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Hi all - I have a Gerald Leyns Walker marrying Emma Kenny in Norfolk in 1876. His address is given as Athboy Co. Meath, son of Gerald Walker Gentleman.
They must have moved back to Ireland before 1879 when their son Gerald Leyns Walker was born. In 1901 census this eldest son is Undergrad. T.C.D. (Do I assume this is Trinity College Dublin?). There is another son Reginald Henry born c 1882 and a dau. May Isabel born c 1883. By 1911 census G.L.Walker junior and May not with family.
Where is my best place to try and trace G L Walker jnr and also a possible marriage for May?
Many thanks
Barbara
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For reference here's the family in 1901 census-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Meath/Kilbride/Tullaghanoge/1622546
and in 1911-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Meath/Kilbride/Tullaghanoge/731382
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Hi Barbara
I am descended from the Walker family of Athboy, County Meath, and I have dug up a few tidbits, mostly from Ancestry.com:
- on August 11, 1901, banns were issued, at Paris, for the marriage of May Isabel Leyns Walker, d. of Gerald Walker & Emma Kenny, with Henry Alfred Perrot.
- there are several references to Gerald "Layne" Walker, b abt 1878, arriving by ship in England from India, where he works as an engineer. I'm sure he is really Leyns, because:
-on 31 August 1929, a young man named Gerald Leyns Walker took ship in Belfast for Quebec, travelling 3rd class He was born in Ussipur, India, in 1907. He gave his occupation as army officer, but his proposed job in Canada was farming. He was on his way to Peace River, Alberta, to work on the farm of B MacRory. His fare was paid by his mother, Mrs G L Walker of Cloneymore, Athboy, Irish Free State.
I don't know how long young Gerald lasted in Canada, but a Google search comes up with a Gerald Leyns Walker being commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the British Army in 1943.
My connection is this: Eliza Sarah Walker, b 26 Jan.1849, do of Gerald Walker,Esq. of Balrath, Athboy, Co. Meath, was married on 17 May 1871 in St Stephen's Church, Dublin, to John Gunning Davy, of Lincolnshire. The Davys were prosperous farmers, but by the late 1800s they were moving down in the world. John and Eliza had to emigrate to Canada in 1892 to attempt to mend their fortunes. I am descended from their eldest son, who was of course christened Gerald. I know this is same Walker family, because one daughter was named Violet Edith Leyns Davy. Eliza must be the sister of the Gerald Walker who married in Norfolk.
I'm glad some others researching this branch of my family.
John
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I am one of May Isabel Walker's (married name Perrot) grand daughters and may be able to help you with some information. Caroline
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Caroline
Any and all information about the Walkers and Perrots would be appreciated. How did May Walker end up marrying in Paris?
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Gerald Leyns Walker married Sara Purdon, of Cloneymore and had three children - Gerald, Joan Sara and John. After the war Gerald returned to Canada. During the war, John joined the Indian Army and was made prisoner of war and was sent to a POW camp in northern Italy He escaped and, with two (I believe) others, made his way south through the Appenines to the toe of Italy at the time the allies were invading Sicily. He and his comapnions were betrayed by a local doctor and captured and he was sent to a prisoner of war camp near Brunswick, Germany. When freed he "liberated" a Swastika flag, reputed to have been presented to the camp commandant by Goering.
After the war he married Doreen Pemberton of Dublin, an officer in the WRNS. They returned to India where he worked for Phipson & Co Ltd in Calcutta.
During the early thirties Joan met a young British Army officer and they were married in Athboy church on 3rd December 1936.
During the evacuation from Dunkirk a John Perrot lost his life when the ship he had got onto was dive bombed.
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This is very interesting information, and much appreciated.
I see from the Commonwealth War Graves site that John Perrot was the son of Henri and May.
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Joan Walker's husband was probably the last member of the extended family to see John Perrot alive. He was adjutant of his regiment at Dunkirk and was responsible for leading parties of men through the dunes to the water's edge where they made their way out to the resue boats and ships. He was returning to collect another party when he met John on his way down to the shore. They stopped for a chat and John pointed out the destroyer he was due to embark on. Not long afterwards Joan's husband witnessed the ship being attacked by dive-bombers and saw it explode and sink.
John's wife (98) and daughter (74) are still alive.
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Thanks for that account -- it gives real vividness to the ordeal of Dunkerque.
On the theme of wartime sacrifice: Eliza Sara Walker (Davy) spent her last years as a widow in Vancouver raising three orphaned grandsons, on very limited means. The oldest was Charles Gerald Valentine Smith, the name Gerald being of course from the Walker line.
In 1917 he went to England to join the Royal Flying Corps. The next year he was a founding member of the RAF. Then on May 21, 1918, just turned 20, he was killed in what seems to have been a training accident. It must have been in England, because he is buried in Yatesbury churchyard, Wiltshire. The air ministry sent Eliza a letter which was very cold in tone, and simply said that the accident was of unknown cause. Doubtless many other young airmen died that way.
The other two boys were too young for the war, so both lived long lives, and both ended up crossing the line and becoming US citizens.
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Hi
I am new to this forum and happened upon it, after a chat with my mother this evening prompted me to do some research.
My mother's father worked for "Reggie" Walker, who had a large and successful horse training establishment at Rathvale in Athboy. I am fairly sure this is the son, Reginald, that is referred to and while he is not the direct point of your enquiry it may give you a lead, as I feel this was the family home.
