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Just one addition. Today found that Stephen Walter joined the Met Police warrant number 12610 on 12 Apr 1837, and left the force 28 July 1848. Explains why he is a police constable on the 1841 census. The National Archives have a downloadable file MEPO 4/333/12610.  Bye again!

No subcription right now but can go to library. I am not a descendant of Mr. Walter. My connection is through Stephen senior's stepdaughter Harriet who was a Burton and with whom he lived in 1871. Thanks for what you have sent just now. Janice

The Stephen I refer to was probably married to Elizabeth Collison in Staplehurst (1833) and they appear to have moved to London by 1841 (although he is a police constable at that time) and in 1851 the couple seem to have the same children's names and are in Marylebone are next door to my Burton family. There is an Elizabeth Walter burial record for 1852 in Marylebone. The Stephen of interest to me was born in Staplehurst, a shoe or boot maker in 1851 father's name Iden Walter, a deceased farm labourer according to his second marriage. Perhaps there are two Idens. I would like to see a will for Iden ("jr") it might clear this up. Thanks for sending along this information.

Hi sounds as though you are looking at every Walter family in Kent, if you have come across any connection to the Iden Walter family line (Tanner and farmer who died 1814 Staplehurst Kent and was 82) I would be interested to know. I think Iden's son John was born abt 1866 in Staplehurst, which is too young according to the birth of 1775 you quoted. Iden had property including a farm, freehold house in the village and a Tanning Yard to leave behind. There was said to be an obituary for him published 21 June 1814 in the Maidstone Journal mentioned online, which I have not seen. Good luck with your research.

Looking for some lost children. Eleanor Harding Burton, was a widow married to Stephen Walter (a shoemaker b 1808 Staplehurst Kent) at Marylebone in 1854. His first wife Elizabeth died in 1852. Stephen had four youngish children in 1854, and therefore Eleanor (my ancestor) might have taken on a stepmother role, but none of his children are with him and Eleanor in 1861 in Marylebone. I have only tracked one child, Francis Walter, who married a Mr. Taverner in Marylebone (record gives Stephen's name and occupation). I am searching for the outcomes of the other children, who were living with Stephen and and his first wife Elizabeth, next door to Eleanor, in 1851.