Gertrude Walker

1872 - 1943  (70 years)

• Name	Gertrude Walker
  Birth	31 May 1872	Salem, Essex, MA
  Gender	Female
  Census	9 Jun 1880	Salem, Essex, MA
  	age 8, born MA, living with parents
  Census	4 Jun 1900	Salem, Essex, MA
  	age 24, born May 1876 in MA, Vocalist, living with parents
  Census	19 Apr 1910	19 apr 1910
  	age 37, born MA, Music Teacher, living with her husband at her mother's
  Census	13 Jan 1920	Salem, Essex, MA
  	age 46, born MA, music teacher at home, living at mother's house
  Census	12 Apr 1930	Salem, Essex, MA
  	age 47, born MA, 1st marr at 27, living with husband in mother's house
  Death	3 May 1943	Salem, Essex, MA
  Burial	Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, MA
  Person ID	I3880	Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Albert J Walker,   b. 1 Feb 1850, Salem, Essex, MA d. 26 Jun 1907, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Annie E McIntire,   b. 5 Mar 1852, Salem, Essex, MA d. Jan 1944, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1871	Salem, Essex, MA
  Notes	In 21 Aug 1871 in Salem MA, Albert J Walker, 22, an organ tuner residing Salem, born Salem to Parker D & Margaret D, married Annie B. Macintire, 21, residing Salem, born Salem to William E & Fedelia. 1st marriage for both.
  Family ID	F1065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Sarsfield Crowley,   b. 15 Apr 1871, Salem, Essex, MA d. 15 Aug 1953, Beverly, Essex, MA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	3 Nov 1909	New York, NY
  Family ID	F1066	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2018

  
  

• Notes

  from "Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com) Gertrude Walker was born 31 May 1872 in Salem MA to Albert J Walker, a tuner b. Salem & Annie B McIntyre b. Salem. from "The Boston Herald", 5 May 1943 (genealogybank.com) SALEM, May 4 - Mrs. Gertrude Walker-Crowley, 61, singer and music teacher, died today at her home at 18 Mr. Vernon street here. As a lyric soprano, she appeared on the concert stage for many years, and she had voice studios in Salem and Boston. A 10th generation direct descendant of Roger Conant, founder of Salem, she was the daughter of the late Albert J. Walker, organist and musician. and Mrs. Anne B. Walker, who survives her. Mrs. Walker-Crowley organized and conducted the Choral Art Society of Salem, and was a sponsor and patron of the Men's Singing Club of Beverly. She was active in the campaigns for women's suffrage, was for several years vice president and secretary of the Young Womens' Association of Salem, and for 25 years was associated with her husband in the social activities of department of the Beverly YMCA. She was a member of the Boston Professional Women's Club, and a member of the First Parish Unitarian Church of Salem. She leaves her husband and mother. Funeral services will be at the First Parish Church, Friday at 2 P.M. Burial will be in Harmony Grove cemetery. from review of Stienert Hall Recital in "The Boston Herald", 10 Nov 1911 (genealogybank.com) Gertrude Walker-Crowley soprano, give a recital last evening at Steinert Hall... It is the fashion of certain singers to rely chiefly upon their powers of imaginative interpretation; and when this reliance is based upon skillful management of a voice which may not in itself be of great beauty, the result is often effective. Others prefer to lay emphasis up the merely mechanical side of their art, and they are thus uninteresting as interpreters, although correct in execution. But when both execution and interpretation are lacking, it is reasonable to expect that there shall be some effort on the part of the singer toward even occasional correctness of intonation. Mrs. Walker-Crowley's voice is singularly unpleasant in quality. Last evening mismanagement of breath marred her technical proficiency in her singing and there was at all time a madding imperfection in intonation. Except for a few tones which were warm and sometimes brilliant, she filed to impart emotional color to her singing. Her interpretations were without the element of variety, and read laboriously from a book, the effect was that of a lesson being conned. The singer was at her best in "La Chanson der Patre," which gave excellent opportunity for her to show the attention to detail that marks her work. There was a small audience.