Calvin W. Walker

Abt 1885 - 1888  (~ 3 years)

• Name	Calvin W. Walker  [1]
  	Records of the Stockton Rural Cemetery indicate that William K. Walker bought a 12-person plot at the time of his wife Bridget's death. Among seven other Walker burials in the plot is Calvin W. Walker, age 3, died 20 October 1888, calculating roughly to a birth year of 1885. This would make him the first child of William K. and his second wife Mary Dolan. Cleveland would have been almost a year and a half old at the time of this older sibling's death. While it is conceivable that Calvin was the son of Bridget Dolan, he would have to have been more than three even if his birthday was later than October, since Bridget died in April 1884. It is unlikely. It is, however, possible that William K. married Mary Dolan when she became pregnant.
  Born	Abt 1885  [2]
  	The register stated that Calvin was three years old when he died.
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Oct 1888	Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA   [1, 2]
  	Cause of death, "Scalding."
  Buried	Stockton Rural Cemetery, San Joaquin County, California, USA
  Person ID	I4862	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	William King Walker,   b. 15 Oct 1834, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 5 Nov 1888, San Joaquin County, California, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Mary Dolan,   b. Dec 1859, Ireland ,   d. 14 Jul 1926, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Married	12 Jan 1885	San Joaquin County, California, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F1260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Calvin W. Walker, died at age 3, of "scalding." San Joaquin County, California, Register of Deaths, [vol. not stated], p. 291, for Calvin [W.] Walker, 20 October 1888; Recorder's Office, Stockton.
  		Calvin M. Walker, accidentally scalded at age 3 "Horribly Scalded,"Stockton (California) Mail, 19 October 1888, evening edition, p. 1, col. 3, ; Stockton Mail microfilm, roll no. 9, Stockton Public Library, Stockton.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2335] Informal research report, Sheri Fenley (sherifenley@gmail.com), email, to Janis Walker Gilmore (janis.gilmore@gmail.com), 3 April 2012; citing records of Stockton Rural Cemetery (2350 Cemetery Lane, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California), for William K. Walker, lot 18, block 17. Cemetery records for early years consist of a burial ledger and a plot book from which they verbally convey information, but they do not allow photographs or scans of the material. [S2376] San Joaquin County, California, Register of Deaths, [vol. not stated], p. 291, for Calvin [W.] Walker, 20 October 1888; Recorder's Office, Stockton. [S2316] San Joaquin County, California, marriages, vol. 5: 528, entry for William Kane Walker-Mary Dolan (1885); informational copy, microfilm image [no reference numbers stated] printed on State of California vital record certification form, San Joaquin County Recorder, Stockton. Original records (not available to the public) held by the San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, Lodi. [Obtained by Sheri Fenley.].