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Alexander WALKER [Alex]

Alexander WALKER [Alex]

Male 1838 - 1909  (70 years)    Has 6 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Alexander WALKER 
    Known As Alex 
    Birth 10 Sep 1838  Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Christening 23 Sep 1838  Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration From 09 Oct 1858 to 08 Jan 1859  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Immigration Between 09 Oct 1858 and 08 Jan 1859  Ship GREYHOUND Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Immigration From 06 Sep 1861 to 27 Sep 1861  Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7] 
    Immigration From 06 Sep 1861 to 27 Sep 1861  Ship ORIENTAL Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Occupation Flour miller, Milton, Otago  [3, 9, 10] 
    Death 07 Sep 1909  Milton, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Cause: Apoplexy cardiac asthenia 
    Burial 09 Sep 1909  Milton, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15] 
    Probate 28 Sep 1909  Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Person ID I51  NZ Genealogy Project | WALKER Descendant
    Last Modified 28 Jul 2018 

    Father Alexander WALKER,   b. 1816, Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1879, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Charlotte LESLIE,   b. 1816, Caputh, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1885, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 08 Dec 1837  Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Census 06 Jun 1841  St Martins, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Census 30 Mar 1851  Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    Census 07 Apr 1861  Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Census 02 Apr 1871  Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Documents
    1871 Census    		1871 Census
    Family ID F23  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth McGREGOR 
    Children 
    +1. Alexander WALKER,   b. 30 Aug 1858, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1923, Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F6329  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2024 

    Family 2 Isabella BROUGH [Isabella Brown],   b. 1837, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Feb 1914, Milton, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 29 Sep 1858  Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 21, 22, 23, 24] 
    Residence 1893  Milton, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    Children 
     1. Christina WALKER,   b. 30 Dec 1858, At sea on voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Apr 1859, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +2. Charlotte WALKER,   b. 01 Jun 1860, Essendon, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1921, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +3. John WALKER [Jack],   b. 16 Nov 1863, Milton, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1927, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +4. Catherine WALKER [Kate, Katrine and Kitty],   b. 18 Apr 1866, Milton, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Jul 1941, Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +5. Isabella Sophia WALKER [Bella],   b. 06 Jun 1868, Milton, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1938, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +6. Ellen WALKER [Nell or Helen],   b. 12 Feb 1870, Milton, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 May 1934, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     7. Christina WALKER,   b. 03 Mar 1872, Milton, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Sep 1892, Milton, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     8. Jessie Ann WALKER,   b. 18 Nov 1876, Milton, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1952, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Documents
    1858 Marriage Register    		1858 Marriage Register
    Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Sep 1838 - Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 23 Sep 1838 - Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Sep 1858 - Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - From 09 Oct 1858 to 08 Jan 1859 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - From 06 Sep 1861 to 27 Sep 1861 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1893 - Milton, Otago, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Apoplexy cardiac asthenia - 07 Sep 1909 - Milton, Otago, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 09 Sep 1909 - Milton, Otago, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 28 Sep 1909 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Alexander Walker    		Alexander Walker

    Documents
    1909 Death    		1909 Death

    Histories
    Places - Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland    		Places - Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland
    Information about Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland. Alexander Walker (1838-1909) and some of his siblings were born in Tibbermore. His father was an agricultural labourer while the family lived in the parish between 1838 and 1854.

    Album Photos
    Alexander Walker 1838-1909
    Alexander Walker 1838-1909

    Albums
    Walker, Alexander and Isabella     		Walker, Alexander and Isabella (10)
    Photographs of Alexander Walker (1838-1909), his wife Isabella Brough (1837-1914) and their children.

  • Notes 

    • BIOGRAPHY

      Alexander Walker was born on the 10 September 1838 in Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland, the eldest child of Alexander Walker, a labourer, and Charlotte Leslie. Alexander trained as a flour miller. In September 1858 Alexander married Isabella Brough in Comrie, the youngest daughter of William Brough, who was also Alexander's employer. Apparently, Isabella's parents did not really approve of the marriage and the couple migrated to Australia in October 1858. Isabella was pregnant when she married Alexander and Alexander had an illegitimate son born a month before the marriage to another girl in Comrie. Alexander and Isabella went on the ship "Greyhound" from Liverpool to Melbourne, a voyage of 91 days. Their first child, Christina, was born 30 December 1858 on the voyage to Australia, and died in April 1859 in Melbourne. Alexander and Isabella lived in Melbourne, Victoria, from 1859 to 1861, with daughter Charlotte being born in 1860. In 1861 the family moved to Milton in Otago where Alexander was employed in the town's new flour mill. A further six children were born in Milton. Alexander died in 1908 and was buried in the Fairfax Cemetery at Milton.

