Henry WALKER

  General Notes:

See 1871 census for wife

First name from death of wife Lavinia - Lavinia was widow of Henry Walker, Seaman

Marriages Mar 1864 Mile End 1c 897
Gibson Lavinia
Hughes Sarah
Tisdale Alexander
Walker Henry
Feb 14 1864 at "S Thomas in the Parish of Stepney" - by licence
Henry Walker, of full age, Widower, Mariner, St Lukes Old Street. Father Henry William Walker, Deceased
Lavinia Gibson, , Widow, - , Stepney. Father John Smith, Deceased
Witnesses were John Stiling and Elizabeth Stiling (not certain of surname)
- all signed their names

The 1871 census, only showing Lavinia as "wife", is ambiguous. Is he at sea, or was he dead?

As a mariner, did he die overseas?
Marine deaths
1877 Walker Henry - Peshawur 210
1879 Walker Henry 26 Indus 167
1880 Walker Henry 58 Alligator 47

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Seaman.

Henry married Lavinia SMITH, daughter of John SMITH and Mary Anne WILLIAMS, on 14 Feb 1864 in Stepney, London, England. (Lavinia SMITH was born in 1820 in Rochester, Kent, England, baptised on 4 Jun 1820 in Rochester, Kent, England and died on 17 Feb 1886 in Mile End, London, England.)