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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Alexander John Walker: Birth: 23 Dec 1898 in Maldon, Victoria, Australia. Death: 29 Jan 1899 in Maldon, Victoria, Australia

  2. Leonard Adrian Walker: Birth: 3 Dec 1899 in Ireland Street, Maldon, Victoria, Australia. Death: 2 Oct 1934 in 11 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

  3. Alice Kathleen Hazel Walker: Birth: 19 Oct 1902 in Maldon, Victoria, Australia. Death: 29 Jan 1903 in Maldon, Victoria, Australia

  4. Ethel May Walker: Birth: 9 Apr 1906 in Long Gully, Maldon, Victoria, Australia. Death: 14 Oct 1987 in Unit 2, 52 Harp Road, East Kew, Victoria, Australia

  5. Alfred Raymond Weir Walker: Birth: 5 Aug 1907 in Long Gully, Maldon, Victoria, Australia. Death: 10 Jan 1908 in Maldon, Victoria, Australia

  6. Malcolm Melville Walker: Birth: 3 Mar 1909 in Long Gully, Maldon, Victoria, Australia. Death: 28 Jul 1969 in 61 Brown Street, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia


Sources
1. Title:   Victorian Birth Certificate
2. Title:   Victorian Death Certificate
3. Title:   Victorian Marriage Certificate

Notes
a. Note:   «b»NAME:
 «/b»Known as "John" (from death notices of parents John and Elizabeth Walker) or "Jack" by close family (as told to Verna Esdaile by his brother Arthur).
  «b»RESIDENCES: All in Victoria, Australia
 «/b»Baxter Street, Long Gully, Maldon
 Ireland Street, Maldon
 St. Arnaud
 Packenham
 Boinka
 Gives address as Long Gully, Maldon in 1910 (on his father's death certificate).
  «b»1903 AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL ROLL:
 Maldon, Laanecoorie, Victoria
 «/b»Walker, Alfred John, Long Gully, Maldon, miner
 Also in Long Gully were his wife, parents and sister Mary.
  «b»1909 AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL ROLL:
 Maldon, Laanecoorie, Victoria
 «/b»Walker, Alfred John, Long Gully, Maldon, miner
 Also in Long Gully were his wife, parents, brother William and his wife, brother Arthur and sister Mary.
  «b»1914 AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL ROLL:
 Cassilis, Gippsland, Victoria
 «/b»Walker, Alfred John, Swift's Creek, inspector R.B.
 Also his wife at same address.
  «b»1919 AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL ROLL:
 Ouyen, Wimmera, Victoria
 «/b»Walker, Alfred John, Boinka, rabbit inspector
  «b»OCCUPATION:
 «/b» Miner (at time of marriage and when son Len started school in 1906).
 Crown Lands Dept. - Labourer, digging up rabbit burrows for destruction in the Colobin River area.
 Dept. Lands & Survey - Appointed as Inspector of Vermin Destruction.
 15 Oct 1912: Promoted and moved to Omeo (Copy of certificate: Vermin Destruction Act 1890, Melbourne, 15th October 1912. I Hugh McKenzie the responsible Minister of the Crown for the time being administering the Vermin Destruction Act 1890, No. 1153, hereby certify that Alfred John Walker has been duly appointed an Inspector under the Act.)
 Transferred with promotion to Packenham Moved to Phillip Island prior to WW1 Dept. Fisheries & Game: Appointed Assistant Inspector 6 Jul 1914 (Copy of certificate: Fisheries and Game Certificate of Authority No. 1128. This certificate is issued to Mr. A.J. Walker for the purpose of enabling him to prove, if necessary, to any person with whom his duties may bring him in contact, that he is an Assistant Inspector of Fisheries and Game.)
 Moved to Boinka and assigned 12 men (Order of employment with Lands Dept from daughter Ethel May Goldie's recollections as told to Verna Esdaile in Feb 1980.)
  «b»PROBATE:
 «/b»Index: R 15Dec 1921 180/87.
 He died intestate, owning nothing but an amount of 15 pounds 6 shillings and 4 pence in the Bank of Victoria, Underbool.
b. Note:   MI8
Note:   (Medical):Phthisis: Literally, means a wasting disease but almost invariably will mean pulmonary tuberculosis - Any debilitating lung or throat affections; a severe cough; asthma
 
c. Note:   DI8
Note:   Died intestate. Personal estate of £15 6s 4p in Bank of Victoria, Underbool.
d. Note:   XI8
Note:   Boinka Cemetery Register (copy at GSV) gives incorrect date of death as 16 Jan instead of 26 Jan. Book no. 5.
 No headstone.
  Plaque on rock at cemetery, probably placed many years later, reads:
 "Alfred John
 Walker
 died 28.1.1921
 47 years
 Rabbit inspector"
 (This is incorrect, it was the date of burial, he died on 26th.)
e. Note:   NF5
Note:   Witness was Mary Walker, the groom's sister. She was a bridesmaid, best man was G. Woodman. Reception was held at groom's family home.
  «b»From newspaper June 1898 (probably Castlemaine paper):
 «/b»A very pretty wedding was celebrated in the Presbyterian Church, Castlemaine, by the Rev Hume Robertson on Thursday last, the contracting parties being Mr A J Walker, eldest son of Mr J Walker of Long Gully, Maldon, and Miss Ethel May McKenzie, only daughter of the late Mr Alexander McKenzie of Adelaide.
 The bride who was given away by Mr D Jones looked charming in a beautiful gown of shot silk trimmed with white marveilleoux, & hat to match. Miss Mary Walker as bridesmaid looked very neat in a dress of fawn cloth; Mr G Woodman acting as best man.
 After the ceremony the happy couple with their friends drove back to the residence of Mr J Walker where a splendidly laid table was waiting, & after ample justice had been done to the many good things & the usual toasts given & responded to, the room was cleared & a most enjoyable time spent well into the wee small hours of the morning.
 The bride was the recipient of a great many useful & costly presents from her numerous friends.

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