CENTRE LINES


The WALKER Family


This column is part of a feature series which focuses on a different Centre County family each week. Five new columns will be released each month unless some technical difficulty enters the picture.

This column's focus is on WALKER. An effort has been made to identify all persons carrying that name in the 1890 U.S. Census, using the Centre County business directory which was formed from a preliminary review of that census before the larger set of 1890 U.S. Census records was destroyed by fire. (Sadly, the postal directory does not typically provide the ages of females, but it's the best record we've got).

Three books in the Pennsylvania Room of the Centre County Library in Bellefonte apparently deal with the Walker family. They are: Carl McCallus' Group Sheet Index for the Families of Walker, Lucas, Shawley, Brett Nelson's The Greening of West Branch, and Wynn Walker's The Walker Family of Centre County.

There are 50 different first-name entries for Walker in John Blair Linn's History of Centre and Clinton County (1883). In addition, there are many references to the name in Beers' Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania (1898).

And, now, your ancestors' WALKER neighbors in 1890:

In BELLEFONTE Borough:

Carrie--104 W. High
Charles, 12--20 E. Logan
	Gilbert 9
Eliza--19 N. Thomas
	William 15
	Lilly
Emma--Pike Alley
John, 25, clerk--9 S. Thomas
W. Miles, 34, coal operator--23 E. High
	Catharine
	Lee H. 5
	Mary L.
	Milon

In BOGGS Township:

Andrew G., 59, laborer--Milesburg
	Catharine
	Adam W. 31
	George M. 26
	Mary A.
	Emma M.
Anna E.--Milesburg
	James 21
	Hiram 18
	Carrie
Harris S., 31--Milesburg
	Mary
	Laird W. 47
Hezekiah, 29, laborer--Roland
	Rebecca
	Mary E.
	George T. 3
	Edward M. 1
Irvin E., 47, laborer--Milesburg
	Harry E. 23
	Clarence L. 21
	Stella M.
	Wilbur 12
	Chester 8
	Charles 6
John, 34, laborer--Milesburg
	Martha
	Lizzie
	Minnie
	Maud
	Benjamin 69
Jonathan, 63, laborer--Milesburg
	Mary A.
	James E. 34
	Edward 18
Milligan, 41, laborer--Milesburg
	Margery
Susan--Milesburg
Thomas A., 62, laborer--Milesburg
	Rachael M.
	Philip C. 24
	William M. 22
	Robert M. 18
	Edward T. 11
William, 38, laborer--Milesburg
	Eliza
	William C. 18
	Mary E.
	Homer B. 11
	Forden S.
	Clayton 3
William S., 21, laborer--Milesburg
	Laura

In BURNSIDE Township:

Benner, 29, laborer--Pine Glenn
	Olive B.
	Frank L. 3
	Merrill J. 2 mos.
Jacob, 57--Pine Glenn
	Mary
	Jackson S. 26
	William S. 18
	Ada B.
Simon C., 25, laborer--Pine Glenn
	Emma B.

In CURTIN Township:

Cyrus J., 33, laborer--Romola
	Mary
	Sarena
	William A. 9
	Ida B.
	Mary M.
	Charles C. 2

In FERGUSON Township:

Catharine--Rock Springs
	Clara C.
	Levi W. 30
Stine, 42--Boalsburg
	Olive
	Bessie C.
	Homer M. 12
	Harry N. 7
	Jessie C.
	Maud

In HALF-MOON Township:

Minnie--Stormstown

In HARRIS Township:

Isaac, 21, farmer--Boalsburg
	Catharine
	Milton G. 10
	Willis S. 8
	Christopher D. 6
	Samuel G. 4
	Foster D. 2

In HOWARD Township:

Matthias, 54, laborer--Howard
	Elizabeth
	John 24
	Franklln 22
	Anna
	Matthias 10
	Leonel 8

In LIBERTY Township:

Harvey W., 30, farmer--Blanchard
	Clara
	Percy R. 3
	Jacob 56

In MILES Township:

Jeremiah K., 58, retired--Rebersburg
	Anna
	Ammon L. 21
	Lizzie M.
	Metta O.
Jonathan, 48, retired--Livonia
	Amanda
	Wallace 22
	Ida M.
	Emma
	William 16
	Annie
	Harry 12
Thomas W., 41, farmer--Rebersburg
	Annie E.
	Orvis C. 16
	Lloyd B. 13
	Victor I. 10
	Amelia K.
William, 74, retired--Rebersburg
	Mary M.

In PHILIPSBURG Borough:

Nancy--Preaquile St.
Susie E.--Front St.

In PATTON Township:

Lyde--Buffalo Run

In RUSH Township:

Adam, 74, retired--Philipsburg
Jonathan J., 41, laborer--Philipsburg
	Rebecca J.
	Charles W. 21
	Sarah A.
	Mary J.
	Jonathan J. Jr. 17
	Franklin H. 11
	Eva V.
	Amanda L.
Philip C., 38--Philipsburg
	Hannah E.
	Miles E. 17
	William E. 12
	George C. 11
	Flora M.
	Alfred L.
Samuel, 50, laborer--Philipsburg
	Mary
	William 26
	Samuel 21
	Rebecca
	John 17
	Arthur 15
	James 13
	Edith A.
	Joseph 6
	Mary E.

In SNOW SHOE Township:

Andrew J., laborer--Moshannon
	Mary C.
	George T. 2
Caroline--Clarence
	Calvin 27
	Willard J. 21
	Rachael A.
Edward, 41, laborer--Snow Shoe
	Mary J.
	Anna B.
	Susie B.
	Mary E.
	George E. 9
	Clara
	Nancy J.
	Harry C. 1
Harry, 24, laborer--Snow Shoe
	Ella
	Myrtle
	Roy 1
James, 75, retired--Snow Shoe
	Rachael
Lucian M., 39--Snow Shoe
	Mattie
	Annie E.
	Robert M. 13
	Mabel
	Edna J.
Miles, 39, laborer--Snow Shoe
Philip C., 63, laborer--Moshannon
	Mary L.
	Annie C.
	Clara B.
Potter, 44, farmer--Snow Shoe
	Mary J.
	Alfred P. 17
	William B. 15
	Clyde B. 13
	Taylor 11
	Rachael
	Lucy
Taylor, 37, laborer--Snow Shoe
	Anna
	Clara

In SPRING Township:

Andrew A., 55, contractor--Bellefonte
	James A. 52
	Mitchell H. 24
	Anna L.
	Nelson 13
	Ethel L.
Seneca, 25, laborer--Bellefonte
	Mary J.
	Bessie A.

In UNION Township:

John H. 28, farmer--Fleming
	Sarah E.
	Lemuel E.
	Arvilla
	Anna M.
George F., 30, farmer--Fleming
	Lydia J.
	William H. 6
	John E. 7

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