Charles WALKER, 1870 – 1949

Charles Lindsay was born on the 21^st of September 1870 at Clifton, Bristol, England. His father was Charles Palmer Walker, a Foreman at the Bristol Waggon Works. His mother was Sarah Bridges, the daughter of Joshua Bridges from Worcester.

In the 1871 census he was found at 3 Albert Terrace, St Philip & Jacob, Bristol, with his two elder sisters. By 1981 they were at 163 Stapleton Road with one brother and four more sisters. Before 1991 Charles had left home and was found as an Engineer living at 38 Bury St, Barrow-in-Furness. This can only have been a temporary move as a couple of years later he was in Gloucester.

In the third quarter of 1893 Charles married Annie Sarah J Hamlet, the daughter of Charles Sargent, a ginger beer maker who had been blind since his childhood. Her mother was Mary Ann Hamlet. This must have been a hurried marriage as Annie was at least five months pregnant at the time. They eventually had four children:

· Marion Annie Walker (Musset) – born at 218 Barton St on 20^th October 1893

· Jack Walker – born 2^nd quarter 1898

· Ruth Walker – born 9^th June 1904, died 1^st quarter 1974

· Sidney Gordon Walker – born 1^st June 1909, died 2^nd quarter 1970

Charles worked as a machine fitter in the Gloucester Wagon Works.

By 1901 the family were found at 19 Tweenbrook Avenue Gloucester.

By 1911 the family were found at 11 Tweenbrook Avenue Gloucester.

Charles and Annie were found at 11 Tweenbrook Avenue Gloucester in the 1939 census. Annie died in the fourth quarter of 1944. Charles died in the first quarter of 1949.

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