Orange C. Walker

Abt 1903 - 1936  (~ 34 years)

• Name	Orange C. Walker  [1]
  Born	Abt 1903	Illinois, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Marriage Announcement	28 Aug 1929	Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA   [3]
  	Alton Evening Telegraph: \"Walker-Bolo Nuptials The marriage of Miss Ellen Bolo of Wood River to Orange Walker of the Shell Petroleum Co., took place this morning at 8 o\'clock at St. Mary\'s parsonage in Alton with the Rev. Father John Diggins, officiating. The attendants were Miss Margaret Bolo, sister of the bride, and Ray Brown. [Description of the bride\'s attire and that of her sister.] After the wedding a breakfast was served at the home of the bride\'s parents and was attended by 20 relatives. [Description of the house and color scheme.] Mr. and Mrs. Walker left today for Lake Taneycomo in the Ozarks where they will spend their honeymoon. On their return to Wood River the couple will take up their residence at Leslie and Enton streets where Mr. Walker has fitted up a home for his bride. When she left for Lake Taneycomo Mrs. Walker wore an ensemble of brown satin and velvet. Mrs. Walker is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bolo of 414 Wood River avenue, Woods River. For the past three years she has been in the office of the Shell Co. Mr. Walker, who is a graduate of the University of Illinois, is in the laboratory at the Shell Co. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orange Walker of Gillespie.\"
  Residence	May 1936	Wood River, Madison County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	His father's 1936 obit placed him in Wood River, Madison County.
  Died	After 1936  [4]
  Residence	Apr 1954	Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, USA   [5]
  Newspaper Article	12 Apr 1954	Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  	Alton Evening Telegraph "Mrs. Lucy Luken, Alton, Mrs. Gene Brown, Wood River, and Mrs. Orange Walker of Mt. Pleasant, Texas, visiting in Wood River, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boree, Gillespie. Mrs. Luken, sister of Mrs. Boree and sister-in-aw of Mrs. Walker, and Mrs. Brown, sister of Mrs. Walker, returned Sunday evening, but Mrs. Walker remained for a longer visit with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Boree."
  Residence	Mar 1971	Sun City, Riverside County, California, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I5859	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Orange Walker,   b. 4 Jul 1858, Dorchester township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 21 May 1936, Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Isabella Clark,   b. 27 Feb 1866, Gillespie township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 17 Apr 1932, Gillespie township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Married	27 Feb 1884	Madison County, Illinois, USA   [7]
  	Possibly date of license issue, not marriage.
  Family ID	F1627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Bolo
  Children	1. Donald Walker + 2. Lucy B. Walker,   b. 4 Jun 1891, Illinois, USA ,   d. May 1981  (Age 89 years)   3. Frances \"Babe\" Walker   4. Flossie Walker
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F2409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S4226] 1900 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Gillespie township, enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 15A, p. 25 (stamped, recto), dwelling 107, family 107, Orange Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 13 April 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 324. [S4225] 1910 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Gillespie township, enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 6A (penned), p. 221 (stamped, recto), dwelling 115, family 116, Orange Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 13 April 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 308. [S5167] \"Walker-Bolo Nuptials,\" Alton Evening Telegraph (Alton, Ill.), 28 August 1929, p. 3, col. 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 22 October 2017). [S4228] “Central Illinois Deaths: Orange Walker,” Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Ill.), 23 May 1936, p. 4, col. 2; digital image GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 12 April 2014). [S4231] “Personal Notes,” Alton (Illinois) Evening Telegraph, 12 April 1954, p. 10, col. 6; digital image Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 13 April 2014). [S5169] Surviving are a brother, Orange Walker of Sun City, alit., and two sisters, Mrs. Flossie Bouree of Plainview and Mrs. Lucille Luken of Alton. [S4227] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 12 April 2014), entry for Orange Walker-Belle Clark, Madison County, 27 February 1884; citing Madison County, Marriage Book 8:212, license no. 1032.