Colin Houston Walker (1862 - 1931)

Born 29 Jul 1862 in Kilbarchan, Renfrew, Scotland

Husband of Hannah Elizabeth (Benham) Walker — married 27 Jun 1886 in Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario

Descendants

Died 9 Mar 1931 at age 68 in Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario

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Biography

Colin Walker was born in 1862 in Kilbarchan, Renfrew, Scotland, to John Walker and Janet Houston. In 1886 he married Hannah Benham in Trenton, and they lived in Trenton. He was a railroad worker and then fireman on a boat and in 1921 "Trackman." They had at least five children. Colin died in Trenton in 1931.

Footnote

Three census records give the date of the Walkers' immigration to Canada as 1867, 1872, and 1888. 1867 is unlikely because they do not appear in the 1871 Ontario census. 1888 seems wrong because Colin married in Trenton in 1886.

Sources

Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQXR-1V3

Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJT-DRH

Ontario Census, Hastings West, Trenton, 1891, 1911, and 1921 (Colin Walker)--Ancestry.com

Ontario Census, Hastings West, Trenton, 1901, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHL3-PFD (Collin Walker) AND https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1901&op=pdf&id=z000070779

Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNBP-1JY

Acknowledgments

Profile begun in 2015 by R.S. Peterson-2111, from 2016 managed by Helen O'Kane (Brooks-8189).