I have stumbled upon Walker relatives in Pietermaritzburg descended from Henry Percival Walker (b.1827). He and his wife Emma Thompson appear to have had a number of children - Sophia Mary Ann (b.1854), William Arthur (b.1861), Albert Edwards (b.1863), Charles Edwards (b.1865), Susan Emily (b.1869) and Walter George (b.1871). I’m afraid I haven’t managed to research them yet though. Christian > On 16 Feb 2015, at 08:00, south-africa-eastern-cape-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fw: Walker family in New Zealand (Pat Frykberg) > > From: Pat Frykberg <patfryk@clear.net.nz> > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Date: 15 February 2015 18:04:23 GMT > Reply-To: Pat Frykberg <patfryk@clear.net.nz>, south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ZA-EC] Fw: Walker family in New Zealand > > > Can anyone here help David, please? the Walker family who came to NZ were part of the Ainslie family too. But Rob Walker is dead now and I think I may be able to find his wife but will need a bit of time. > Pat > > > From: David Luke > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 5:19 AM > To: Pat Frykberg > Subject: Re: Walker family in New Zealand > > > ?Thank you for your prompt reply Pat, and for the links to the NZ Society. > > > > > > It is of interest that a number of "my people" started off in the Eastern Cape and moved to Durban around the 1880s. > > > > > > It is interesting that you mention Bedford. > > > My 2g grandfather, William McGregor, emigrated from England in 1873, apparently to Port Elizabeth. > > > The next information I have is that he died in 1880, in Bedford. > > > Do you have any idea what was happening in or around Bedford that would have drawn him there? > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: Pat Frykberg <patfryk@clear.net.nz> > Sent: February 14, 2015 10:49 PM > To: David Luke > Subject: Re: Walker family in New Zealand > > I doubt it David. My lot (not my family but a friend whose family i helped trace) were Eastern Province of the Cape. Bedford to be precise. Very early settlers. My Walker family, Rob and Noelle came to NZ in 1952. May I suggest that you write to the the NZ Society of Genealogists. They have wonderful records or may put this in a query column. > email cemeteries@genealogy.org.nz. or > researchservice@genealogy.org.nz > Sorry not to be of closer help. Good luck with this > Patricia Frykberg > > > > From: David Luke > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 2:37 AM > To: Patricia Frykberg > Subject: Walker family in New Zealand > > > Hello, > > > I picked your name from a 2005 thread on South African Walkers on Rootschat. > > > > > > I have a Herbert Bertram Walker born about 1874, probably in South Africa. > > > He married my great aunt Katherine Alice McGregor Luke in Durban 9 Aug 1911. > > > They then emigrated to New Zealand. I have them in Lower Riccarton in 1917. > > > They had a son Henry Luke Walker born about 1912, apparently in Durban, and died in 1975, > > > in New Zealand. > > > > > > Are these people any relation to your Walkers? > > > > > > I hope this is still an email address you use! > > > > > > Regards > > > David Luke > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1434 / Virus Database: 4257/8609 - Release Date: 02/14/15 > > > > To contact the SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE list administrator, send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE mailing list, send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text.

​​​Thank you Christian. I'm looking for a Herbert Bertram Walker, born about 1874 by NZ death index. A cousin of your relatives? Another child? I see Henry Percival was married in 'Maritzburd. familysearch shows me many of his children (add Caroline 1857) and other Walkers in PMB and some in Durban. But not Herbert . I'll keep looking. David ________________________________ From: Christian Stewart <christian@crieffvechter.com> Sent: February 16, 2015 5:45 AM To: Rootsweb Eastern Cape Mailing List Subject: [ZA-EC] Fw: Walker family in New Zealand I have stumbled upon Walker relatives in Pietermaritzburg descended from Henry Percival Walker (b.1827). He and his wife Emma Thompson appear to have had a number of children - Sophia Mary Ann (b.1854), William Arthur (b.1861), Albert Edwards (b.1863), Charles Edwards (b.1865), Susan Emily (b.1869) and Walter George (b.1871). I’m afraid I haven’t managed to research them yet though. Christian > On 16 Feb 2015, at 08:00, south-africa-eastern-cape-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fw: Walker family in New Zealand (Pat Frykberg) > > From: Pat Frykberg <patfryk@clear.net.nz> > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Date: 15 February 2015 18:04:23 GMT > Reply-To: Pat Frykberg <patfryk@clear.net.nz>, south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ZA-EC] Fw: Walker family in New Zealand > > > Can anyone here help David, please? the Walker family who came to NZ were part of the Ainslie family too. But Rob Walker is dead now and I think I may be able to find his wife but will need a bit of time. > Pat > > > From: David Luke > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 5:19 AM > To: Pat Frykberg > Subject: Re: Walker family in New Zealand > > > ?Thank you for your prompt reply Pat, and for the links to the NZ Society. > > > > > > It is of interest that a number of "my people" started off in the Eastern Cape and moved to Durban around the 1880s. > > > > > > It is interesting that you mention Bedford. > > > My 2g grandfather, William McGregor, emigrated from England in 1873, apparently to Port Elizabeth. > > > The next information I have is that he died in 1880, in Bedford. > > > Do you have any idea what was happening in or around Bedford that would have drawn him there? > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: Pat Frykberg <patfryk@clear.net.nz> > Sent: February 14, 2015 10:49 PM > To: David Luke > Subject: Re: Walker family in New Zealand > > I doubt it David. My lot (not my family but a friend whose family i helped trace) were Eastern Province of the Cape. Bedford to be precise. Very early settlers. My Walker family, Rob and Noelle came to NZ in 1952. May I suggest that you write to the the NZ Society of Genealogists. They have wonderful records or may put this in a query column. > email cemeteries@genealogy.org.nz. or > researchservice@genealogy.org.nz > Sorry not to be of closer help. Good luck with this > Patricia Frykberg > > > > From: David Luke > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 2:37 AM > To: Patricia Frykberg > Subject: Walker family in New Zealand > > > Hello, > > > I picked your name from a 2005 thread on South African Walkers on Rootschat. > > > > > > I have a Herbert Bertram Walker born about 1874, probably in South Africa. > > > He married my great aunt Katherine Alice McGregor Luke in Durban 9 Aug 1911. > > > They then emigrated to New Zealand. I have them in Lower Riccarton in 1917. > > > They had a son Henry Luke Walker born about 1912, apparently in Durban, and died in 1975, > > > in New Zealand. > > > > > > Are these people any relation to your Walkers? > > > > > > I hope this is still an email address you use! > > > > > > Regards > > > David Luke > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> > Version: 10.0.1434 / Virus Database: 4257/8609 - Release Date: 02/14/15 > > > > To contact the SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE list administrator, send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE mailing list, send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text.