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Descendants of William Walker

Generation No. 1

1.� WILLIAM WALKER was born 24 August 1803 in St.Bees, Cumberland, son of Henry and Ruth Walker.� He married MARY NEWBY 26 May 1835 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, daughter of JOHN NEWBY and HANNAH.� She was born 20 December 1812 in Saint Michael, Workington, Cumberland, England.

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'William Walker, mariner of Rottington married Mary Newby single woman of Whitehaven, 26th May 1835. '

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1841 Census for�Marlboro Street, Whitehaven

Mary Walker� 25� Independent Means

Henry Walker� 5

Ruth Walker��� 3

John Walker��� 3 months

It was a co-incidence that the next door neighbour was Anne Benson 60 Widow and son Jonathon Benson 19 and Mary called her next daughter Anne Benson Walker.

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1851 Census for 12 Marlboro St, Whitehaven

Mary Walker, head, married, 35, mariners wife, born, Whitehaven

Ruth Walker, daughter, 12, scholar, born Whitehaven

Ann B Walker, Daughter, 8, scholar, born Whitehaven

Eleanor Walker, daughter, 6, scholar, born Whitehaven

Richard Walker, son, 3, scholar, born Whitehaven

Isaac P Walker, son, 2, scholar, born Whitehaven

John Newby, father, w, 78, coal mine colliery steward, born Lancashire, Brougton

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Children of WILLIAM WALKER and MARY NEWBY are:

i.�HENRY WALKER, b. 17 July 1836.

ii.�RUTH WALKER, b. 1838.

iii.�JOHN WALKER, b. 1841.

iv.�ANNE BENSON WALKER, b. 26 February 1843, Whitehaven.

v.�RICHARD WALKER, b. 1848.

(Richard is on the 1881 Census for Cleator as a grocery Assistant boarding with George Coates)

�Richard WALKER�� M�� Male�� 33�� Whitehaven, Cumberland, England�� Grocers Assistant

he�says he is married but we�have not been able to find who he married, to date.)�

vi.�ISAAC PARK WALKER, b. 20 May 1849, Whitehaven.

vii.�WILLIAM WALKER, b. 16 August 1851, Whitehaven.

(we don't know what happened to the rest of the children ).

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