Winifred Louise "Winnie" Parker

1851 - 1937  (~ 86 years)

• Name	Winifred Louise "Winnie" Parker
  Born	Feb 1851	Tennessee, USA
  	1900 Jefferson County IL census establishes birth month and year.
  Gender	Female
  Biography	Mrs. Winnifred Louise Walker, aged Dix resident, died at 2:20 pm. yesterday at her home. Her age was 86 years, nine months and 11 days. She was united in marriage with L.V. Walker April 5, 1880, her husband preceeded her in death on March 18, 1923. A devoted woman, Mrs. Walker was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at ll o'clock Sunday morning at the M.E. church at Dix, officiated by Ref. D.J. Mooney, Interment will be made in Pleasant Hill Cemetary south of Dix. She is survived by five daughters, Verna McBride, Daisy Flowers,Vena Hawkins, Iva Gossitt and Florence Holmes, all of Dix: two sons, Fred Walker of Dix and Norman Holmes of Aurora, Ill. One son Charley Holmes of Centralia and one daughter, Birdell Smith of Dix, preceded her in death. The body will remain at the home until the funeral hour. Submitted by: Janet Ridenour Sept 9, 2001   [1]
  Census	20 Jul 1860	Danielsville (post office), Middle Division, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  	While this looks like it SHOULD be the Winnie Parker who married Levi Walker, Winnie's death cert names her mother as Louise Pipkin. Wm. Parker married Minerva Tidwell in Dickson Co in 1833, and this must surely be them. Additionally, Winnie's census enumerations consistently offer her mother's birthplace as North Carolina. Coincidence? Related? 1. Parker, Wm., 48, male, farmer, real estate $1000, personal $1000, Tennessee, cannot read or write 2. _____, [Manora?], 44, female, Tennessee, cannot read or write 3. _____, Rebecca, 25, female, Tennessee, cannot read or write 4. _____, James, 23, male, farmer, Tennessee 5. _____, Elizabeth, 21, female, Tennessee 6. _____, Thomas J., 18, male, farmer, Tennessee, attending school 7. _____, Andrew J., 16, male, farmer, Tennessee, attending school 8. _____, Matilda C., 14, female, Tennessee, attending school 9. _____, Henry A., 12, male, Tennessee, attending school 10. _____, Wineford, 10, female, Tennessee, attending school 11. _____, Mary, 7, female, Tennessee, attending school 12. _____, Marinda, 5, female, Tennessee, attending school 13. _____, Susan, 4, female, Tennessee
  Died	18 Nov 1937	Dix, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  	Appears age 51 in 1910 Jefferson County IL census.
  Buried	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I2956	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2013

  
  

  Family 1	William Holmes,   b. Tennessee, USA
  Married	Before 1868	Illinois, USA   [6]
  	Based on the age of her eldest known son with first husband, Charles Holmes.
  Children	1. Charles Seymour "Charley" Holmes,   b. Abt 1868, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 7 Jun 1935, Brookside, Clinton County, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 67 years)   2. Norman Holmes,   b. Abt 1874, Illinois, USA ,   d. After 1937  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2013
  Family ID	F1200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Levi V. Walker,   b. 11 Apr 1836, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 15 Mar 1923, Dix, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	5 Apr 1880	Illinois, USA   [1]
  	1900 Jefferson County IL census states the couple has been married 20 yrs. Winnie first appears as his wife in the 1880 Jefferson Co IL census.
  Children	1. Iva Lena Walker,   b. 4 Mar 1881, Illinois, USA ,   d. 19 Nov 1959  (Age 78 years)   2. Daisy Pearl Walker,   b. 4 Mar 1883, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 19 Aug 1957, St. Mary's Hospital, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA  (Age 74 years)   3. James Fred Walker,   b. 29 Apr 1884, Boyd, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 19 Feb 1958, Good Samaritan Hospital, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA  (Age 73 years)   4. Verna C. Walker,   b. Jan 1889, Illinois, USA ,   d. 19 Jan 1954, Good Samaritan Hospital, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 65 years) + 5. Vena Walker,   b. Jan 1889, Illinois, USA ,   d. After 22 Feb 1960  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2013
  Family ID	F792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Usually referred to by researchers as "Winnie Howe" or "Winifred Howe." I believe she was actually Winifred Louise Parker, who was married first to Unknown HOWE or HEALMS or HOLMES. This conclusion is supported by: 1. The 1880 Jefferson Co IL census for Levi WALKER and wife Winnie, lists his mother-in-law, Louisa PARKER, as a member of his household, as well as 12-year-old step-son Charles HOWE. 2. A search for Louisa PARKER in the 1870 Jefferson Co Census finds her as Louiza PARKER, with husband William (see individual census data). In the household is daughter Winnie HEALMS, with son, Charles HEALMS, age 2. Clearly this is the same Winnie that later married Levi WALKER. Possibly the surname HEALMS/HOWE was recorded wrongly in the 1870 or 1880 census - in any case, it is reasonable to conclude that Winnie's maiden name was PARKER. 3. An obituary for Winifred Louise Walker appears in the 1837 Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co IL, newspaper. Unfortunately, my copy, which was located online, is not dated (I am attempting to obtain a copy of the obit, but it is not yet in my possession). The obituary states that Winnie was married to L.V. Walker on 5 April 1880, and that he preceded her in death on 18 March 1923. 4. The 1930 Jefferson Co IL census finds Winnie L. Walker as the head of her household, which includes widowed grandson Burrell Walker and single granddaughter Florence HOLMES. From the above data, it is reasonable to conclude that she was Winifred Louise Parker. That she first married a man named HOWE or HEALMS or HOLMES. That she is found in her parents' home in 1870 at age 18, with a son from her first marriage named Charles, and a daughter named something like Lausetta (name illegible in 1870 Jefferson Co IL census). That the infant daughter probaby died at an early date. That she may have married a second time or been reunited with the first husband, since she had another son around 1874, named Norman, also listed in the 1880 household as a step-son.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3195] Jenny Ridenour, submitter, "Jefferson County, Illinois, Obituaries" transcriptions, Welcome to Jefferson County, Illinois (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ : accessed 7 March 2013), for Mrs. Winnifred Walker; no publication information. [S3347] 1860 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Middle Division, Danielsville (post office), p. 72 (penned), p. 237 (stamped, verso) dwelling 523, family 523, Wm. Parker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 April 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1247. [S3287] "Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA," database and digital photo,FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 April 2013), entry for Winifred "Winnie" Louise Parker Walker (1937), memorial no. 26525735, posted by Pat Simmons (wingsmedia@cox.net), 1 May 2008. [S3288] "Illinois Statewide Death Index," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital : accessed 2 April 2013), entry for Winnifred [Winifred] L. Walker, certificate no. 155, Jefferson County, 18 November 1937; citing Department of Health, Division of Vital Records, Springfield. [S823] Illinois, Jefferson - Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, («i»Welcome to Jefferson County, Illinois «/i» (http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljeffer/), "Pleasant Hill Cemetery," transcribed by Roy and Deloris Mount), http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljeffer/cems/pleasanthil., entry for Winnie Walker (1937) (Reliability: 3). Winnie Walker, 1851 - 1937 (buried next to husband Levi Walker) [S3197] 1880 U. S. census, Jefferson County, Illinois, population schedule, Mr. Vernon township, enumeration district (ED) 170, p. 13 (penned), p. 536 (stamped, recto), dwelling 119, family 119, Levi Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 March 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 216.