Margaret WALKER1

F, b. 1849, d. 31 October 1943
Relationship
Great-grandaunt of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
     Margaret WALKER, daughter of William WALKER and Sarah Virginia SHELTON, was born in 1849 in Autauga County, Alabama.1 She was also known as Maggie. She never married.

Margaret WALKER appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1850, in the household of William WALKER in Huddleston Beat, Autauga County, Alabama.2

Maggie WALKER appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1860, in the household of her parents William WALKER and Sarah Virginia SHELTON in Bibb (now Chilton) County, Alabama. She was listed as Margaret Walker, age 11.

Margaret WALKER appeared on a census, enumerated 30 July 1870, in the household of her parents William WALKER and Sarah Virginia SHELTON in Chestnut Creek, Baker (now Chilton) County, Alabama. She was recorded as Margarette Walker, age 20, at home, born Alabama.

Margaret WALKER appeared on a census, enumerated 7 June 1880, in the household of her father William WALKER in Beat 3, Benson, Chilton County, Alabama. She was recorded as his daughter, Margaret Walker, age 30, Keeping house.

Maggie WALKER appeared on a census, enumerated 2 May 1910, in the household of her brother William M. WALKER Jr. in Benson, Chilton County, Alabama. She was recorded as Maggie Walker, age 60, William's sister.

Margaret WALKER appeared on a census, enumerated 10 January 1920, in the household of her brother William M. WALKER Jr. in Benson, Chilton County, Alabama. She was listed as Margarette Walker, age 66, sister of William.

Maggie WALKER appeared on a census, enumerated 8 April 1940, in the household of her brother William M. WALKER Jr. in Isabellla, Chilton County, Alabama. She was recorded as Marguett Walker, age 91, William's sister. She had two years of college.

Margaret WALKER died on 31 October 1943 in Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama.3,4,5 She was buried in Isabella Methodist Church Cemetery, Isabella, Chilton County, Alabama.3

Her obituary appeared 4 November 1943 in the The Union Banner, published in Clanton, Alabama. MISS MARGARET WALKER -- Miss Margaret Walker, age 95, died at the residence Sunday night at Maplesville, Rte. 1. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday from Isabella Church, conducted by Rev. C. E. Avenger; internment was in Isabella Cemetery. Spigner Funeral Home idirected. She is survved by one sister, Miss Sallie Walker, of Maplesville, Rte. 1. Also survving are six neices and four nephews.
Last Edited=13 Mar 2023

Citations

  1. [S76] 1850 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, p. 25A, William Walker household #346, Huddleston Beat.
  2. [S76] 1850 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, pg. 25A, William Walker household #346, Huddleston Beat.
  3. [S8] Ben Roberts, Cemeteries of Chilton, pg. 312.
  4. [S281] Margaret Walker, 31 OCT 1943, Chilton, Source: Alabama, U.S., Death Index, 1908-1959, roll 4, vol. 42, Certificate 20985, digital image at Ancestry.Com. http://www.Ancestry.Com
  5. [S281] Margaret Walker, 31 OCT 1943, Maplesville, Chilton, Alabama, Source: Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, digital image at Ancestry.Com. http://www.Ancestry.Com

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