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Marriage: Children:
  1. John J. Walker: Birth: 19 NOV 1852 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Death: 26 APR 1893 in Prairieville, Barry Co., MI

  2. Alexander Walker: Birth: 27 JUN 1854 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Death: 27 JUL 1854 in Kalamazoo, Michigan

  3. Isabel Walker: Birth: 20 AUG 1855 in Kalamazoo, MI. Death: 1 JAN 1933 in Kalamazoo, MI

  4. Sarah Jane Walker: Birth: 18 APR 1857 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Death: 29 APR 1857 in Kalamazoo, Michigan

  5. Robert Walker: Birth: 26 MAR 1858 in Kalamazoo, MI. Death: 4 FEB 1915 in Richland, Michigan

  6. Helen Gilkeyson (Nellie) Walker: Birth: 27 JUL 1860 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Death: 17 OCT 1944 in Mancelona, Michigan

  7. Alexander Taylor Walker: Birth: 16 AUG 1864 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Death: 12 MAY 1926 in Kalamazoo, Michigan

  8. James Andrew Walker: Birth: 16 JAN 1869 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Death: 13 NOV 1957 in Kalamazoo


Sources
1. Title:   IGI
Page:   Batch number: 7030812 Sheet 69
2. Title:   1900 Federal Census
3. Title:   Obituary
4. Title:   Cemetary Records
5. Title:   1851 U.K. Census-Scotland
6. Title:   1860 Federal Census
7. Title:   1870 Federal Census
8. Title:   1880 Federal Census
9. Title:   1890 Kalamazoo County Atlas
Page:   Page 29
10. Title:   Robert Walker Obituary

Notes
a. Note:   Letter: Linton, Roxburghshire, 26 of May, 1853 These certify that Robert Walker and Barbary Taylor his wife have been two years resident in this Parish-that they are members of the Church of Scotland, and that they leave the Parish in full possession of Christian Privileges. Robert Henderson Elder & Sess: Clk: ------------------------------ Residence in 1890, (60 acres) Section 5, Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, adjacent to Michigan Central Railroad tracks. (Now, North side of "O" Avenue, just west of 4th St.) ------------------------------ Traveled aboard the "Glasgow" from Glasgow, Scotland, arriving in New York on 2 Jul 1853. Traveling with Thomas and Barbara Pattison, who settled in Oshtemo Township. ---------------------------------------------------------- SS City of Glasgow of 1850 was a British single-screw passenger steamship of the Inman Line which disappeared in the North Atlantic Ocean en route from New York to Liverpool in January 1854. based on ideas pioneered by Isambard Brunel's SS Great Britain of 1845, the City of Glasgow established that steamships could be operated profitably without government subsidy. Her iron hull considerably reduced repair costs incurred by the wooden-hulled steamships of the day, and the use of a propeller instead of paddle wheels allowed more space for passengers and cargo. The City of Glasgow was especially economical because she was not built for speed; her best time across the Atlantic was 14 days, 4 hours, almost 4 days longer than Cunard's Asia, the record holder in 1850. While the City of Glasgow's two lever-beam engines of 350 horsepower produced a moderate 9.5 knots, her coal consumption was only 20 tons per day, as compared to 76 tons for the Asia.[1] History Built by Tod & Macgregor of Partick, Glasgow and launched in 28 February 1850, the City of Glasgow initially carried 44 first class and 85 second class passengers along with 1,200 tons of cargo. She made five voyages on the Glasgow to New York service on Tod & Macgregor's own account and sailed on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1850, the first steamship to travel from Glasgow to New York.[2] On 5 Oct 1850, she was purchased by the new Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam Ship Company (also known as the Inman Line) and moved to the Liverpool - Philadelphia route from Dec 17, 1850. William Inman, a business partner of the line of sailing packets, persuaded his other partners to expand their line by buying the advanced new steamship. In 1852, the company entered the immigrant trade and the City of Glasgow was refitted to accommodate an additional 400 third class passengers in her holds.[1] City of Glasgow left Liverpool on 1 January, New Year's Day, 1854, with an estimated 480 passengers and crew, but was never heard of again. Her fate remains a mystery to this day. Some official registries mark her final date of departure as 1 March 1854; the reason for the discrepancy is unknown. It was reported that a portion of the bow of a ship, bearing the name "City of Glasgow" in gilded letters, washed ashore at Ballochgair near Campbeltown on 25 October 1854.[2]


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