George Daniel Walker

1871 - 1942  (70 years)

• Name	George Daniel Walker
  Birth	26 Apr 1871	Creighton, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Jan 1942	Orillia, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Burial	30 Jan 1942	St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I14191	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Daniel Walker,   b. 12 May 1841, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Jul 1918, Near Creighton, Medonte Township ,Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Margaret Ann Thomson,   b. 28 Sep 1845, Knock, Westerkirk Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d. 28 Jun 1933, Lot 9, Concession 11, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1867	Orillia, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F5353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Ann Johnstone,   b. 8 May 1873, South Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Aug 1968, Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	19 Aug 1903	Orillia, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Marian Margaret Walker,   b. 19 May 1904, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Apr 1995, Villa Nursing Home, Midland, Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years)   2. Wilma Ellerene Walker,   b. 23 May 1906, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. Abt Nov 1959, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (Age 53 years)   3. James Daniel Walker,   b. 29 Jan 1908, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Aug 1991, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)   4. George Lloyd Johnstone Walker,   b. 4 Jun 1912, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Jul 1943, Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Age 31 years)   5. Eunice Irene Walker,   b. 19 May 1914, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada   6. David Thomson Walker,   b. 27 Oct 1916, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 29 Nov 1987, Soldier's Momorial Hospital, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)   7. Grace Jeanette Walker,   b. 27 Oct 1916, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 23 Apr 1990, Soldier's Momorial Hospital, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F5357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Daniel's parents, George and Jane, were original settlers in the Medonte Township, Simcoe County area of Ontario about 1833. Marriage registration 017353 microfilm MS932 reel 112 Archives of Ontario. The service was performed by R.E.W. Green (?) by license. Witnesses were David Walker of Orillia and ? Jahnstone of Orillia. He was listed as a 32 year old machinist residing in Orillia. Was living in Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada in 1933 when his mother died. The Orillia Packet and Times, Thursday, January 29, 1942, Page 4, Archives of Ontario microfilm N039 Reel 78NP reported: "GEORGE D. WALKER The sudden passing of George Daniel Walker on Wednesday came as a great shock to his family and friends. Mr. Walker had been at work as usual on Monday, but that evening said he did not feel well. He passed away in his sleep early yesterday morning. Mr. Walker was in his seventy-first year. He was born a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Walker, pioneer settlers at Fairvalley, Medonte, where Mr. Walker was born at Creighton, the Walker homestead. He came to Orillia about 1900 and has resided there since. When he first came to town, Mr. Walker, who was a skilled mechanic, operated a machine shop in partnership with his brother, David Walker. Later they engaged in the automobile business. Of late years he has been a tool maker at Otaco. He was an active member of St. James’s Church, was on the Executive Committee, and had held the post of church warden. In fraternal circles he was actively identified with the Oddfellows Lodge. In 1903 he married Margaret Ann Johnstone of Forest Home, who survives him, with four daughters and three sons. They are Miss Marion (Mae) Walker, who has been engaged in mission work among the Japanese, Vancouver; Mrs. Kenneth Johnston, Orillia; James D. Walker and Johnstone (Jack) Walker, Peterborough; Mrs. T. Phillips, Orillia; Miss Grace Walker, Toronto and Aircraftman David Walker, R.C.A.F., in Newfoundland. Three brothers and two sisters also surviving are Wilfred Walker, Coldwater; Mrs. Frank Rix, Warminster; Mrs. Neil Mathieson, Orillia; David Walker, Hawkstone and Archie Walker, Coldwater. The funeral is to be held on Friday afternoon from his residence, 47 West Street, north, to St James’s Church for service at 2.30 o’clock. Archdeacon Emmet will conduct the service. Interment will be made in St James’s Cemetery."

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. date of birth for George Daniel Walker (place from obituary) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. date of death for George Daniel Walker (place from obituary) [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. in St Andrew's & St James' Cemetery (burial date from obituary)