Here is the record of Eileen's citation....Her name is spelt Eileen May..not Mary..I wonder which is right? http://tinyurl.com/buw6y4 or http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=872187&search_type=quick&showInd=true Cheers Gay ----- Original Message ----- From: "wollar1914" <wollar1914@yahoo.com.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Fw: JOHN MUNRO WALKER > Thank you so very much for this. I did ring a friend in Sydney to see if > she could go and have a look at the fiche for me. Didn't know Russell had > died but I guessed John had. > John's mothers name was really Bedelia and she married Elliott at some > time > and had two sons, worked her out to be about 17 when she had them, then > somehow she married Walker, can't see where she came in - born in Ireland, > no idea about Elliott but one son is buried at Woodhill and the other one > married the Governor Generals daughter Blakeney. > > > Must see if I can find Eileen and see why she got OAM. > > Really appreciate your help. We had no idea this mob existed until > someone > said William had come to Aust from Scotland as a lad. Feb last year I got > his death cert. and have been working on and off since then. > > Regards > Jo >
Thank you so much. I have been wading through the old newspaper site and thought I would look for photos and came up with a beauty of William Tutin Walker. It is so good to be able to see a face and know what he looked like. Regards Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gay Fielding" <gayze@tpg.com.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Fw: JOHN MUNRO WALKER > Here is the record of Eileen's citation....Her name is spelt Eileen > May..not > Mary..I wonder which is right? > > http://tinyurl.com/buw6y4 > or > http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=872187&search_type=quick&showInd=true > > Cheers > Gay > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "wollar1914" <wollar1914@yahoo.com.au> > To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 10:19 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Fw: JOHN MUNRO WALKER > > >> Thank you so very much for this. I did ring a friend in Sydney to see if >> she could go and have a look at the fiche for me. Didn't know Russell >> had >> died but I guessed John had. >> John's mothers name was really Bedelia and she married Elliott at some >> time >> and had two sons, worked her out to be about 17 when she had them, then >> somehow she married Walker, can't see where she came in - born in >> Ireland, >> no idea about Elliott but one son is buried at Woodhill and the other one >> married the Governor Generals daughter Blakeney. >> >> >> Must see if I can find Eileen and see why she got OAM. >> >> Really appreciate your help. We had no idea this mob existed until >> someone >> said William had come to Aust from Scotland as a lad. Feb last year I >> got >> his death cert. and have been working on and off since then. >> >> Regards >> Jo >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >