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Hello there. I'm hoping somebody out there will be able to help me find details about my great-grandfather, John B. Walker.
I'm very new at family research so I'm probably going wrong somewhere! I have scoured the census and BMD records as much as I possibly can but getting no further than 'maybes'.
If you can help, my father and myself would be so incredibly grateful! Here are the details...
John Bertram Walker (as written on my grandmother's birth certificate)
Born 1885 in Tottenham (according to 1911 census)
Married May Barnett in 1910 in Romford, Essex.
Worked as a Bioscope Operator and lived at 42 Seymour Gardens, Ilford (1911 census)
Described occupation as Electrician on grandmother's birth certificate.
Had one daughter, Kathlyn May Walker in 1915.

I can't find him on any other census that I can say is definitely him. The only person who might be a possibility is a Bertie J Walker on the 1901 census, born in Tottenham in 1883 working as an Engineers Clerk, but it seems unlikely.
Again, any help would be fantastic.
Thank you for reading :-)

WALKER, JOHN BERTRAM DAVILL Order
GRO Reference: 1882 M Quarter in SHEFFIELD Volume 09C Page 505

Thanks for your help safc but that John Bertram Walker is still in Sheffield at the time of the 1911 census and married to someone else :-)

for ref


1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
42 Seymour Gardens Ilford, Ilford, Essex, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
John B Walker Head Married Male Bioscope Operator 28 1883 Tottenham
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May Walker Wife Married Female - 28 1883 Bradford on Avon

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1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
25, Russell Road, Tottenham, Edmonton, Middlesex, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John T Walker Head Married Male 39 1842 Carpenter South Shields, Durham, England
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Dorothy E Walker Wife Married Female 37 1844 - Sunderland, Durham, England
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Robert L Walker Son Single Male 14 1867 Carpenter's Apprentice Durham, England
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Dora Walker Daughter Single Female 11 1870 Scholar Northumberland, England
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Sarah Walker Daughter Single Female 7 1874 Scholar South Shields, Durham, England
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Isabella Walker Daughter Single Female 3 1878 - South Shields, Durham, England
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John Walker Son Single Male 0 1881 - Tottenham, Middlesex, England


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1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
168, High Road, Tottenham, Edmonton, Middlesex, England

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John Edwin Floud Head Married Male 57 1844 Schoolmaster Taunton, Devon, England
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Catherine J Floud Wife Married Female 40 1861 - Southsea, Hampshire, England
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Bertie J Walker Step Son - Male 18 1883 Engineers Clerk Tottenham, Middlesex, England
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Sarah Haggar Servant - Female 17 1884 General Servant Domestic Tottenham, Middlesex, England

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1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
46, Vale Road Green Lanes North, Tottenham, Edmonton, Middlesex, England

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Harry Winkworth Head Married Male 33 1868 Hosiery Manager St Pancras, Middlesex, England
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Bertha Winkworth Wife Married Female 49 1852 - London, England
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Lily Walker Step Daughter Single Female 20 1881 Mantle Machinist Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
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Bertie Walker Step Son Single Male 19 1882 Minter Apprentice Compositor Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
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Charlie Newton Visitor Single Male 20 1881 Printer Issistant Apprentice Compositor London, England

sara

on the marriage cert 1910

what is his father name

and occupation

and address

Thanks Maddie, they're the ones I came up with as well. It does look like Bertie Walker of Tottenham is the most likely.

Safc, I don't have the marriage certificate, I'm going on the details I found on this website...

First Name John B
Last Name Walker
Gender Male
Year 1910
Spouse
Image Quarter 4
Country England
County Essex
District Romford
District Number
Registry Number
Volume 4A
Page 895
Line Number 130
Entry Number
Category Births, Marriages & Deaths
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2008

First Name May
Last Name Barnett
Gender Female
Year 1910
Spouse
Image Quarter 4
Country England
County Essex
District Romford
District Number
Registry Number
Volume 4A
Page 895
Line Number 59
Entry Number
Category Births, Marriages & Deaths
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2008

sara

you need the marriage cert

for his fathers name
and occupation
and address

One below...(if anything!)

