Frederick Walker (1884 - 1935)

Born 5 Jan 1884 in Melbourne, Colony of Victoria

Ancestors

Died 21 Jul 1935 at age 51 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Founder of Fred Walker and Co, and manufacturer of "Vegemite". He also trademarked "Coon Cheese", named after Edward Coon who patented the "Cooning" process.

Biography

Fred Walker is Notable.

Fred Walker was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Frederick Walker was born at Hawthorn in Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria, on the 5th of January 1884. He was the second of three sons, born to Harry Walker and Emily Mary Haussen.^[1]

In 1886, Fred's father died, when he was two years old, which was the same year that his younger brother Theyre was born.

In 1913, the year that his younger brother died, Fred Walker married Mabel Ashton Perrin,^[2] born 1884 in Willliamstown, the daughter of Harry William Perrin and Annie Elizabeth Freyer, and they had one daughter, Sheilah Perrin Alsop. Mabel Walker died in 1967.

In 1914, Fred's mother died.

Fred hired chemist, Cyril Callister in 1923, to develop a yeast extract similar to Marmite. This was named Vegemite.

After 1926, Fred began processing Coon Cheese in Australia using the method patented by Edward Coon, coining the phrase Cooning Process to honour him.

In 1935, shortly before his death, Fred Walker launched the Australian arm of the patented Cheddar cheese first created by Edward Coon, and named the trademarked Coon cheese after him.

Fred Walker died on the 21st of July 1935, at Melbourne, Victoria.^[3]

Research Notes

• CheeseWiki, Coon Cheese
• How did Coon get it's name

• daughter:WALKER,Sheilah Perrin,Birth;, Mabel Ashton,PERRIN;, Fred;HAWTHORN;1916;4142/1916
• daughter's marriage:WALKER,Sheilah Perrin,Marriage;ALSOP, Howard Garnet;1938;12893/1938
• PERRIN,Mabel Ashton,Birth;, Annie ElizFREYER;, Harry Will;WILL;1884;13684/1884
• WALKER,Mabel Ashton,Death;, Anne ElizabethFRYER;, PERRIN Harry William;Williamstown;Hawthorn;83;1967;23813/1967

Sources

1. ↑ Australia, Victoria Births>"Search Your Family History | Births Deaths And Marriages Victoria". 2020. Bdm.Vic.Gov.Au.Search Name: WALKER,Frederick:Birth, Parents: Emily Mary,HAUSSEN;>, Harry; Place: HAWT; Year: 1884; Ref: 3007/1884
2. ↑ Australia, Victoria Marriage>"Search Your Family History | Births Deaths And Marriages Victoria". 2020. Bdm.Vic.Gov.Au.Search Names: WALKER,Fred; Marriage: PERRIN, Mabel Ashton; Year: 1913; Ref: 3025/1913
3. ↑ Australia, Victoria Deaths>"Search Your Family History | Births Deaths And Marriages Victoria". 2020. Bdm.Vic.Gov.Au.Search Name: WALKER,Fred;Death,, Parents: Emily Mary,HAUSSEN;, WALKER Harry; Place: AUBURN; Age: 51; Year:1935; Ref: 6303/1935

See Also:

• Wikidata: Item Q5496496
• Find a Grave, database and images  : accessed 25 July 2020), memorial page for Fred Walker (1884–23 Jul 1935), Find A Grave: Memorial #208262300, citing Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew, Boroondara City, Victoria, Australia ; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980) .
• Patent for process of ripening Cheese, Edward Coon
• Edward Willie Coons
• Coon Cheese
• Warrnambool Cheese and Butter
• Fred Walker
• Coon cheese's name to be changed>"Coon Cheese's Name To Be Changed". 2020. Abc.Net.Au. Cheese name to be changed
• James Kraft
• Cyril Callister
• Vic BMD