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William "Bill" Walker

William "Bill" Walker

Male 1917 - 1994  (76 years)

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  • Name William "Bill" Walker  [1, 2
    Born 9 Dec 1917  Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • For birthplace, his parents were married in Williamson Co and enumerated there in 1920. There is no reason to believe that Bill was not born there.
    Gender Male 
    Possible Census 8 Apr 1940  Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • 1. Walker, Bill, inmate, male, white, 21, married, completed grade 4, Tennessee, [where in 1935 has a dash, possibly meaning "in the same place," as other entries give other locations], institution
      [Within numerous pages of other inmates of prison]

    Directory 1959  RD 3, Springfield, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    May be the Bill W. Walker employed as a machinist at Piland Auto parts in Springfield, TN, residing with apparent wife Christine R. Walker.

    This is supported by his brother's job in 1953 (the time of his death) Bon Aqua, TN, was as a machinist for the Tennessee Products Co. 
    Died 15 Nov 1994  Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Harpeth Hills Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I5504  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2013 

    Father Forest Ernest Walker,   b. 5 Dec 1883, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1965, Williamson County Hospital, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Martha Mae "Mattie" Givens,   b. 6 Sep 1896, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1966, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1912  Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Divorced 1921  Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • While no divorce decree "per se" appears in this file, it is clear that the intent is divorce and payment for the divorce. Additionally, Mattie remarried in 1928.
    Family ID F431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S3531] 1920 U.S. census, Williamson County, Tennessee, population schedule, First District (Smith Springs Road), enumeration district (ED) 141, sheet 1A (penned), p. 41 (stamped, recto), dwelling 3, family 3, Forest E. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 June 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1769.

    2. [S3537] "Mount Hope Cemetery, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA," database and image,FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 June 2013), for Martha Mae "Mattie" Givens Walker Hoskins, memorial no. 87608294, created by "bbarnhill" (bobzancestors@yahoo.com), 29 March 2012. .

    3. [S3546] "Harpeth Hills Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA," database [no image],FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 June 2013), for William "Bill" Walker (1917-1994), memorial no. 89771261, created by "bbarnhill" (bobzancestors@yahoo.com), 8 May 2012. .

    4. [S3548] 1940 U. S. census, Davidson County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 8, enumeration district (ED) 19-30, sheets 1A-25A (penned), pp. 680a-704a (stamped), household no. 1, Tennessee State Prison, for Bill Walker, inmate (sheet 2A, p. 681a, line 21); digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 June 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3885.

    5. [S3547] Polk's Nashville (Davidson County, Tennessee) City Directory 1959-1960 (St. Louis 1, Mo. : R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers, 1960), 954, Bill W. Walker and wife Christine R.; "U. S. City Directories (Beta)," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 June 2013).

    6. [S3530] "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 May 2013), Williamson County, Tennessee, marriage license no. 1955, Ernest Walker-Mattie Given, 18 December 1912, marriage 22 December 1912, recorded 7 January 1913, Marriage Book 3: 185; citing Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, microfilm [no. not stated], Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.