Catherine Jane (Burman) Walker (1836 - 1920)

Born 27 Aug 1836 in Digbeth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of George Walker — married 23 Mar 1859 in St Peter and St Paul, Aston, Warwickshire, England

Died 1920 at about age 83 in West Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Catherine was born in 1836. She was baptised on 12 January 1837 at St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire as the daughter of John Burman and Mary Ann Woolfe.^[1]

In 1841 she lived with her mother at Highgate, Aston, Warwickshire, England ^[2] and in 1851 she lived with her parents at 18 Ravenhurst Street, Deritend and Bordesley, Warwickshire, England.^[3]

In 1859 she married George Walker. The certificate records that she was a spinster aged 22 living in Bordesley. Her father was John Burman, paperdealer, and the witnesses were Thomas Clark and Louise Sarah Potter.^[4] The marriage was announced in the Birmingham Daily Post which reads MARRIED. On the 23rd inst., at Aston Church (by the Rev. J.B.Podmore) Mr. George Walker, chemist, of Park Street, Walsall, to Jane Catherine, only daughter of Mr. John Burman, of Camp Hill, near this town.^[5]

In 1861 she lived with her parents at 4 Stratford Street, Aston, Warwickshire, England^[6] and in 1871 she lived with her husband at 10 Hamilton Place, Crook Street, Chester, Cheshire, England.^[7] In 1881 she was a widow living with her children at 94 Long Street, Aston, Warwickshire, England as a school mistress^[8] and in 1891 she lived at 394 Ladypool Road, Kings Norton, Worcester, England living on her own means.^[9] In 1901 she was a housekeeper at 32 Castle Avenue, Walthamstow, Essex, England^[10] and in 1911 she lived with her daughter Alice and son-in-law at 221 Hainault Road, Leytonstone, Essex, England^[11]

She passed away in 1920.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB42-GQH : 19 September 2020), Catharine Jane Burman, 1837
2. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQBY-5QJ : 24 May 2019), Catharine Jane Burman in household of Mary A Burman, Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
3. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGZY-PSZ : 8 November 2019), Jane Burman in household of John Burman, Aston, Warwickshire, England; citing Aston, Warwickshire, England, p. 49, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
4. ↑ England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGDG-7GDJ : 26 February 2019), George Walker and Jane Catherine Burman, 23 Mar 1859; Marriage; citing Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, p. , Warwick County Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 918,847
5. ↑ British Newspapers Birmingham Daily Post, Fri 25 Mar 1859
6. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7KV-1JV : 3 March 2021), Jane C Walker in household of John Burman, Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
7. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1871
8. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27N-DY32 : 12 December 2017), Jane C Walker, Aston, Warwickshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 23, Piece/Folio 3020/53, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,851
9. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7YX4-G3Z : 1 March 2021), Jane C Walker, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Worcestershire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
10. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1901
11. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWFX-J59 : 22 June 2019), Jane Catharine Walker in household of Joseph Ward Davis, Leyton, Essex, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
12. ↑ England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JCV-TDQ : 31 December 2014), Jane C Walker, 1920; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, West Ham, Essex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England