      OBITUARY

      ALEXANDER WALKER, MILTON,
      Aged 71.

      Over half a century ago a young couple from Perthshire, Scotland, after being married, set out on a " honeymoon trip" to the then Colony of Australia there to try their fortune and be and work together to establish a home for themselves. Both being young and strong the trials of a pioneer's life were set lightly aside. Near Melbourne this young couple found work on a then primitive style of a farm, and for nearly three years they remained there. Here they welcomed their first born, and when the young mother was about again and the news of the gold discoveries in Otago had reached them, a course was shaped for another new land. The young couple had saved a few pounds in their Victorian service, and when they landed at Dunedin were able to get a lift "up country" on a bullock wagon. They were both on route for Tuapeka diggings, but the bullock dray came no further than Tokomairiro, which to them appeared then a goodly place in its pristine wildness. Footing it to "The diggings", the wife carrying the baby and the husband the "swag" and getting a hand in the former work from the kind-hearted fellows making for the same goal, Mr and Mrs Walker and babe arrived at "the diggings." Their stay was short however. Gold mining was not Mr Walker's ideal life, and he returned to Milton to take up a section, and pitched his tent near the bank of the river and near McGill's Mill. Anyhow the late Mrs Peter McGill was an early visitor at the tent of the strangers on the morning after their arrival, and in her hand she had a steaming bowl of porridge for the wayfarers. That was the way they had in those old days. Not only was the hand of welcome held out - without waiting for an introduction or "Leaving your card" - but the welcome was always accompanied with a "food offering." That was a homely kindly welcome, and they did not forget it.

      Thereafter the young parents took up a section and built a clay "hoosie," and Mr Walker, who was a miller to trade, entered the service of the late Peter McGill, and continued there until his retirement a few years ago. His first "clay biggin" still stands in Milton, and is one ot the earliest in what is now the Borough of Milton.

      Since leaving the service of the McGill's, Mr and Mrs Walker having acquired a competency, and being always of a frugal mind, living plainly and wholesomely, had a comfortable home and a young daughter to look after them, and all was going well with the aged couple, when on Sunday evening, August 29th, Mr Walker had a paralytic stroke, and while not wholly unconscious was not able to convoy by speech his feelings. He lingered on till Tuesday evening, September 7th, passing away quietly in the presence of a number of members of his family, and to the poignant grief of his aged wife. He had the loving and skilful attention in his last hours of his daughter, Mrs Stanley, a trained nurse.

      The late Mr Alex Walker was 71 years of age at the time of his decease and had been over 47 years in the Toko. district, and a man held in esteem by his neighbours and the general public whom he came in contact with. Besides Mrs Walker there are five daughters and one son surviving him. In addition, there are 14 grandchildren. The daughters are : Mrs Redpath (Gisborne), Mrs Wilkinson (Springburn, Canterbury, Mrs Griffin (Timaru), Mrs Stanley (Christchurch), Miss Jessie (Milton) and the only son, John, is at Ohura in the North Island.

      The funeral took place to-day to the Fairfax cemetery, the Rev Mr Miller conducting the services at the house and at the graveside, and many personal friends and neighbours turned out to pay their last respects to a grand old pioneer of Milton.

      An esteemed correspondent writes:- The late Mr Alex Walker, of Perth, Scotland, accompanied by his wife (Isabella Brough, of Millentuim, Comrie) left Scotland in 1858 in the Greyhound, bound for Melbourne. They came to New Zealand in 1861, landing in Dunedin in the Orient. Bound for the diggings, they stored boxes in Dunedin and came up to Tokomairiro in a bullock dray, crossing the Taieri in a boat, the escort going on the punt. On reaching Waihola, a buggy, containing fellow-passengers, was seen stuck in the mud, the shafts up and the passengers unloading the vehicle, preparatory to drawing it out of the mire.

