Walter was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in 1857[1] He was the son of Isaac Gaukrodger, porter. [2]
On 29 Oct 1885 at Huddersfield St. John, he married Alice Scholes, daughter of Benjamin Scholes(dead). Walter lived at Sheepridge; Alice at Cowcliffe. [2] She died in 1893.
On 23 Oct 1901 at Nelson, New Zealand, he married Florence May Warren, third daughter of Pierce M. Warren of Derby. He was a resident of New Plymouth, New Zealand. [3]
Walter passed away in 1920.[4] [5] [6]
Information from the probate file:
Note, there are records for Walter Gaukrodger of Halifax born abt. 1856, widowed as of 1901. But there is a matching UK death record , and no child on the 1901 census, so I think that is a different person. [7]
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