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Hi Donna, James Greenhalgh Walker was my second great granduncle, a brother to my 2X great grandmother Mary Sarah Walker 1858-1901. They were both born at Doncaster, England to parents Edward Hawxby Walker 1814-1892 and his wife Mary Sarah Greenhalgh 1824-1904. And yes farther back in his lineage he has an ancestor Martha Lockwood born about 1759 who was married to Edward Hawxby born about 1755.
James was born Aug. 27, 1849 and was still alive in October 1927; I don't have a date of death for him yet. He was married twice- first wife was Beatrice Agnes Whitehead 1854-1903, the daughter of John Whitehead and Mary Ann Meikle Cockfield. One of Beatrice's brothers, Sir James Edward Whitehead, was Lord Mayor of London in 1888. James' second wife was Elizabeth Atkinson, married in 1913.
James G. Walker and his wife Beatrice had two daughters Beatrice Mary and Norah Kathleen, and a son Edward Holsworth Walker. Some descendents live in England, others in New Zealand. Of course, I knew none of this until I started doing family research nine years ago.
James G. Walker was a fairly famous architect in his day, I think if you google him, there may be identified some places in England which he designed. In 1881 on the census at Doncaster in Yorkshire his occupation and profession was recorded as: "Civil & Mechanical Engineer Architect & Surveyor".
And I think James G. did a lot of writing- I have seen a book of plays that he wrote, offered for sale online. I have a couple of small books of poetry that he wrote, one was given to me by my grandmother and was passed to her by her mother, and I bought the other one online.
I would like to think that James G. is happy knowing there are people who treasure his few possessions there are left in this world, but more importantly, and possibly through the small things he cherished, his memory.
Nora
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