      After camping at Tokomairiro for a few days, to have a rest and look round, Mr and Mrs Walker set out for the diggings, the father carrying the swag and the mother the baby. After a week at the diggings they returned to Tokomairiro, an opening in hi own trade having been promised Mr Walker by the late Mr Peter McGiil, miller. For some time a tent near the river was the dwelling house. A clay "whare" was built in Queen street, and this is now supposed to be the oldest clay house in Milton. Later on Mr Walker took up land at Kaitangata but decided not to settle on it, and remained for about 40 years at his trade, under the same firm. The second home in Milton was "The Old Manse" built from the first wood sawn out of the local bush. Here the family have lived for nearly thirty years, the deceased gentleman taking a great interest in gardening and bee keeping. He was for a time a member of the Milton Borough Council, and he took a great interest in local affairs as well as in current events. He attended the Presbyterian Church, and taught for many years in the Sunday School.

      Wide spread regret was felt when it was known that Mr Walker had had a seizure on Sunday, 29th August. He never fully regained consciousness, and died on Tuesday 7th September. Deceased was of a very kindly nature, and won many friends who appreciated his upright character and his intelligent mind. He leaves behind a widow, five daughters, one son, and fourteen grandchildren.

      Source: Bruce Herald on 9 September 1909.

  • Sources 
    1. [S28] Registry of Birth, Deaths and Mariages, Melbourne., Birth Certificate (Victoria).
      Births in the District of Flemington in the Colony of Victoria, 1860. Child: born 1 June 1860 Essendon, Charlotte Walker, female. Father: Alexander Walker, Labourer, 24 years, born Perth, Scotland. Mother: Isabella Walker formerly Brown, 23 years, born Comrie, Scotland. Married 1858, Comrie, Scotland. Informant: Alex Walker, father, Essendon.

    2. [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none.
      Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.

    3. [S15] Charlotte Cameron, Gisborne, NZ, Redpath Family Memories 1984, (Gisborne, 31 Dec 1984).

    4. [S38] Shipping Index, Victoria, (Public Record Office Victoria).
      Ship GREYHOUND, Jan 1859, Lists Infant with, Mrs (25) and Alex (27) Walker. Port B. Fiche 157, Page 003.

    5. [S38] Shipping Index, Victoria, (Public Record Office Victoria).

    6. [S29] Passenger Lists - Victoria to NZ, (NZ Society of Genealogists Inc, 1998).
      1861. Ship ORIENTAL. Depart from Melbourne 6 Sept 1861 for Otago. Passenger 7229 Alexr. Walker, male, married, aged 28. Born in England.

    7. [S23] Papers Past - The Otago Witness, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none.
      Saturday 28 September 1861. Shipping News - Arrivals - 27 Sept - Oriental, 500 tons, from Melbourne, in ballast. 173 passengers. Young & McGlashan agents.

    8. [S29] Passenger Lists - Victoria to NZ, (NZ Society of Genealogists Inc, 1998).

    9. [S40] Milton, Dunedin Region, (PacificLand Travel), none.

    10. [S39] David Bryant, NZSG Index - Probate records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc.).

    11. [S15] Charlotte Cameron, Gisborne, NZ, Redpath Family Memories 1984, (Gisborne, 31 Dec 1984).
      1906: Grandfather Walker came up from Milton, Otago, to help with the finishing of the house (at Rakauroa), he was a good carpenter as well as being a flour miller.

    12. [S36] Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand, NZ Death Registration.
      Folio 1909/2238. Died 7 Sep 1909 in Milton. Alexander Walker, Miller, 71 years. Cause of death: Apoplexy cardiac asthenia after 10 days. Parents: Father Alexander Walker, contractor; Mother Charlotta Walker formerley Leslie. Buried 9 Sep 1909, Fairfax Cemetery, by Herbert Holmes, Presbyterian Minister. Born Perth, Scotland. In NZ 48 years. Married: Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, aged 20 years to Isabella Brough. Living children: 6, male 46 years, female 49, 43, 41, 39, 33 years.

    13. [S23] Papers Past - The Otago Witness, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none.
      Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 49 DEATHS. WALKER - On September 7, at his residence, Chaucer Street. Milton, Alexander Walker, miller, the beloved husband of Isabella Brough; aged 71 years. Deeply regretted

    14. [S26] New Zealand Society of Genealogists, NZ Cemetery Records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc 1985).
      Fairfax Cemetery, Milton. Alexander Walker and his wife Isabella Brough Walker - Plots 49-50, Block 6. No date of death.

