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Parker Lamson Walker

Parker Lamson Walker

Male 1844 - 1922  (78 years)

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  • Name Parker Lamson Walker 
    Birth 11 Dec 1844  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 7 Oct 1850  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 6, born MA, living with parents 
    Census 24 Sep 1855  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 10, born MA, living with parents 
    Census 1 Aug 1860  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 17, born MA, clerk, living with parents 
    Census 1 May 1865  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 20, born MA, works at cabinet organ factory, living with parents 
    Census 9 Jun 1870  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 25, born MA, works in organ factory 
    Census 8 Jun 1880  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 35, born MA, organist, parents born MA/MA 
    Census 4 Jun 1900  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 55, born Dec 1844 in MA, marr 32 yrs, landlord, parents born NH/MA 
    Census 19 Apr 1910  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 65, born MA, marr 43 yrs, Church Organist, parents born VT/NA 
    Census 9 Jan 1920  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 75, born MA, parents born MA/MA 
    Death 11 Dec 1922  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2199  Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2018 

    Father Parker Davis Walker,   b. 26 Aug 1820, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1875, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Margaret A Janes,   b. 9 Feb 1822, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1900, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 21 Mar 1842  Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org)
      Parker D. Walker and Margaret A. Janes married Mar. 21, 1842.
    Histories
    History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts
    History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts
    Family ID F602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Arabella S Goldsmith,   b. 16 May 1848, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 21 Oct 1867  Chelsea, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com)
      On 21 Oct 1867 in Chelsea MA, Parker L Walker, 22, a regulator residing Salem MA, born Salem to Parker D & Margaret, married Arabella S Goldsmith, 19, residing Salem, born Salem to George W & Mary A. 1st marriage for both.
    • from "The Boston Herald", 22 Oct 1917 (genealogybank.com)
      Mr. and Mrs. Parker L. Walker of 5 Winthrop street, Salem, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary yesterday with a reception to their friends both afternoon and evening. The Sough Congregational Church, at which Mr. Walker served as organist for 50 years continuously, presented the couple with flowers. When less than 11 years old he was organist at the Howard Street Congregational Church. A year later he went to the St. James Church. He was organist at St. Peter's Episcopal Church at the age of 13, and for six years after that presided at the organ at the First Baptist Church. April 2, 1865, he became organist of the South Congregational Church. Mrs. Walker was Miss Arabella S. Goldsmith of Salem, and the couple were married in Chelsea, Oct. 21, 1867. They had two children, a son, Fred Goldsmith Walker of Danvers, and a daughter, the late Mrs. Edward S. Little of Washington.
    Children 
     1. Fred Goldsmith Walker,   b. 14 Sep 1868, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1941, Arlington, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +2. Lillian W Walker,   b. 21 Nov 1869, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1909, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
    Family ID F651  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2018 

  • Photos
    Parker L Walker 50th Wedding Anniversary Photo
    Parker L Walker 50th Wedding Anniversary Photo
    from "The Boston Herald", 22 Oct 1917 (genealogybank.com)

  • Notes 
    • from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org)
      Parker L. Walker, s. Parker D. and Margaret A., born Dec. 11, 1844.
    • from "Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980" (ancestry.com)
      Parker Lamson Walker died 1922 in Salem MA.
    • From "The Music Trade Review", 16 Dec 1922
      Parker L. Walker, an organist for sixty years and long identified with the Mason and Hamlin Co., died at his home in Salem on Sunday, which was his seventy-fifth birthday. He was a native of Salem and began the study of music at the age of eight years under Benjamin Lang and afterwards under the latter's son, B. J. Lang. Mr. Walker's first engagement was with St. James' Roman Catholic Church in Salem. He later associated himself with the South Congregational Church, where he continued to play for fifty years. He was an employee of the Mason and Hamlin house for forty-six years and in that long period he frequently acted as accompanist for many of the big singers who used a Mason and Hamlin instrument, after accompanying the artists about the country on their tours. He was most proficient as demonstrator and at the factory was an expert inspector. There is one surviving son, Fred G Walker, of New York City.