
The children of Jacob Walker and Rosena (Opp) Walker were:
1. Samuel Walker (my paternal uncle)
Born 23 April 1899 Long Lake, South Dakota. He died 17 Feb 1982
in Fargo, North Dakota and is buried in Ashley, North Dakota. He married
Ida Brandner in 1926 in Eureka, South Dakota.
Samuel and Ida had 4 children:
*Elroy Harvey Walker b.1928
*Theophil Walker b.1930
*Gordon Delbert Walker b.1933
*Arvadella Leona Walker b.1939
2.Pauline "Polly" Walker (my paternal Aunt) born 1904
Eureka, South Dakota and died 2000 in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She is
buried in Ashley, North Dakota. Polly married Albert Brandner
1924. They made their 1st home on a farm in Eureka, South Dakota. In 1945,
they moved to Ashley, North Dakota where they owned a cafe called Brandner's
Cafe. Polly and Albert moved to Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1959.
Polly and Albert had 1 daughter: Leona Verna Brandner
born 6/5/1925
Pauline "Polly" and Albert Brandner
My paternal Aunt
3. Adolph Walker
(my paternal uncle) born 1909 in Eureka,
North Dakota and died 2003 in Bismarck, North Dakota. Married Emma
Anna Wolf in 1933 in Eureka, South Dakota. Emma Wolf Walker born 9
Aug 1911 in Danzig, North Dakota and died 16 Nov 1997 in Bismarck,
North Dakota.
Adolph and Emma had 2 sons:
*Eugene Leroy Walker b. 1936
*Leroy Iver Walker b. 1943
Adolph and Emma (Wolf) Walker
My paternal Uncle
4. Leah
Walker (my paternal aunt) born 1913
in Fredonia, North Dakota and died 1984 in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Married Edmund Bentz on Nov 14 1935 in Eureka, South Dakota. Edmund
Bentz born 23 Nov 1910 in Eureka, South Dakota and died 3 Dec 1994 in
Ashley, North Dakota.
Leah and Edmund Bentz had 2 daughters:
*Laverne Lilla Bentz b. 1939
*Ermalene Bentz b. 1943
Edmund and Leah (Walker) Bentz
My paternal Aunt
5.
Welentina "Tina" Walker (my paternal
aunt) born 1915 in Fredonia, North Dakota and died 1999
in Ashley, North Dakota.
"Tina" married Edward Brandner in 1934 in Ashley, North Dakota.
Edward Brandner was born 12/24/1893 at Long Lake and died 8/14/1942 in
McPherson County, South Dakota.
"Tina" and Edward had 1 daughter: Ramona Brandner b.1937
"Tina" married Wilhelm "Willie" Eszlinger in 1952 in Ashley, North
Dakota. Willie was born on 4/4/1909 in Ashley and died 5/ 10/1994 in Ashley.
Tina,
Edward and Ramona Tina and
Willie Eszlinger (my paternal Aunt)
6. Edwin Walker (my paternal uncle) born in 1916 in Fredonia,
North Dakota and died 2006 in Eureka, South Dakota. Married Elsie
Wagemann in 1938. Elsie was born 15 December 1918 near Highland, South
Dakota.
Edwin and Elsie had 4 sons:
*Harvey Lee Walker b.1942
*Larry Edwin Walker b.1944
*Dennis Walker b. 5/30/1950
*Dale Walker b. 5/30/1950
7. Oliver Elmer Walker (my father) born 28 April 1920 in Eureka, South
Dakota and died in 2007 in Long Beach, California. He was buried
in Westminster Cemetery, Long Beach, California.
"Ollie" was born in Eureka, South Dakota, but grew up in Eureka,
South Dakota. He was drafted into the Army during WWII, and was stationed
at Bassingbourn (near Cambridge) England where he met my mother, who
was born in Cambridge, England.
My mother was Kathleen Maud Furness (daughter of Thomas William Furness
and Kate Maud Tinsworth). "Ollie" and "Kathy" married in England on 1/2/1947.
Kathleen was born 10/22/1924 in Cambridge, England and died 8/11/1992
in Anchorage, Alaska. She is buried in Palmer, Alaska.
"Ollie" and "Kathy" had 5 children:
*David Walker b.1947
*Coleen Marie Walker b.1950................me
*Debra Kathleen Walker b.1952
*Terry Lee Walker b.1955
*Sherrie Lynn Walker b.1957
My
parents
Ollie and Kathy Walker
1947 England
8. Iver Leroy Walker (my paternal uncle) born 1928 in Eureka, South Dakota
and died 2014 in Missouri. He married Donna Marie Jung in 1951.
Iver and Donna had 3 children:
*Daniel Mark Walker b.1955
*Brenda Kay Walker b.1958
*Susan Marie Walker b.1962
Iver Leroy Walker
My paternal Uncle
