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Amelia WALKER and children

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Deaths Sep Qtr 1842
WALKER Gervase Wakefield 22 377 ** age abt 10

Deaths Mar Qtr 1849
Walker William Henry Wakefield 22 533 ** age abt 13

Deaths Sep Qtr 1859
WALKER Amelia Wakefield 9c 21 ** age abt 60

Deaths Dec Qtr 1865
Walker Amelia Wakefield 9c 48 **age abt 37

Deaths Mar Qtr 1870
Walker Joshua 83 Wakefield 9c 37


Looking for any burial records for the family and probate record for Joshua.

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Name:
Joshua Walker
Event Type:
Residence
Archive Location:
Wakefield
Parish or Chapel:
Westgate
Death Date:
16 Mar 1870
Residence Date:
31 Oct 1833
Reel Number:
Wakefield; WC43
Reference Number:
C28/4

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Hi Dave.

One of those ages is wrong or it's a different person :rolleyes:

NBI:
21 Aug 1842
Gervase WALKER
63
Horbury, St Peter & St Leonard

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Thanks Geoff.

I will check. :)

The location Horbury fits the family.

Bap for grandson Gervase:

b. 6 Oct 1832 Westgate, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England batch: C146198
c. 28 Mar 1834 New or Zion Independent, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England Batch: C133681

1841
HO107 Piece 1272 Book/Folio 8/27 Page 2
Civil Parish: Wakefield
Municipal Borough: Wakefield
County: Yorkshire (West Riding)
Registration District: Wakefield
Sub-RD: Wakefield
ED:
Address: Westgate, Upper North Side, Wakefield
WALKER Joshua M 50 Yorkshire, Wine Merchant
WALKER Amelia F 40
WALKER Amelia F 14
WALKER Gervaise M 8 Yorkshire
WALKER William M 4 Yorkshire
WALKER George M 0 (6 months) Yorkshire
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GOODALL Mary F 75 Yorkshire
SYKES Ann F 25 Yorkshire
ROGERS, Harriett F 15 Yorkshire
(there is a single line before Mary Goodall)


Not found so far after 1841 census.

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Joshua Walker c. 21 Jun 1786 Horbury, Yorkshire
parents: Gervase Walker


Also burial for a Gervase
Death day:
Death month:
Death year:
Burial day: 22
Burial month: Mar
Burial Year: 1799
old style/New style:
Title:
Forename: Gervase
Surname: WALKER
Abode:
Occupation: Farmer
Place: Horbury
Dedication: St Peter
County: Yorks West Riding
Country: England
Society ref: R 96
West Yorks archive ref: WDP 135/1/1/5
Checked: CHECKED
Record source: Wakefield district burials
Data provider: Wakefield and District Family History Society
 

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Must be this one then. Joshua's brother.

Jarvis Walker c. 15 Jul 1779 Horbury, Yorkshire
parents: Jervase Walker


So we have no death for the one born 1832 and not found after 1841.
 

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Deaths Mar Qtr 1861
WALKER Gervase Huddersfield 9a 259


1851
Name: Gervase Walker
Age: 18
Gender: M
Birthplace: Wakefield, Yorkshire
Relationship to Head of Household: Pupil
Schedule Type: Household
 

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This could be him at High School [from image]

1851
Civil Parish: Ecclesall Bierlow
Ecclesiastical parish: Broom Hall
Town: Sheffield
County: Yorkshire
RD: Ecclesall Bierlow
Sub-RD: Ecclesall Bierlow
ED: 1f; Piece: 2337; Folio: 745; Page: 50

Gervase Walker 18 [b. Wakefield. Student]

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Following on from Ellie's find..

Joshua Walker
Probate Date: 22 Apr 1870
Death Date: 15 Mar 1870
Death Place: Yorkshire, England
Registry: Wakefield
 
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Oh.

Name: Joshua Walker
Event Type: Residence
Archive Location: Wakefield
Parish or Chapel: Westgate
Death Date: 16 Mar 1870
Residence Date: 31 Oct 1833
Reel Number: Wakefield; WC43
Reference Number: C28/4


The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) - Tuesday 17 May 1870 p.4
DEATHS
Walker.-On the 16th March, in the 84th year of his age, at his residence, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, Joshua Walker, Esq., the beloved father of Mr. Joshua Walker, of Sandhurst, Victoria.
 

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Oh. Again.

The Probate record lists two sons, William Henry and George, and I had both of them dead by 1850. :rolleyes:

Will have to find their correct deaths after 1870.
 

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We have some clues in the Probate notice.

William Henry of Wakefield, banker's clerk ** born 4 Dec 1836

George of Holloway, Middlesex, druggist ** born 21 Nov 1840
 

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