John Mortimer Brownlee Walker (1881 - 1942)

Born 18 Dec 1881 in Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Ancestors

Died 14 Oct 1942 at age 60 in Shabani, Midlands, Southern Rhodesia

Biography

John Mortimer Brownlee Walker born 19 Dec 1881

South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers

Event Type Baptism

Event Date 22 Jan 1882

Event Place Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Father's Name William Walker

Mother's Name Catherine Elizabeth Walker

Other information in the record of Elizabeth Catherine Walker

from South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court

Event Type Probate

Event Date 1919

Event Place Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa

Age at death 67y est. d.o.b. 1852

Date of death 23 Feb 1919 at Grahamstown

Spouse William Walker d. 24 Oct 1915

Father James Brownlee

Mother Maria Hughes (formerly Brownlee)

Child William Brownlee Walker d. aged 54 on 22 Mar 1926 at Inyati, Bulawayo, S.R. Estimated d.o.b. 1872

Child Joseph Edward Brownlee Walker

Child Annie Katherine Walker

Child James Brownlee Walker

Child Margaret Maria Isabella Walker

Child John Mortimer Brownlee Walker,

Executors After the death of William Brownlee Walker, James Brownlee Walker was authorized, on 3 Jun 1926, to act alone. The latter died on 20 Mar 1952.

Executor On 31 Jul 1852 Mark Saville Brownlee Walker, son of James B Walker, was appointed as Administrator of the Trusts created for Annie and Margaret Walker by the Wills of their parents.

Heirs in 1952 Joseph Edward Brownlee Walker (wife Sarah E Emily Upton); Charles Francis Brownlee Walker, son of W B Walker, of Bulawayo; Ross B Walker, son of W B Walker; Kendall Mortimer B Walker, son of the late John Mortimer B Walker; his sister Elizabeth B Walker; her sister Kathleen Doris Brownlee Capstick (born Walker); Mark Saville Brownlee Walker, son of James B W; his sister Margaret Saville B Brothers (born Walker); her brother Saville James B Walker.

Decease of last Usufructuary Miss M M I Walker died on 28 Jan 1969

eGGSA library Gravestones in South Africa Worldwide Zimbabwe Zimbabwe, ZVISHAVANE, Main cemetery W - Surnames :: Vanne - W WALKER John Mortimer 18.12.1881 - 14.10.1942 & Margaret Doris Brownlee 20.5.1886 - 5.11.1970 Beloved parents of Kendall, Kathleen and Betty.

[McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 27 Sep 2017]

Sources

"South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers, 1822-1996," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2MKX-GMW : 10 August 2017), John Mortimer Brownlee Walker, 22 Jan 1882; citing Baptism, Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, Methodist Church of Southern Africa, Grahamstown. [McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 22 Sep 2017]

• "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLKL-8BQV : 12 September 2017), Maria Brownlee Hughes in entry for MM9.1.1/QLKL-8BQJ:, 1919.

[McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 24 Sep 2017]