Frederick Charles Walker (1897 - 1966)

Born 6 Nov 1897 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Letitia Moore (Rigby) Walker — married 18 Jun 1921 in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Dec 1966 at age 69 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Frederick Charles Walker is born 6 Nov 1897 at 16 Crow St, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Birth: Boy Walker[1]

His parents are Fred. A. Walker and Christina L. Schumm.^[1][6][7][8]

He is the brother of Sophia, Effie Kathryn, Emma, Irene, Marian, and Helen.^[5][7][8][9]

He marries Letitia Moore Rigby on 18 Jun 1921 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.^[6]

Marriage: Frederick Charles Walker and Letitia Moore Rigby[6]

His is the father of Jean Lois Walker and Robert Rigby Walker.^[9][10][11]

He dies on 10 Dec 1966 at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.^[2][3] An obituary published 14 Dec 1966 in the Cleveland Plain Dealer is summarized:

Fred C. Walker, beloved husband of Letitia (nee Rigby), father of Mrs. Jean Gower, Robert of Mentor, O., grandfather of five, brother of Miss Irene Walker, Mrs. Marian Mechtensimer, Mrs. Helen Morgan-Smith of St. Petersburg, Fla., Saturday, Dec. 10, 1966. His home was at 1164 Irene Rd., Lyndhurst. The family will receive friends at Chas. Melbourne & Sons, 12737 Euclid Ave., where services will be conducted Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 1 p.m.^[4][9]

Obituary: Fred C Walker[5]

He is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.^[5][9][12]

Research Notes

• Other possible birth date: 17 Jul 1898
• Other possible death date/location: Dec 1893/California

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6Z5-1LN : 22 December 2016), Walker, 06 Nov 1897; citing Birth, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,852,432.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKLK-L9R : 8 December 2014), Fred C Walker, 10 Dec 1966; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. 18678, certificate number 90750, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ancestry.com, "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014", SSN# 285-10-9171
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J14F-SMK : 20 May 2014), Fred Walker, Dec 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Obituary published in Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio, USA), 12 Dec 1966, page 2, column 3. From the obituary collection of the Morley Library in Painesville, Ohio.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZFT-GC1 : 8 December 2014), Frederick Charles Walker and Letitia Moore Rigby, 18 Jun 1921; citing Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, reference 159938 V.122 P.488; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,888,836.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLDT-H5C : accessed 19 January 2017), Fred Walker in household of Fred A Walker, Cleveland Ward 23, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 349, sheet 6A, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1175; FHL microfilm 1,375,188.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDB4-R5Y : accessed 19 January 2017), Fred Walker in household of Fred A Walker, Cleveland Ward 23, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing ED 448, sheet 19A, line 25, family 451, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1372; FHL microfilm 1,821,372.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Obituary published in Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio, USA), 14 Dec 1966. Available on microfilm at Cleveland Public Library on Plain Dealer, Reel #127
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X43T-MXN : accessed 19 January 2017), Fred C Walker, Cleveland (Districts 251-500), Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 476, sheet 5B, line 67, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1778; FHL microfilm 2,341,512.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW62-GHH : accessed 19 January 2017), Fred C Walker, Ward 2, East Cleveland City, East Cleveland City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-83, sheet 20A, line 1, family 525, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3050.
12. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #70226117