Help with WALTON & LOCKYER families Somerton

[allibaker]

monumental inscriptions -
henry walton aged 9yrs died 18th oct 1818 son of lockyer and jane verses indicate father survived him buried holy trinity street
jane walton aged 39yrs died 24th oct 1814 wife of lockyer verses include dear husband love my children buried holy trinity street
jane walton aged 15yrs died 1st oct 1825 daughter of lockyer and jane verses indicate father survived her.buried holy trinity street
mary walton aged 16yrs died 28th april 1815 daughter of lockyer and jane.buried holy trinity
regards
alli

[The Doc]

G'day Alli,
THANK YOU so much for your help,you certainly have spent a lot of time researching for me & I really do appreciate your efforts.
The Walton family at West St would be the correct one for my line.It is amazing that Henry would have gone from yeoman to pauper in such a short time & is probably why the 2 boys emigrated in 1855.The Lockyer & Walton marriage is interesting & is most probably Henry's parents.
Kind regards
Peter D

[Bells Hells]

Hi everyone - just new to this forum and I know this request is quite old however my brother researched all the Waltons in Somerton and traced most of the family lines.  I am a descendant of Henry Walton, brother to Lockyer.  They both were sent out to Tasmania to Sarah's brother James Austin.  Lockyer stayed and Henry eventually ended up in NZ.  Let me know if you still need any info

[The Doc]

G'day bells hells,
Following on from your post I would appreciate any info your brother may have on my Walton family.I am only clutching at straws in regards to the Lockyer family connection,my reasoning is that the families in those times carried the maiden name of the grandparents as christian names thus with Lockyer's name I wonder if his grandmother was a Lockyer who married into the Walton family.
What is your connection to Henry Walton??are you in NZ??
Kind Regards,
Peter Docking (aka the doc)

[Bells Hells]

Hi Peter

I am decended from Henry Charles Walton - brother to Lockyer who parents were Henry Walton and Sarah Austin.  The Lockyer name comes from Henry Charles's great grandfather also called Henry who married Sarah Lockyer in 1771.

My great grandfather Henry ended up in NZ possibly seeking work because of the huge public work program there during the 1870's.
Henry married and had 2 sons, William & Lockyer.  Lockyer never married.  My father Austin James (known as Jim) was one of 2 sons of William and Edith Lawrence.

I was born in Auckland but now live in Bundaberg, Qld.

Haven't had a lot of time to learn navigating round the website yet or how to reply to your email !

rgds Helen

[bittenbybug]

Hi Doc,  I note that you are following the Walton/Lockyer family and we may link ancestors as we are descendants from Henry Walton's (who married Sarah Lockyer) sister Susannah Walton, who grandchildren came out to Australia c. 1843, from Somerset.  Looking forward to hearing from you, and it appears Helen Qld, is also related.