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William Lovell Walker

William Lovell Walker

Male 1890 - 1972  (82 years)

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  • Name William Lovell Walker  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Born 18 Mar 1890  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Lovel's WWI draft reg gives his birth place as Dickson Co TN.
    Gender Male 
    Description, physical 1917  [4] 
    Lovell's 1917 WWI draft registration states that he was short and slender, with gray eyes and dark hair. It indicates that he has a weak heart. 
    Census 6 Jan 1920  Civil District 2, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • 1. Walker, William, head, renting, male, white, 29, married, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, own account, farm schedule no. 58
      2. _____, Lillie, wife, female, white, 16, married, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
    Census 15 Apr 1930  428 Humphrey St., Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • 1. Walker, William, head, renting, $15, not a farm, male, white, 40, married, first married age 20, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, plater, iron foundry, not a veteran
      2. _____, Mary, "daughter" [wife], female, white, 36, married, first married age 17, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      3. _____, Gladys, daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      4. _____, William, son, male, white, 7, attending school, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      5. _____, Charles, son, male, white, 6, attending school, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
    Census 24 Apr 1940  South Harpeth Rd., 9th Civil District, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • 1. Walker, Lovell, head, male, white, 50, married, completed grade 2, Tennessee, same house [1935], not employed for pay, performs public emergency work, laborer, WPA street worker, worked 14 weeks in 1939, income $175, no other source of income
      2. _____, Lillie, wife, female, white, 35, married, completed grade 5, Tennessee, same house, not employed
      3. _____, Austin, son, male white, 17, single, not attending school, completed grade 8, Tennessee, same house, not employed, seeking work
      4. _____, Paul, son, male, white, 16, single, attending school, completed grade 5, Tennessee, same house, not employed, not seeking employment
      6. _____, Gertrude, daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, completed grade 1, Tennessee, same house
    Parents
    Lovell's delayed birth certificate, issued in 1942 for his 1890 birth, named his parents as "Lonzo Denson Walker" and "Martha Daily Vineyard," both born in Dickson County, Tennessee.  [6] 
    Residence 30 Jan 1942  4911 1/2 Louisiana Ave., Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Lovell was living at this address when he applied for his delayed birth certificate. 
    Died Sep 1972  Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    • FindAGrave gives his death as 26 September 1973.
    Buried Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    • While FindAGrave reflects Lovell's burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Bowen's typescript indicates his burial at Ashland City, Tennessee. The two sources also conflict on the year, the former giving it as 1973 and the latter as 1972. Both give the month as September.
    Person ID I4206  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2013 

    Father Alonzo Denson Walker,   b. 6 Mar 1854, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1901, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Martha Daley Vineyard,   b. 4 May 1866, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1920, Boston, District 2, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 13 Sep 1881  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Family ID F990  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rosa Belle Stinson,   b. 13 Mar 1897, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1918, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1915  Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Clara Walker,   b. 1918,   d. 1918  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2013 
    Family ID F1949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Lillie Stinson 
    Married 5 Aug 1919  Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2013 
    Family ID F1950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1277] Tennessee, Williamson - Review Appeal Newspaper, Franklin, Tennessee. Franklin, Tennessee.
      Robert Journey Walker
      Robert Journey Walker, 80-year-old resident of Derby Lande, Rt. 7, died December 21, at the Williamson County Hospital. A native of Dickson County, he had made his home in Williamson County for many years He had been in declining health for some time.
      Mr. Walker was a retired farmer.
      Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Beaulah Mai Walker of Franklin; daughters, Mrs. Jewell Lampley, Mrs. Pearl Tanner, Mrs. Jean Fox and Mrs. Doris Davis, all of Franklin and Mrs. Joynce Buggs of Murfreesboro; two sons, Robert Walker of Tuscon [sic], Arizona and Mack Walker, of East Lake, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Gertie Wilkerson of Nashville and Mrs. Emma Moss of Huron, Texas; two brothers, Seth Walker of Nashville and Lovel Walker of Ashland City; 29 grandchildren; 37 great -grandhildren.
      Herbert A. Robinson officiated at the final rites on December 23 at Franklin Memorial Chapel. Interment was in Williamson Memorial Gardens.
      Grandons served as pallbearers.
      Franklin Memorial Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.

    2. [S3567] 1900 U.S. census, Williamson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Civil District 2, enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 4B, p. 25 (stamped, verso), dwelling 75, family 75, Alonzo Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 June 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1605.

    3. [S3450] Charles Dewey Bowen, "The Descendants of Elijah Walker, Jr., and Mary (Polly) McMillan Walker of Middle Tennessee," unpublished typescript, undated. Internal evidence dates the document to after 1981 (see p. 11, listing a 1981 death). While riddled with error, the document still offers useful information and clues to the lives of Elijah Walker's descendants, particularly his younger children.

    4. [S3589] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2013), William Lovell Walker, serial no. 105, order no. 34, Williamson County, Tennessee; citing World War I Selective Service system Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918), NARA microfilm publication M1509 (4,582 rolls); FHL roll no. 1,877,749.

    5. [S3450] Charles Dewey Bowen, "The Descendants of Elijah Walker, Jr., and Mary (Polly) McMillan Walker of Middle Tennessee," unpublished typescript, undated. Internal evidence dates the document to after 1981 (see p. 11, listing a 1981 death). While riddled with error, the document still offers useful information and clues to the lives of Elijah Walker's descendants, particularly his younger children., 17.

    6. [S3590] "Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909," index and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2013), William "Lowell" Walker, certificate no. D-98568, Dickson County, 18 March 1890; citing Tennessee Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

    7. [S3596] "Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA," database [no image],FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 July 2013), for William Lovell Walker, memorial no. 91102810, created by "bbarnhill" (bobzancestors@yahoo.com), added 31 May 2012.

    8. [S3592] 1920 U.S. census, Williamson County, Tennessee, population schedule, 2nd Civil District , enumeration district (ED) 152, sheet 3B (penned), p. 54 (stamped, verso), dwelling 55, family 56, William Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1769.

    9. [S3593] 1930 U.S. census, Davidson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Nashville (428 Humphrey St.), enumeration district (ED) 154, sheet 5A, p. 146 (stamped, verso), dwelling 58, family 69, William Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2241.

    10. [S3594] 1940 U.S. census, Davidson County, Tennessee, population schedule, 9th Civil District (S. Harpeth Rd.), enumeration district (ED) 19-36, sheets 12B-13A, pp. 777b-778a (stamped), household no. 223, Lovell Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3885.

    11. [S3568] "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 May 2013), Dickson County, Tennessee, marriage license no. 3212, M. D. Vinyard-A. D. Walker, 11 September 1881 (license), 13 September 1881 (marriage); citing Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, microfilm [no. not stated], Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. This license, issued by surname and initials, has reversed the bride and groom, naming M. D. Vinyard [Martha D. Vinyard] as a 27-year-old farmer and A. D. Walker [Alonzo Denson Walker] as a 15-year-old.

    12. [S3595] "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2013), Williamson County, Tennessee, marriage license no. 1965, Wm Lovell Walker-Rose Stinson, 12 October 1915 (license), 20 October 1915 (marriage), filed in Book 4: 192; citing Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, microfilm [no. not stated], Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. .

    13. [S3591] "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2013), Williamson County, Tennessee, marriage license no. 3102, William "Lovel" Walker-Mary Lillie Stinson, 2 August 1919 (license), 5 August 1919 (marriage), filed in Book 5: 362; citing Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, microfilm [no. not stated], Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. .


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