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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 6 Send Message	Amanda	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:08
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 6 Send Message	My great grandfather was Eric Cyril Walker born 05.11.1905, he married Elsie Martin,and they had 2 sons Brian & Michael......... I am trying to find out info on Erics parents, I have hit a brick wall, I have no names or d.o.b........ Eric also had two brothers, they were Moss & Horace,he had 2 sisters but I have nothing on them either..............I look forward to hearing from someone?
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,985 Send Message	Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:15
	Rushden has a website - I'll see if I've saved the link but I found it by googling. I found some info on there for my OH's aunty's family - when they were at school earlier in the 20th century. If I don't come back then google Rushden genealogy or something I'm sure you'll find it. Jill
	Researching: London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,985 Send Message	Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:16
	I saved it - here it is: http://www.rushdenheritage.co.uk/ Could be helpful. Jill
	Researching: London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 6 Send Message	Amanda	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:17
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 6 Send Message	Hi Jill, Thank you, I have looked at Rushden.org & Rushden Historical website so far and haven't forund anything,but I will search again see what I can find......... Thanks again Amanda
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:26
	For info: Births Dec 1905 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walker Eric Cyril Wellingbro' 3b 126
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 6 Send Message	Amanda	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:27
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 6 Send Message	Hi Jill, I have had a look at that website, it is quite helpful.......there is a few walkers so I don't know which ones they would be......my grandad wasn't born until 1905, I will keep searching though! Best Wishes Amanda
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 6 Send Message	Amanda	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:40
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 6 Send Message	Thank you Margaret!
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:46
	1911 census! http://www.1911census.co.uk/search/tnaform.aspx WALKER ERIC CYRIL 1906 5 Wellingborough Northamptonshire Next step: search for Walkers living with Eric Cyril Walker. WALKER HORACE ARCHIBALD 1897 14 Wellingborough Northamptonshire WALKER MINNIE 1891 20 Wellingborough Northamptonshire WALKER REGINALD 1900 11 Wellingborough Northamptonshire Huh! I suspect the mother had remarried and so the parents in the household had a different surname? I shall check ... edit - that was me being stupid. I had Rushden as place of birth rather than residence. WALKER SAMUEL 1861 50 Wellingborough Northamptonshire WALKER ELIZA 1861 50 Wellingborough Northamptonshire Oh yes - yay Rushden. I have 19th century family there!
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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 6 Send Message	Amanda	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:50
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 6 Send Message	thank you for your help.......i really appreciate it, I was stuck!
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:50
	If you order his birth certificate you'll get parents names then we can find them on the census. Oops! Janey already found them.
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:51
	No, sorry, that really was me being stupid. You should try out the 1911 census search from the link I put. I had typed Rushden into the place of birth line, instead of the place of residence line. So I got all the kids, who were born in Rushden, but not the parents, who were evidently born elsewhere. Ah - you must have seen my post before I edited. Sorted now? ;) Editing again to be perfectly clear -- these are the adults in the same household: WALKER SAMUEL 1861 50 Wellingborough Northamptonshire WALKER ELIZA 1861 50 Wellingborough Northamptonshire
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:53
	Yup, MM -- fortunately he wasn't a John. ;) Are we all going to let Amanda find the marriage at FreeBMD? http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	12 Sep 2009 00:57
	And there were more! 1891 census in Rushden: > > edit > > 1901, not 1891 Samuel Walker 38 - born Shefford, Bedfordshire, England Eliza Walker 38 - born Haynes, Bedfordshire, England Annie Walker 15 - Haynes, Bedfordshire, England Laura Walker 13 Minnie Walker 10 Harise Walker 4 Regril Walker 1 William Brunt 18 - nephew, born Haynes So Haynes, wherever that is, would be where they married. ;) Aha, it's in Ampthill district, and so is the marriage.
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	12 Sep 2009 01:02
	Ms. G -- thank you for that site! I'd never seen it. I am now browsing ... And I just found the 1799 baptism of my grx3 grandfather. ;) His given name was Green ... and he had a son named Phields ... I kid you not ...
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	12 Sep 2009 01:02
	1901 census 91 Park Rd., Rushden, Northamptonshire Samuel Walker, head, 38, boot finisher, born Bedford, Shefford Eliza, wife, 38, born Bedford, Haynes Annie, dau, 15, boot machinist, born " Laura, dau, 13, boot (something?) tier?, born Northampton, Rushden Minnie, dau, 10, born " Harise?, son, 4, born " Regril?, son, 1, born " William Brunt, nephew, 18, boot finisher, born Bedford, Haynes
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	12 Sep 2009 01:11
	Oh drat, MM, I posted that and mistakenly called it 1891. I'll fix that ... Everybody in Rushden was in the boot and shoe trade - those factories were what got my ancestors out of the Ag Lab rut ... or ditch, as the case may have been.
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	12 Sep 2009 01:13
	I think you meant 1901 census, Janey? I agree we should let Amanda have the pleasure of finding the marriage herself on FreeBMD but noticed this one on BVRI and it has fathers' names. (Presuming Hawnes is Haynes?) WALKER, Samuel Age: 23 Marriage Wife: Eliza COOPER Age: 22 Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1885 Recorded in: Hawnes, Bedfordshire, England Husband's Father: William WALKER Wife's Father: William COOPER Source: FHL Film 1279122 Dates: 1813 - 1896
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 6 Send Message	Amanda	Report	12 Sep 2009 01:14
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 6 Send Message	Thank you so much for your help Margaret & Janey, that is fantastic, I will tell my grandad tomorrow, as he hasn't been able to recall much! Good Luck with your family trees! Amanda
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	12 Sep 2009 01:19
	You're welcome! I got my payback in serendipity with the website from Jill. I'm busy hunting up all my Rushden Carters now. ;)
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any info on walkers from rushden northants??