Johnnie Walker

[IOMBar]

I don't know if this thread is still active, but I am descended from Alexander Walker who was Johnnie's First Cousin and I have quite a bit of information about the family.
Barbara

[gb58]

Hi IOMBar
Sorry only just seen your post- I havent visited the website for a long time -just spotted it in my deleted/spam.
Am still interested to know if Johnnie had any siblings or not-are you able to help?
Any info would be great
Gwenda

[IOMBar]

Hi Gwenda
I haven't done much on this recently as my line of descent is through Johnnie's Uncle John ( of whom I have quite a bit of information).  I don't have any siblings listed for Johnnie,but he must have thought of my line as his close family as they were living at Toddrigs much of the time and looked after Johnnie when his father Alexander died when he was only 14. 'My' John had 9 children, at least two of whom were born at Toddrigs.
Bar

[gb58]

My connection is through my g g grandmother. She was Elizabeth Wright Walker born 1830 in York & her parents were William Walker & his wife Sarah(maiden name not yet known).  William is supposedly related to Johnnie Walker in some way.

[IOMBar]

Hi Gwenda
Its a definite possibility.  John Walker and Agnes Millar had three children, the oldest John born Dreghorn 1773 is my ancestor, another son Alexander who was Johnnie's father and the third son was William. 
Barbara

[MegP]

Dear Members
I may not have been looking hard enough but I haven't seen a comprehensive tree for this family. I am tracing one known and one rumoured connection:

1 Mary McLellan Walker b 1862 (married James Galloway; daughter of Alexander Walker, son of John 'Johnnie'Walker, and Georgina Patterson, his first wife)

2 Eliza Walker b 1833 Ireland, died 1881 Glenelg, Grey South, Ontario, Canada. Parents possibly Edward and Mary

I wandered if Eliza might be a niece or first cousin once removed of Johnnie?
Many thanks
Megan
Sydney, Australia

[IOMBar]

Megan
so Elizabeth Purvis was Johnnie's second wife?
Bar

[MegP]

My apologies; I wasn't terribly clear. Georgina Patterson was the first wife of Alexander Walker (1837-1889, I believe), son of 'Johnnie' Walker and Elizabeth Purvis/Purves. Alexander's  second wife was Isabella McKemmie (married 1867). There are quite a few public family trees on the internet that have Mary McLellan Walker incorrectly as the daughter of Isabella.

[CCW]

Hi IOMBar,
I'm also a descendant of John Walker (1773), by his son William Glassford Walker (born 1812).  Most of what I know about my family history comes from an article in the "Ayrshire Notes" (http://www.ayrshirehistory.org.uk/Bibliography/pdfs/an17.pdf).  I did also learn some family history from an old cousin (twice removed), Norman Porteous.  Norman told us that W.G.Walker was a first cousin to Johnnie Walker, but I haven't been able to confirm it.  I'd be interested to learn more about our common ancestors.
CCW.