Alfred William Walker (1869-1956)

Dates

Birth: 4 October 1869 16 Spurrier Gate, York, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Robert Walker c1829-1913-1956
Mother: Jane Brooker c1826-1901/11

Marriage: 26th August 1899 Battersea, Surrey, UK
Wife: Ethel Maude Seeley 1874-1936

Death: 29 September 1956 469 Lordship Lane, Dulwich, London, UK
Cremation: 3 October 1956 Southwark, London, UK

Children

John Walker 1901
Dorothy Maud Walker 1902-1974
Elizabet Walker 1910
Olive Margaret Walker [Lower] 1913-2001
Lilian W Walker 1917

Notes

Birth of Alfred William Walker in FreeBMD in October-December 1869 in York (9D 4).

In the 1871 census as Alfred W Walker aged 1, born in Yorkshire, and living with his parents (Robert and Jane), three brothers (James, John and Thomas) and two sisters (Jane and Mary M) at 16 Spurrier Gate, St Michael, Spurrier Gate, Yorkshire.

His sister was born in York in 1872.

In the 1881 census as Alfred William Walker aged 11, born in Yorkshire and living with his parents (Robert and Jane), three brothers (John Stephen, Robert James and Thomas), and two sisters (Margaret Elizth and Mary Maria) at 55 Stonegate, York St Helen Stonegate, Yorkshire.

In the 1891 census as Alfred W Walter (sic - in the index) aged 21, single, a dentist's assistant, and living with his parents (Robert and Jane), and two sisters (Margaret E and Mary) at 55 Stonegate, St Helen Stonegate, York.

Marriage of Alfred William Walker and Ethel Maude Seeley in FreeBMD in July-September 1899 in Lambeth (1D 115).

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 for Alfred William Walker, aged 29, father's name Robert Walker, and Ethel Maude Seeley on 26 August 1899 at St Luke, Battersea, Wandsworth. "Page 5 1899 Marriage solemnized at St Luke's Church in the Parish of Battersea in the County of Surrey. [No.] 9 26th August 1899 Alfred William Walker [aged] 29 [a] Bachelor [and] Dental Surgeon [of] 124 Broomwood Road [father] Robert Walker [a] Jeweller, and Ethel Maude Walker [aged] 25 [a] Spinster [of] 124 Broomwood Road [father] Robert Norton Seeley [a] Civil Servant. Married in the S. Luke's Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Margaret Elizabeth Walker [and] Annie Mabel Seeley".

His son and daughter were born in Camberwell in 1901 and 1902, and two daughters in Athens, Greece in 1910 and 1913.

There are ten entries in Ancestry All UK, Dentist Registers, 1879-1942 for Alfred William Walker registered 6 January 1898 Lie. Den. Surg. R. Coll. Surg. Eng. 1897 addresses Rue de Academie 17, Athens, Greece in 1900, 14 Rue Lycabete, Athens, Greece from 1905 to 1920, and 469 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London SE22 from 1925 to 1942.

In the 1921 census as Alfred Walker born in Yorkshire in 1868 and living with Kate (wife?) and Elizabeth (daughter?) in Wandsworth Borough, Wandsworth, London, Surrey.

Twelve entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Alfred William Walker address 469 Lordship Lane, The Hamlet, Dulwich, Camberwell, Souhwark from 1922 to 1935, other occupants Ethel Maud Walker (wife?), Dorothy Maud Walker (daughter?) from 1928, Elizabeth Walker (daughter?) in 1933 and 1934, Elisabeth Walker in 1935 (daughter?), and Olive Margaret Walker (daughter?) in 1935.

His wife died at St Guy's Hospital, Southwark, but resided at 469 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, on 29 February 1936 and left effects of £1348 5s. 7d. to Alfred William Walker (husband) a dental surgeon and Dorothy Maude Walker spinster.

Three entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Alfred William Walker address 469 Lordship Lane, The Hamlet, Dulwich, Camberwell, Souhwark from 1936 to 1939, other occupants Dorothy Maud Walker, Elizabeth Walker and Olive Margaret Walker (daughters?).

Nine entries in Ancestry London, England, City Directories, 1736-1943 for Alfred William Walker L.D.S.B.C.S.Eng. dental surgeon address 469 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich SE22 from 1925 to 1940.

In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Alfred W Walker born 4 October 1869, widowed, a dental surgeon and living with Dorothy Walker, Olive M Walker, Lilian Walker (daughters?), Elizabeth Walker (sister?) and Eileen M Beamerer? (added latter and illegible with no date of birth or occupation) at 469 Lordship Lane, Camberwell, London.

Ten entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Alfred W Walker address 469 Lordship Lane, The Hamlet changing to Rye in 1953, Dulwich, Camberwell changing to Dulwich and Peckham in 1949, Souhwark from 1945 to 1956, other occupants Dorothy M Walker (daughter?), and Lilian W Walker (daughter?) in 1945. Dorothy M Seeley (sister-in-law?) lived at 469a from 1950.

Death of Alfred William Walker in FreeBMD in October-December 1956 aged 66 in Camberwell (5C 256).

Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 for Alfred Williuam Walker died 29 September 1956 in London probate 12 December 1956 in London. "Walker Alfred William of 469 Lordship-lane London S.E.23 died 29 September 1956 Probate London 12 December to Dorothy Maud Walker spinster and Ronald John Lower accounts clerk. Effects £9288 18s. 1d."

Entry in Deceased Online for Alfred William Walker died 29 September 1956 and cremated 3 October 1956 in Southwark, London.

There are eight entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Alfred William Walker.

Relationship

Alfred William Walker was the father of Olive Margaret Walker, wife of Ronald John Lower, fifth cousin of Cyril T Larby, my second cousin once removed.

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