    15. [S36] Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand, NZ Death Registration.

    16. [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none.
      Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record.

    17. [S42] 1841 Scotland Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.
      Name: Alexander Walker; Age: 25; Estimated birth year: abt 1816; Gender: Male; Where born: Perthshire, Scotland; Civil parish: St Martins; County: Perthshire; Address: Decarried Up; Occupation: Ag Lab. Other family members: Charlotte (25), Alexander (2), John (1)

    18. [S221] 1851 Scotland Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.
      Name: Alexander Walker; Age: 35; Estimated birth year: abt 1816; Relationship: Head; Spouse's name: Charlotte; Gender: Male; Where born: Abernethy, Perthshire; Parish Number: 387; Civil parish: Perth; Town: Petheavles Farm; County: Perthshire; Address: Necessity; Occupation: Agricultural Labourer; Household Members: Charlotte Leslie 33, Alexander Walker 35, Alexander Walker 12, Ann Walker 8, Christian Walker 4, David Walker 2, Joseph Walker 6

    19. [S219] 1861 Scotland Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.
      Name: Alexande Walker; Age: 47; Estimated birth year: abt 1814; Relationship: Head; Spouse's name : Charlette; Gender: Male; Where born: Abernethy, Perthshire; Registration Number: 387/2; Registration district: Perth Landward; Civil parish: Perth Landward; County: Perthshire; Address: Willand Cotta House; Occupation: Labourer; Household Members: Alexande Walker 47 Head, Alexander Walker 2 grandson, Charlette Walker 44 wife, Charlette Walker 8 daughter, Hellen Walker 6 daughter, Thomas Walker 4 son.

    20. [S32] Scotland On Line Ltd., ScotlandsPeople, (General Register Office for Scotland), none.
      1871 Census. Civil parish: East Church - landward, PERTH. Burgh Muir Road. Alex Walker, Head, 55, born Perthshire Abernethy. Charlotte Leslie, wife, 55, born Perthshire Caput. Charlotte Walker, daughter, 18, factory worker, born Perthshire Perth. Helen Walker, daughter, 16, factory worker, born Perthshire, Perth. Thomas Walker, son, 13, scolar, born Perthshire, Perth.

    21. [S28] Registry of Birth, Deaths and Mariages, Melbourne., Birth Certificate (Victoria) (Reliability: 2).
      Married 1858 in Comrie, Scotland

    22. [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none.
      ISABELLA BROUGH and ALEXR. WALKER, Marriage: 29 SEP 1858 Comrie, Perth, Scotland. Source Information: Batch No.: M113411 sheet 00; Source Call No.: 6035516 REGISTER ; Type: FILM.

    23. [S216] General Register Office for Scotland, Scotts Origin - OPRI & SRI records, (http://www.scotsorigins.com).
      Marriage Record Alexander Walker and Isabella Brough, 1858, Comrie, Perth. Registration district code 341, Registration district entry 0010

    24. [S41] General Register Office for Scotland, Entry of Marriage, Scotland, (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk).
      1858 Marriages in the Parish of Comrie in the County of Perth. #10. On the 29 September 1858 at Milutuim, Comrie. Marriage (After Banns) was solemized between us according to the Forms of the United Presbeterian Church of Scotland. GROOM: Alex. Walker, 20, Residence Milutuim Comrie, Miller Bachelor. Father: Alexander Walker, Labourer. Mother: Charlotte Leslie. BRIDE: Isabella Brough, 22, Residence: Milutuim Comrie, Spinster. Father: William Brough, Miller. Mother: Christine Drummond. Witness: Peter Brough, James Mitchell.

    25. [S30] Diane Wilson (Compiler), 1893 NZ Electoral Roll, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc. 2004).
      (1) Surname WALKER; Given Name Alexander; Number 2827; Electorate Bruce; Voting Qualification Freehold; Residential Address Milton; Occupation Miller; Property Detail Sec. 83, block 7, Milton. (2) Surname WALKER; Given Name Isabella; Number 2830; Electorate Bruce; Voting Qualification Residential; Residential Address Milton; Occupation Housewife


 

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