Edmund Neville Walter (1900 - 1992)

Born 26 Jul 1900 in Howlong, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Son of Robert Walter and Ellen Louisa (Veitch) Walter

Husband of Dorothy Mary (Collis) Walter — married 12 Mar 1927 in St Phillips Church of England, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1992 at age 92 in Terrey Hills, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Edmund "Eddy" Walter was born in 1900, the son of Robert Walter and Ellen. ^[1] He grew up in Howlong, a small town on the Murray River in New South Wales. He was the eldest child in his family. When he finished school he got a job working for the postal service and he worked as a public servant all his life. Initially he had a job in Henty. Later he moved to Sydney, where he married Dorothy Collis in 1927. ^[2]

Edmund loved sports. He played Australian Rules Football and Cricket as a young man, and continued to play Cricket until he was too old to enjoy it any more and then he took up lawn bowls. He also took great pride in his garden, which was admired throughout the district.

Edmund had a great interest in history, and worked for many years curating the history of the Postal Service. In his later years, he took on to research his family history, and travelled to England, Barbados and South Carolina on his quest.

Edmund moved from his home in Lane Cove to a unit in Hornsby after his wife passed away. He died in 1992 ^[3]and was cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: NSW Birth Index. 19432/1900. Available from http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au.
2. ↑ Marriage: NSW Marriage Certificate. 714/1927. Available from http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au. Copy held by Gillian Thomas
3. ↑ Ryerson Index. WALTER Edmund Neville Death notice 08SEP1992 Death 92 late of Hornsby, formerly of Lane Cove and Howlong Sydney Morning Herald 10SEP1992. Transcript accessed at Ryerson Index

• Family recollection

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between granddaughter Gillian Thomas and JD, her 2C1R. Their most-recent common ancestors are Neville Walter and Elizabeth Murrin (Murray). Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2C1R, based on sharing 131 cM across 6 segments