Friday, March 6, 2015

James William Walker (1891-1934)

James William “Willie” Walker was born on July 14, 1891 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was the son of William Walker and Elizabeth Seamon.  William Walker died in 1897, so James was raised by his mother on the family farm in Paducah.

James married Emily Lucie Jones in 1913 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was 22 years old and she was 18 years.  Emily was born on April 4, 1895 in Paducah, the daughter of George Jerome Jones and Annie Jane Delvin

James and Emily were the parents of two daughters:

Emily Lucille Walker                        born September 3, 1914
Jean Elizabeth Walker        born January 27, 1921

James registered for the draft for the First World War on June 5, 1917 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  At that time, he was working as a machinist for the J.C. Railroad Shop in Paducah.  He was described as tall and slender, with grey eyes and light hair.  James claimed exemption from the draft because he was providing for his wife and child.  He did not serve in the war.

In 1920, James and his family were living with his widowed mother in her home on Broad Street in Paducah. 

By 1930, James had moved his family and his mother to a home on Lovelaceville Paducah Road in Massac, McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was employed as a foreman for the railroad at that time.

James William Walker died on April 8, 1934 in McCracken County, Kentucky.  The cause of death was “fish poisoning.”  He was buried next to his parents in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah.  He was 42 years old at his death.

Emily married James Rudy Willett around 1935 in Tennessee.  Rudy was a widower, and this was his second marriage as well.  He was born on September 10, 1890 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, the son of Dennis Edward Willett and Alice Lulu Hill.  His first wife, Anna Tempel, died in 1931.

In 1940, Rudy and Emily were living in a home in Hillsboro, Florida, where Rudy was working as a supervisor for a retail bakery. 

James Rudy Willett died on July 8, 1970 in Polk County, Florida.  He was buried in Lakeland Memorial Gardens in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida.  He was 80 years old at his death.

Emily Lucie Jones Walker Willett died four years later, on March 7, 1974 in Polk County.  She was laid to rest next to her second husband in Lakeland Memorial Gardens in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida.  She was 78 years old at her death.



Notes for James William Walker
Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
1900 US Census:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Paducah Ward 6, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: 540; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0072; FHL microfilm: 1240540.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
1910 US Census:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Paducah Ward 5, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: T624_493; Page: 23B; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1374506.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Military and Marriage to Emily:  Registration State: Kentucky; Registration County: McCracken; Roll: 1653653.  Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
1920 US Census:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: T625_588; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 133; Image: 551.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1930 US Census:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Massac, Mccracken, Kentucky; Roll: 768; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0019; Image: 838.0; FHL microfilm: 2340503.
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Burial:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

Notes for Emily Lucie Jones
Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Web: Florida, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi : accessed 28 January 2013.
1900 US Census:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Paducah Ward 6, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: 540; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 0071; FHL microfilm: 1240540.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
1910 US Census:  Year: 1910; Census Place: District 7, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: T624_493; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0130; FHL microfilm: 1374506.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Marriage to Rudy:  Year: 1940; Census Place: Hillsborough, Florida; Roll: T627_591; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 29-35.  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.


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