BELGIUM: family research Walker

[huey1]

Hi

Trying to establish if a Irish relative of mine Franklin Manderson Walker(flax dealer) lived or had a business in Courtrai,Belguim up until 1914 he also had a business in Rotterdam .He may have been there with his family including a son Jerome who was going to school in Ireland but had  listead a home address 31 Boul Vandenpeereboom with the school ,would point me the dirrection of any records that would be available  thx for any help

huey1
 

[aghadowey]

Lots of background on this thread on ANTRIM board-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=536516.0

[ShaunJ]

Google books has a mention (from Country Life in 1917) of "Reilly and Walker, Courtrai and Rotterdam" in connection with a flax machine.

The 1916 obit of Lt JE Walker in the Times mentions that his father was Mr FM Walker of Reilly and Walker, Courtrai.

[meermin]

place Sint-Pieters-Op-Den-Dijk (near Bruges)
birth certificate
date 16-03-1896

name of baby Maud Charlotte Khonoma Walker
father Thomas Nicholls Walker
mother  Maud Helen Mary Hayes

[meermin]

Sint-Pieters-Op-Den-Dijk
birth certificate
date 19-10-1897

name of baby   Herbert Macpherson Walker
father Thomas Nicholls Walker
mother   Maud Helen Mary Hayes

[meermin]

place Oostende (Ostend, Belgium)
death certificate
date 18-07-1903
deceased: Hunter Arguhart Walker
age 46 jaar
address London GB
Kaaistraat 65 
profession geneesheer  (doctor in medicines)
date and place of death 17-07-1903 te Oostende
born in India
father  Alexandre Walker , died in London
wife of the deceased: Ethel Marie Browne
                                                                  London GB



all data from the Belgian Archives
http://arch.arch.be/
Not available in English.

I also found a Thomas Walker and baptism of two of his children in the 18th century. If you should be interested...


The general genealogical site I know for the Netherlands doesn't work at the moment.


And just a coincidence, Iwas born in Courtray and lived during childhood in the same street you mention for Jerome.

[huey1]

Hi meermin

Thanks for the information but i dont think there is a connection to my Walker's but you never know.Do you know if the street still exist's and if there are any census records for that region that i could search.
thanks again

Huey1

[KGarrad]

I did a few searches on www.genlias.nl (Dutch Genealogical Search), but got no results.
Sorry!

[huey1]

Hi KGarrard

I notice you say (Dutch geneology) is Courtrai not in Belguim!!

huey1