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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Derry (Londonderry) => Topic started by: TonyMcGartland on Wednesday 05 November 25 18:52 GMT (UK)
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Trying to locate information on Samuel Walker who lived in Goshaden, Derry in the 1950s-60s. He was a railway engine driver. No other clues.
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Do you mean Gosheden in the civil parish of Cumber Lower?
https://www.townlands.ie/londonderry/tirkeeran/cumber-lower/ardmore/gosheden/
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Definitely Ardmore. I've no other clues I'm afraid
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Definitely Ardmore.
But you mentioned Goshaden in your first post ???
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No way to tell is this is the one you are looking for-
Londonderry Standard, 12 May 1959: CO. DERRYMAN IN HOSPITAL. INJURED IN MOTOR CYCLE CRASH. Samuel Walker (57), of Ardmore, was admitted to the Derry City and County Hospital yesterday with injuries following a motor-cycle crash. His condition is not serious, ...
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Above looking more promising.
Derry Journal, 12 May 1959: ARDMORE MOTOR-CYCLIST INJURED. Samuel Walker, Goshaden, was admitted to Derry City and County Hospital yesterday with injuries following a ...
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Above looking more promising.
Derry Journal, 12 May 1959: ARDMORE MOTOR-CYCLIST INJURED. Samuel Walker, Goshaden, was admitted to Derry City and County Hospital yesterday with injuries following a ...
Thanks, aghadowey :)
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Londonderry Sentinel, 29 May 1963: MOTOR CYCLIST FELL OFF MACHINE ... Altnagelvin Hospital approximately an hour and a half after admission. The only eye witness of the accident, Samuel Walker, of ...
Derry Journal, 28 May 1963: PILLION PASSENGER'S DEATH ... Glenkeen, Ardmore, who died shortly after admission to Altnagelvin Hospital on April 28th from injuries received when he fell off his motorcycle after rounding a bend on the Burntollet-Ardmore road, near the Junction with the Kildoag road. Samuel Walker, Goshaden, said that after rounding the bend McCormick's motor-cycle began to wobble and he was thrown to the ground. There ...
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Funny, l read these brief reports earlier today. Shame there is no clue to age of Samuel. It is most definitely him as he was described as an engine driver. Thank you
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Funny, l read these brief reports earlier today. Shame there is no clue to age of Samuel. It is most definitely him as he was described as an engine driver. Thank you
You'll need to re-read what I posted.
No way to tell is this is the one you are looking for-
Londonderry Standard, 12 May 1959: CO. DERRYMAN IN HOSPITAL. INJURED IN MOTOR CYCLE CRASH. Samuel Walker (57), of Ardmore, was admitted to the Derry City and County Hospital yesterday with injuries following a motor-cycle crash. His condition is not serious, ...
IF he was from Derry City then this one in 1911 is closest in age-
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Londonderry_No__5_Urban/Duke_Street/606323/
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I am so sorry, I over-looked the age, thanks Aghadowey
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No way to tell is this is the one you are looking for-
Londonderry Standard, 12 May 1959: CO. DERRYMAN IN HOSPITAL. INJURED IN MOTOR CYCLE CRASH. Samuel Walker (57), of Ardmore, was admitted to the Derry City and County Hospital yesterday with injuries following a motor-cycle crash. His condition is not serious, ...
IF he was from Derry City then this one in 1911 is closest in age-
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Londonderry_No__5_Urban/Duke_Street/606323/
For info.
Samuel Walker from 1911 census above this appears to be his birth record and his parents marriage
1902 birth Samuel
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1902/01911/1741079.pdf
1898 marriage
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1899/10370/5775690.pdf
1901 census
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Ballymagorry/Backfence/1753234/
1899 birth first child Roseanne Eliza
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1899/02019/1774865.pdf
Mary Catharine Chambers Young
Birth Date 12 Jun 1871
Birth Place Strabane, Tyr, Ireland
Baptism Place Strabane, Tyr, Ireland
Father Samuel Young
Mother Rosanna Phillips
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Thank you for this information, this may unleash some further leads.
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The Londonderry Sentinel of 5th December 1950 mentions a Samuel Walker, Londonderry, driver of the train, in an article on the resumed inquest concerning the Omagh Rail Tragedy in which 5 employees lost their lives. Those killed had been working on the line at the time of the incident. The coroner reached a verdict that there was no sign of negligence and that the deaths were accidental.
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Yes, thank you. I have written a book on Omagh which included this incident. I am trying to locate family for comments on the tragedy.
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The Londonderry Sentinel of 9th March 1966, carried a very interesting article on a Mrs Ruth Walker of Goshaden, wife of a Samuel Walker. This Samuel was apparently a former UTA employee, so presumably the Ulster Transport Authority (which ran rail and bus transport in Northern Ireland and operated from 1948 until 1967). A possibility for the Samuel you are interested in, perhaps.
Other articles on this Ruth Walker indicate she was originally from Wales, whilst some say England. These also refer to her husband as a 'transport worker' and that he/they 'took over a derelict farm in Goshaden.' By 1960, she had apparently been in Northern Ireland for 13 years.
Perhaps worth reaching out to the Northern Ireland Goat Club to ask if any current members have links to and/or knowledge of, anyone related to this Ruth and Samuel and would be willing to pass on your details to them, in hope they might then contact you and confirm or rule out Samuel as having been one and the same as the railway driver.
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I am trying to locate family for comments on the tragedy.
From the 1911 census (reply #9), the four younger Walker siblings-
1 January 1904 - James
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1904/01839/1717729.pdf
28 June 1906 - Mary Kathleen
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1906/01730/1683696.pdf
17 April 1908 - Maggie
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1908/01655/1660247.pdf
31 May 1910 - Eleanor Jane
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1910/01571/1633442.pdf
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The Londonderry Sentinel of 9th March 1966, carried a very interesting article on a Mrs Ruth Walker of Goshaden, wife of a Samuel Walker. This Samuel was apparently a former UTA employee, so presumably the Ulster Transport Authority (which ran rail and bus transport in Northern Ireland and operated from 1948 until 1967). A possibility for the Samuel you are interested in, perhaps.
Other articles on this Ruth Walker indicate she was originally from Wales, whilst some say England. These also refer to her husband as a 'transport worker' and that he/they 'took over a derelict farm in Goshaden.' By 1960, she had apparently been in Northern Ireland for 13 years.
Perhaps worth reaching out to the Northern Ireland Goat Club to ask if any current members have links to and/or knowledge of, anyone related to this Ruth and Samuel and would be willing to pass on your details to them, in hope they might then contact you and confirm or rule out Samuel as having been one and the same as the railway driver.
Thank you, this is a most interesting lead. Appreciated.