Alfred Edward Walker (1863 - 1898)

Born 23 Jan 1863 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Condon) McIntyre — married 29 Sep 1881 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Descendants

Died 17 Aug 1898 at age 35 in Comox District, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Alfred Walker was born in British Columbia, Canada.

Alfred Walker died in the Trent River Train Disaster on 17 Aug 1898

Alfred Edward Walker was born to Edward Walker and Selina Sage on January 23, 1863, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. He was baptised at St Paul's Church on February 22, 1863 in Nanaimo.^[1]

^[2]1881 Canada Census, Nanaimo & Nanoose Bay [191 A], Family 23

• Walker, Edward 47 General Labourer
• Walker, Selina 34 Homemaker
• Walker, Alfred E 18 General Labourer
• Walker, Ellen J 14
• Walker, William Henry 13
• Walker, Joseph 11
• Walker, Albert J 9
• Walker, Mary A 7
• Walker Jesse A 4
• Walker, Enoch Chas 0

Alfred Edward married Mary Condon on September 29, 1881 in Nanaimo BC.^[3]

^[4]1891 Census, Union Mines [3 g-2 19] I 59 C

• Walker, Alfred 29 Railway Engine Driver
• Walker, Mary 28 Homemaker
• Walker, Kate C 7 None or Unknown
• Walker, Mary Helen 6 None or Unknown
• Walker, Amelia 5 None or Unknown
• Walker, Ethel 3 None or Unknown
• Walker, Alfred E 1 None or Unknown

He was the engineer of the train, on the bridge that collapsed at Trent River Train Disaster.^[5] He died immediately on August 17, 1898,^[6] leaving a widow and five children.

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ "British Columbia Baptisms," online database. Entry for Alfred Edward Walker; BC Archives Mfilm Number: B16240 - not available at BC Archives, St Pauls (Church of England), Nanaimo, 1863-02-22, Birth date: 1863-01-23, Birth place: Nanaimo, Father: Edward, Mother: Selina, Comments: Father miner and sea captain. Not digitized. Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy : accessed 9 Mar 2022).
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6S-262 : 2 March 2021), Alfred Sd Walker in household of Howard Walker, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Howard Walker, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
3. ↑ "Canada, British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZK-JN6 : 25 September 2021), Alfred Edward Walker and Mary Condon, 29 Sep 1881; citing Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11380, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,708.
4. ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWK3-8Y9 : 3 August 2016), Alfred Walker, Union Mines, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148093.
5. ↑ Victoria Daily Colonist, Thursday, August 18, 1898. "The Central Span Collapsed And Train and People Plunged Into Trent River". https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gRKba1LXyTuJRlaLXCu3CBdq8mLN0uF_dWfTpn_jTDg/edit#heading=h.k5t542xzzbr2 Accessed 8 March 2022.
6. ↑ "British Columbia Death Registrations," online database with images. Entry for Alfred Walker; Registration Number: 1898-09-051692, Comox District, 1898-08-17, Age at Death: 35. Not digitized. Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/genealogy : accessed 9 Mar 2022).

See Also:

• "Canada, British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLLB-JQS : 8 November 2017), Alfred Walker, 1898.

• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDL-JNWQ : 27 June 2019), Alfred E. Walker, died 17 Aug 1898; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Courtenay Municipal Cemetery, Comox-Strathcona B, Comox Valley, British Columbia, Canada.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143585142/alfred-edward-walker : accessed 08 March 2022), memorial page for Alfred Edward Walker (1863–17 Aug 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #143585142, citing Courtenay Civic Cemetery, Courtenay, Comox Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada ; Maintained by Sheryl Walker (contributor 48467965) .

• Bowen, Lynn. Those Island People. Nanaimo, BC: Nanaimo and District Museum Society and Rocky Point Books, 2013. pp. 11-14.