George Robert Walker (1866)

Born 1866 in North Newbald, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte Ann (Wiles) Walker — married 1895 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Birth 1866 North Newbald

George Robert Walker was born in Newbald in 1866, probably at Moor Farm, where Thomas Walker was the farmer or next door where the Mainprizes were installed at the gamekeeper's cottage.

George is the son of Jonathan Walker an enterprising farmer and his wife Betsy Mainprize.

Moortown Grove Farm, Brandesburton 1881

George Robert is with his parents and five younger brothers and sisters on Grove Farm, Moortown in 1881. At fifteen years old he has the status of Farmer's Son, but much the same job as farm servants of his age starting their first employment: this is indicated by the label "indoor" meaning living in. Moortown was a scattered hamlet two miles north of Brandesburton, and as the name indicates it was an enclosure from the town moor or pasture, which needed lots of work to turn it into true arable land. ^[1]

Beverley Parks 1881-1911

In September 1881 his grandfather, Thomas Walker, died on his farm at Mount Pleasant in Beverley Parks. The whole family moved from the isolation of Moortown to a gentleman farmer's small estate on the southern edge of the county town. It was certainly a more sociable life, but the hard reality of practical farming was not much different despite the grander surroundings. ^[2]

In 1911 George Robert Walker is in Beverley Parks, farmer b Newbald with his wife Charlotte Ann 36 b Beverley and his daughters Gladys 7 and Phyllis 6 both b Cottingham. ^[3]

Marriage 1895 Beverley

George Robert Walker and Charlotte Wiles married in 1895, probably in Beverley Minster as the parents of both partners lived in Beverley Parks immediately south of the great church. ^[4]

Research

Looking for each of these four people after 1911 is not at all productive. There is a likely death for George Robert Walker in 1942 but no likely deaths or marriages for any of the three females.

Sources

1. ↑ Census 1881: Moor Town Grove, Moor Town, Yorkshire - East Riding, England Relation to head Name Age

   Head Jonathan Walker 44 b S Newbald, farmer 137 acres

   Wife Betsy Walker 43 b Bessingby

   Son George Robert Walker 15 b Newbald farmer's son indoor

   Son Thomas Walker 14 b Seaton

   Daughter Sarah Hannah Walker 13 b Seaton

   Daughter Mary Ann Walker 11 b Seaton

   Daughter Emma Walker 9 b Brandesburton

   Son Jonathan Walker 5 b Brandesburton

   Servant David Cornhill 36 Farm Servant b New Salford Essex

   @@Skirlaugh District, Moortown, Brandesburton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England Series: RG11 Piece: 4791 Page: 50 Family: 29
2. ↑ Census 1891: Beverley Parks, East Riding of Yorkshire, England Relation to head Name Age

   Head Jonathan Walker 54 farmer b S Newbald

   Wife Betsey Walker 53 b Bessingby

   Son George Robert Walker 25 farmer's son b N Newbald

   Daughter Sarah Hannah Walker 23 do daughter b Seaton

   Daughter Mary Ann Walker 21 do daughter b Brandesburton

   Daughter Fanny Walker 19 do daughter b Brandesburton

   Son Jonathan Walker 15 do son b Moor Town

   Servant George Morris 15 Farm Servant b Thearne

   @@Beverley Parks, Beverley Yorkshire Series: RG12 Piece: 3909 Page: 134 Family: 5
3. ↑ Census 1911 : Beverley Parks :

   RELATION TO HEAD NAME AGE

   Head George Robert Walker 45 farmer b Newbald

   Wife Charlotte Ann Walker 36 b Beverley

   Daughter Gladys Walker 7 scholar b Cottingham

   Daughter Phyllis Walker 6 scholar b Cottingham

4. ↑

   freebmd Marriages Jun 1895

   Walker, George Robert @@Beverley 9d 176

   Wiles, Charlotte Ann @@Beverley 9d 176