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Robert Journey Walker

Robert Journey Walker

Male 1893 - 1972  (79 years)

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  • Name Robert Journey Walker  [1, 2
    Born 19 Jul 1893  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    • The 1900 census gives Robert's birth as July 1892, but his WWI draft registration gives it as 19 July 1893.
    Gender Male 
    Census 6 Jan 1920  Civil District 2, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • 1. Walker, Robert J., head, owns free of mortgage, male, white, 26, married, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farming, own account, farm schedule no. 56
      2. _____, Beulah, wife, female, white, 21, married, attending school [?], can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      3. _____, Thelmer, son, male, white, 3, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      4. _____, Jewel, daughter, female, white, 1, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      5. _____, Martha D., mother, female, white, 53, widowed, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      6. _____, Gurtie M., sister, female, white, 21, single, attending school, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
    Census 14 Apr 1930  Pine Wood Rd., 2nd Civil District, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • 1. Walker, Robert, head, owns, farm, male, white, 37, married, first married age 23, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, was not in the military, farm schedule no. 128
      2. _____, Bulah [Beulah], wife, female, white, 31, married, first married age 17, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
      3. _____, Thelma, son, male, white, 13, attending school, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      4. _____, Jewell, daughter, female, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      5. _____, Pearl, daughter, female, white, 7, attending school, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      6, _____, Mack, son, male, white, 5, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      7. _____, Marie, daughter, female, white, 2 [and some months?], Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
    Census 8 Apr 1940  2nd Civil District, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • 1. Walker, R. J., head, owns, value $700, farm, male, white, 47, married, completed grade 8, Tennessee, same house [1935], employed for pay, 35 hours, laborer, farm, own account, worked 50 weeks, has other source of income, farm schedule no. 7
      2. _____, Beaula [Beulah], wife, female, white, 42, married, completed grade 8, Tennessee, not employed
      3. _____, Pearl, daughter, female, white, 17, single, not attending school, completed grade 8, Tennessee, same house
      4. _____, Mack, son, male, white, 15, attending school, completed grade 6, Tennessee, same house
      5. _____, Marie, daughter, female, white, 12, attending school, completed grade 5, Tennessee, same house
      6. _____, Jean, daughter, female, white, 9, attending school, completed grade 3, Tennessee, same house
      7. _____, Joyce, daughter, female, white, 7 attending school, completed grade 1, Tennessee, same house
      8. _____, Doris, daughter, female, white, 5, not attending school, completed 0 grades, Tennessee, same house
    Died 21 Dec 1972  Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9
    Person ID I894  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 10 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  [10
    Family ID F990  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Beulah May Givens,   b. 22 Feb 1898, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1991, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 6 Feb 1916  Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2013 
    Family ID F1951  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S618] Tennessee, Williamson, ((http://lib.williamson-tn.org/)).
      LastName«tab»WALKER
      FirstName«tab»ROBERT JOURNEY
      Year«tab»1972
      Month«tab»12
      Day«tab»28
      Newspaper«tab»Review Appeal
      Location«tab»Microfilm
      Obituary«tab»
      Lastname, Firstname«tab»WALKER, ROBERT JOURNEY
      NewspaperDate«tab»1972/12/28
      id«tab»25234
      «i»Review Appeal«/i», 28 Dec 1972.

    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. [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.

    4. [S916] Tennessee, Williamson - 1900 U.S. Census, (1900 U.S. census, Williamson County, Tennessee, population schedule), 2nd civil district, enumeration district [ED], 110, sheet 4B, dwelling 75, family 75, Alonzo Walker household; (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S3601] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2013), Robert Journey Walker, serial no. 234, order no. 12, White Oak Precinct, 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.

    6. [S3599] 1920 U.S. census, Williamson County, Tennessee, population schedule, 2nd Civil District , enumeration district (ED) 152, sheet 3B (penned), p. 54 (stamped, verso), dwelling 53, family 54, Robert J. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1769.

    7. [S3600] 1930 U.S. census, Williamson County, Tennessee, population schedule, 2nd Civil District (Pine Wood Rd.), enumeration district (ED) 94-3, sheet 7B, p. 28 (stamped, verso), dwelling 144, family 163, Robert Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2285.

    8. [S3602] 1940 U.S. census, Williamson County, Tennessee, population schedule, 2nd Civil District, enumeration district (ED) 94-3, sheet 1B, p. 37 (stamped, verso), household no. 7, R. J. Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3949.

    9. [S3641] CS, contributor, "Robert Journey Walker," digital image, Williamson Memorial Cemetery (Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee), memorial no. 64602932, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : viewed 10 July 2013.

    10. [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.

    11. [S3598] "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2013), Williamson County, Tennessee, marriage license no. 2978, R. J. Walker-Beaulah May Givins, 1 February 1916 (license), 6 February 1916 (marriage), citing record filed in Book 4: 249; citing Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, microfilm [no. not stated], Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. .