My mother was born in 1936 and my grandfather was "headman" in Reggie Walker's stables, this means he was in charge of the day to day running of the horse training.
Reggie Walker was a very successful National Hunt trainer in the 1940s and 50s, in Ireland and though I haven't checked the records I believe he trained a horse, Royal Danielli, who came 2nd in the Grand National.
My Mum says he had a son Denis who became a vet and went to South Africa and another son Mervyn and a daughter Prudence.
I have looked at the area on maps and I think the family home may now be named Clifton but I'm not sure.
I hope this may be of some use.
l
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Lots of contradiction in different articles
one says Royal Danielli 2nd 1938 owned trained and rode by Dan Moore
The other by Reginald Lynes Walker
Reginald Henry Walker died 1951 registered by his widow Emily Heather Walker
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1951/04513/4187607.pdf
appears to have been born 1881 in Trim birth cert not viewable
this article says his father was George
https://sites.google.com/site/jockeysbirthdays/walker-reginald
though he appears to be the informant on Gerald's death 1914
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1914/05296/4472785.pdf
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MAY ISOBEL WALKER WAS THE MOTHER OF MY GRANDFATHER, JOHN HENRY PERROT 1904-1940 - HE WHO DIED AT DUNKIRK. MY MOTHER, JULIET, WAS HIS ONLY CHILD. SO MAY ISOBEL WAS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER. I'M CURRENTLY CLAIMING IRISH BY DESCENT THROUGH JOHN HENRY AS HE WAS BORN IN MEATH.
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Sorry to have spelt Isabel wrong - on my grandfather's birth certificate the 'a' looks like an 'o'! I like that my great grandfather Henry Alfred Perrot was visiting the Walkers during the 1901 census. On John's birth certificate (1904) Henry Alfred's occupation is 'grazier'.
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Some links-
I like that my great grandfather Henry Alfred Perrot was visiting the Walkers during the 1901 census.
1901 census
House 1 in Tullaghanoge (Kilbride, Meath)
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Meath/Kilbride/Tullaghanoge/1622546/
Tullaghanoge townland
https://www.townlands.ie/meath/tullaghanoge/
On John's birth certificate (1904) Henry Alfred's occupation is 'grazier'.
John Henry Perrot born 16 April 1904. MMN Walker
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1904/01807/1708180.pdf
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Further links-
They must have moved back to Ireland before 1879 when their son Gerald Leyns Walker was born.
Unknown (Gerald Leyns) Walker born 4 September 1878 at Balrath. #469
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1878/02955/2082637.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/meath/lune/athboy/grennanstown/balrath/
There is another son Reginald Henry born c 1882 and a dau. May Isabel born c 1883.
Reginald Henry Walker born 13 August 1881. #423
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1881/02807/2030111.pdf
Mary Isabel Walker born 13 January 1883. #101
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/cert_amends/cert_1883/2010821a.pdf
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During the early thirties Joan met a young British Army officer and they were married in Athboy church on 3rd December 1936.
Joan Sarah Walker married Arthur Benjamin Barton at Kill Parish Church, Dublin.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1936/08930/5230009.pdf
https://www.townlands.ie/dublin/rathdown/kill/stillorgan/kill-of-the-grange/
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After the war he married Doreen Pemberton of Dublin, an officer in the WRNS.
Marriage Apr-Jun 1945 FreeBMD - https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Walker John M P (Pemberton) Westminster 1a 1058
Pemberton Doreen E K (Walker) Westminster 1a 1058
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- on August 11, 1901, banns were issued, at Paris, for the marriage of May Isabel Leyns Walker, d. of Gerald Walker & Emma Kenny, with Henry Alfred Perrot.
Genevieve Claire Emma Perrot born 29 January 1903. MMN Walker
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1903/01881/1731809.pdf
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I have a Gerald Leyns Walker marrying Emma Kenny in Norfolk in 1876.
From FreeBMD - https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Marriage Jan-Mar 1876
Walker Gerald Leyns Norwich 4b 163
Kenny Emma Norwich 4b 163
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After the war he married Doreen Pemberton of Dublin, an officer in the WRNS.
Marriage Apr-Jun 1945 FreeBMD - https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Walker John M P (Pemberton) Westminster 1a 1058
Pemberton Doreen E K (Walker) Westminster 1a 1058
Doreen Elizabeth Kathleen Pemberton born 8 May 1910 in Dublin. MMN Gamble #367
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1910/01572/1633958.pdf
1911 census
House 25 in Cherryfield Avenue (Rathmines & Rathgar East, Dublin).
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Rathmines___Rathgar_East/Cherryfield_Avenue/49273/
Marriage of her parents - 8 June 1909
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1909/10018/5643732.pdf
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Marriage of her parents - 8 June 1909
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1909/10018/5643732.pdf
Parents - Christopher Ward Pemberton and Florence Wingfield Gamble
Christopher Pemberton born 21 December 1884 at Killiney, Dublin. MMN McClelland
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1884/02671/1984304.pdf
1901 census for Christopher Pemberton.
House 63 in Killiney (Killiney, Dublin).
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Killiney/Killiney/1317865/
Christopher Ward Pemberton died 25 February 1953 at Blackrock, Dublin.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1953/04474/4173457.pdf
Florence (as unknown) Gamble born 30 July 1889 at Rathmines, Dublin. #292
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02465/1915441.pdf
1901 census for Florence Gamble.
House 841 in Rostrevor Terrace (Rathmines, Dublin).
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Rathmines/Rostrevor_Terrace/1297263/