Death of Captain Walker.— Very many of our readers will learn with sorrow of the death of Captain Walker, which occurred at his residence, the Wood, yesterday morning. The deceased was engaged in the shipping trade from the very early days, and as master of the s. s. Lady Barkly he was, perhaps, the best known man between Nelson arid the Bay ports. In the palmy days of Collingwood he was entrusted with gold, the value of which ran into many figures. For a few years past he has been laid aside by ill health, and death overtook him on the fiftieth anniversary of his wedding. The deceased who arrived in Nelson by the Thomas Harrison, in 1843, leaves a widow and grown up family, for whom general sympathy will be felt.[2]
Research Notes
The will of John Walker is supposedly on the FamilySearch website. A search of the entire film has been unsuccessful.[3]
↑Colonist, Volume XLV, Issue 10384, 16 April 1902, Page 2
↑ Citing this Record
"New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDR1-TS2 : 9 March 2021), John Walker, 1902; citing , Numerical probated case files, 1891-1968, record number 593, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 004704452.
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