Hi thanks for this. I have tried the Rotorua RSA and apparently they only keep records of NZ Soldiers. I have also been down to the grave and there is no furhter information on it. I have just spoken to my cousin who was around when he was alive and she recollects Fanny calling him bertie but how wide spread that would be I do not know. Do you know if it is possible to get the military records? and if so how ?
cheers
Donna
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Thread: Albert Walker
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24-10-2014, 1:03 AM #11DonnaLowrieGuest
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24-10-2014, 1:38 AM #12SueNSWGuest
Sorry Donna - only around 40% of British records from WW1 have survived - following a fire during WW2. Those that have, have been digitised and can be found on Ancestry - and more recently Find my Past. From a quick look there doesn't look to be any possibilities for him amongst them
There are virtually no clues from any of the usual sources about this man - except that he did apparently survive the war
If you are local to Rotorua maybe local newspapers for around the time he died might be the next step
Good Luck
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24-10-2014, 2:10 AM #13DonnaLowrieGuest
Thanks for trying this man has been very elusive I can't even be sure of his birth, this was my last hope to try and get a thread to his ancestors, hopefully something will turn up
cheers
Donna
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24-10-2014, 2:04 PM #14
Donna, I'm confused. Message 6 indicates that his father was called Bert. Message 7 suggests that Edwin didn't have an Albert. In message 8 you say "this is my family", but which one? 7 or 8?
Death certs are recognised as being the least reliable of the certificates (eg my Great Uncle got his own mother's forename wrong on his father's death cert, but she had died when he was young and he probably only knew her as "Mum"). I think that you need to go back and take another look at Albert - maybe track down the marriage/death certs of his siblings - and get a second opinion on his father's name.
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24-10-2014, 9:52 PM #15DonnaLowrieGuest
Hi Lesley
You are quite right My Albert Walker has nothing to do with this Edwin the family I was referring to was in thread 7. So in a nut shell Albert (aged 25) married Fanny George (aged 26) 6 Oct 1907 and had a daughter Ivy Jul 1908 when in England and had another daughter Frances (my mother) when they came to NZ Apparently there was a son at some stage but he died as a child but I cannot find any evidence of this. Albert and Fanny's marriage Banns says Albert's fathers name is Bert, his death cert which I have say his father was Edwin and his mother was Anne nee Osborne. His grave stone says he was 70 and he died in Dec 1953. On the passenger lists coming to NZ in Jun 1922 it says they are both 40. This is all the information I have documented. I really appreciate any help I can get as I really am stuck.
Cheers
Donna
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25-10-2014, 7:40 PM #16
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Albert WALKER Mrs WALKER both aged 40 together with daughter Ivy sailed on the Athenic for NZ on 29 June 1922, they give their UK address as 168 Brantley Road Witton B'ham
Earlier you mention Fanny WALKER I have found she visited the UK in 1956
Arriving 8 June on the Rangitoto staying at 114 Monument Road Ladywood Birmingham 16 dob given as 22 July 1882
Departing 19 Nov 1956 on the Rangitoto having been at 14 Monument Road Ladywood Birmingham 16 dob given as 22 July 1881
Note house number and year of birth slightly different
You state that Fanny has a daughter your mother, so she must have been over 40 when this event occurred!
At 1911 census they indcated that they only had one child, nine having died.
I can find no trace of a live birth in Birmingham between 1911-1922 when mother's maiden names were added to the registration www.freebmd.org.uk
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25-10-2014, 7:54 PM #17DonnaLowrieGuest
Yes most of this is correct, Whilst my mother has been registered as Albert and Fannys daughter it is our belief she was in facts Ivys child. I actually have a copy of Fannys Birth Cert which is 1881, however all through her life her year of birth switches between the two. I can infact trace Fannys family reasonably well, but Albert is my brick wall and becoming higher by the minute
Donna
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25-10-2014, 8:56 PM #18
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You posted this while I was putting together this
The marriage of Albert & Fanny
Albert Walker
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1882
Marriage Date: 6 Oct 1907
Marriage Age: 25
Marriage Place: Aston, St Peter and St Paul, Warwickshire, England
Spouse: Fanny George
Spouse Marriage Age: 26
Father: Bert Walker Tool maker
Spouse's Father: Fred George
At the time of the marriage they both declared they were living at 137 Lichfield Road B'ham
This is the address in 1911 of Alfred & Emma DYSON ( prev GEORGE nee EVANS)
witnesses Henry EVANS & Elsie TITCOMBE
Just staying with Fanny her parents were Frederick GEORGE married Emma EVANS Evesham 1875
In addition they had Caroline b 1878 may have married a Henry EVANS in 1897
Just cannot see anything for the other witness
I would recommend that you review your family tree on ancestry!
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25-10-2014, 9:18 PM #19
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Albert and Fannys daughter it is our belief she was in facts Ivys child.
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