Chris :)

WALKER, JOHN BERTIE TITCHBOURNE (STROUD)
GRO Reference: 1887 S Quarter in SHOREDITCH Volume 01C Page 95

Edits (a Baptism for above, Ancestry, London. Born 16 August 1887. Parents John George Titchbourne, Eugene Jane)


Marriages Sep 1882 (>99%)
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STROUDE Eugenie Jane Bethnal Green 1c 584
WALKER John George T Bethnal Green 1c 584

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Deaths Mar 1974 (>99%)
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WALKER JOHN BERTIE T 16AU1887 POOLE 7C 144


(at below address 1939, with an Elizabeth)

19 Whitton Drive , Ealing M.B., Middlesex,


(so not your one!, but ruled him out!)

safc, yes I see we aren't going to get any further without it!

Chris, thanks for looking and ruling that John out, we'll keep searching :-)

sara
may be a brother

Births Dec 1885 (>99%)
Walker Maynard Bertram Camberwell 1d 803

Mother's Maiden Surname:
WALKER, MAYNARD BERTRAM SMITH
GRO Reference: 1885 D Quarter in CAMBERWELL Volume 01D Page 803

but he died same year

if you get the marriage cert 1910

put results on here to see what can be found

He was born about 1883 (NOT 1885) according to the 1911 Census!!

1911 Census

Name: John B Walker
Age in 1911: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Tottenham
Civil Parish: Ilford
Search Photos: Search for 'Ilford' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street address: 42 Seymour Gardens, Ilford
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Bioscope Operator
Registration district: Romford
Registration District Number: 191
Sub-registration district: Ilford
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household schedule number: 260
Piece: 9855

John B Walker 28
May Walker 28

safc, I'll get on to my dad about obtaining the marriage certificate, thanks :)

Sylvia in Canada. It was a typo. Sorry. I already have that information.

Not seeing them on the 1939 register or a possible marriage for kathlyn

Is she your grandmother? If so when did she marry and do you have that cert for its info

This looks like the one on 1901 census as stepson to John Edwin Flood.

Catherine Jane Green had son John Bertie Green D qtr 1882 Edmonton V03a P308 mums name not shown.

Edmonton is Tottenham area.

Catherine Jane Green born 1861 to Elizabeth Rathbone born Windsor Berkshire and John William W Green born @ 1831 Plymouth Devon they married in Hackney 1860

Catherine Jane Green married J/A/S 1897 in Edmonton 3a 781 to John Edwin Flood.
Catherine J Flood died 1908 in Tendring Essex

1911, Sycamore Lodge John Street Brightlingsea Essex
John Edwin Flood widow private teacher born Taunton @1844 he died 1/9/1928 probate to Anna Louisa Flood spinster £134

I can't figure out how or why he was Bertie J Walker in 1901 census!!

Maryb.

Shirley - My grandmother married twice. First marriage was to Francis A. Andrews in 1936 in Bromley and had a child called Christine. We don't know if they divorced or if he died in the war. Granny moved to South Africa without her daughter (Christine was alive up to 20 years ago, we don't know where she is now and I can't find any details about her either!) sometime in the 1940's. Granny then married my grandfather in SA or Rhodesia as it was then, in 1950 and had my dad a year later.
Unfortunately, as you can tell, it wasn't the done thing to find out more about her family. Dad is kicking himself that he didn't push for information :(

Maryb. I keep thinking this is him too. Perhaps he changed his name before he got married to May?! Who knows!!

I think the John Bertie Green posted by Maryb looks promising.

I would assume (only an assumption) that his father was a Walker. He's under the name Walker in 1901.

Maryb... I've had a closer look at the information you gave me, thank you very much for that.
It does look very promising, as ChristinaS says. I'll keep on researching and will let you all know if I get anywhere!

Thanks again :-)

I saw the marriage to mr Andrews bu couldn't see any other info

I was thinking if she married the cert should name her father and whether he was still alive at that time . But it's not a given that a father would be given deceased even if he was .

Apologies if this is already posted- are you certian they only had one child?

WALKER, RONALD BERTRAM BARNETT
GRO Reference: 1912 M Quarter in ROMFORD Volume 04A Page 1098

WALKER, KATHLYN MAY BARNETT
GRO Reference: 1915 M Quarter in ROCHFORD Volume 04A Page 1405