These are my relatives in the WALKER line from 1799 to 1905 who lived in and around Seahouses, Northumberland, England. Seahouses is a small fishing village near Bamburgh and a few miles down the coast from Berwick upon Tweed. They also had links in the 18th century to Lesbury, near Alnmouth, Northumberland.
Other families include GOLD (moved to Newcastle upon Tyne); FENDER; NORRIS (moved to Blyth); CUTHBERTSON; JAMIESON, MARSHALL (moved to Alnwick) and VASS.
Thanks to my sister Liz, I have been able to tie in many of the Walker families living in 19th century Seahouses as relatives of Edward. Please see:
the descendants of John Walker and Phillis Fender
I have recently received further information from Lauretta Rogerson. I have now found many more descendants of Edward Walker, so I am simplifyiny his tree. All his children who had offspring will now be listed separately.
Other families now included DURHAM,
Born: May 1798, Seahouses
Died: August 1883, Seahouses
Son of John Walker and Phillis Fender
Occupation: Fisherman
Married: Elizabeth Robinson, born Lesbury
Children (all born Bamburgh/Seahouses):
- William Walker, 1870/after 1881
- Elizabeth, 1874/after 1881
- Alice, 1876/after 1881
- Ann, 1878/after 1881
I have not fully proven William's marriage to Mary Ann and subsequent children
Father: Edward Walker
Mother: Elizabeth ROBINSON
Born: 1826
Died: August, 1887
Occupation: Fisherman
Married: Harriet GOLD, 22 September 1846 at Lamberton Toll
Children:
Father: Matthew Robinson Walker
Mother: Harriet Gold
Born: August 1860, Seahouses
Died: After 1914
Occupation: Draper
Married: Elizabeth Turner, daughter of
Frederick Turner and Barbara Murray of Coldstream, Berwickshire
Children:
Born: 1823, Lesbury, Northumberland
Died: November, 1905, Seahouses
Occupation: Fisherman
Married Keturah Jane Kezia Gold
Children (all born Seahouses):
married Esther Marshall. James was drowned at sea in 1872.
(Esther moved with her mother and children to Alnwick after James's death and before 1881Census)
Elizabeth Walker married Robert Durham
Edward Walker Durham married Margaret Jane Ewart(?), 1861/1954.
Born May, 1794, Cowes,
Isle of Wight
Died April 1879, Seahouses
Occupation: Worked for the East India Company then worked as a Coastguard in Sussex, Southern Ireland and finally Northumberland.
Married: Margaret Richards, 1810, Portsmouth
Born May, 1794 in Portsmouth.
Died April, 1862 in Seahouses
Children:
Father: William Bennett Gold
Mother: Margaret Richards
Born: 1833, Dingaston, Ireland
Died: Unknown (after 1881)
Married: Charles Norris, November 1859, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Father: George Norris, 1808/?
Mother: Mary Unknown, 1808/?
Siblings:
Charles Norris was born about 1836, Seahouses, Northumberland
Died Unknown, after 1881
Children (of Charlotte and Charles Norris):
The family were living in Seahouses in 1871 but had moved to Cowpen near Blyth by 1881.
Father: William Bennett Gold
Mother: Margaret Unknown
Born: 1824
Died: Unknown
Married: Matthew Robinson Walker on 22 September 1846 at Lamberton Toll
Children: see Matthew Robinson Walker
Born 1828, Portsmouth
Died 1905, Seahouses
Married John Walker on October 4, 1848 at Lamberton Toll
Children: see John Walker
Father William Bennet Gold
Mother Margaret Richards
Born 1810, Portsmouth
Died 1894, Seahouses
Occupation: Schoolmistress and then Grocer
Married: 1. John Poole, married January, 1826, Portsea (died before 1851)
2. John Vass b.1808, married August, 1857(?), St Paul, Seahouses, died 1871
One Child by John Vass
Stepchildren:
Niece
Charlotte E. Walker, 1858/?
living with Elizabeth in 1881 in Seahouses, this was the daughter of Matthew and
Harriet.
Baptised November, 1831 in Rottingdean, Nr. Brighton, Sussex.
Married Mary Ann Norris, 1857 Newcastle upon Tyne.
Living in Newcastle from 1871 onwards
I have a new web page relating to Grace Darling - see Darling
Author: Julie Schofield.