Origins of surname
Although it is tempting to believe that this name originated with someone who preferred to walk, rather than ride, take a bus or hail a taxi, it is actually a far older surname, which was either an occupational name for a fuller, or a locational name from a place called Walker in Northumberland. If occupational it derives from the pre 7th Century word "wealcere", and describes the work of the fuller to scour and thicken raw cloth in a large vessel containing a water mixture by trampling on it.
Early records
There are Walker baptism records in Jersey church registers as early as 1700, but the number of immigrant soldiers and other newcomers makes it very difficult to assemble family trees.
The name is clearly still present in Jersey today, but the ancestry of the many families with the name is difficult to establish.
Variants
- Walker
Family records
Church records
- Walker baptisms in Jersey
- Walker marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Walker marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Walker burials in Jersey
Family trees
Family histories
- Frank Walker, Jersey's first Chief Minister
Great War service
- Walker family members who served in World War 1
- Presentation to Corporal Frederick James Walker, MM, at the Town Hall
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Walker family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Edith Walker, Kerami, Pontac - 6 June 1932, D/Y/A/93
- Frank Walker, Elmfield, Peirson Road, St Helier - 18 October 1940, D/Y/A/107
- Joseph Walker, Elmwood, Hayes Road, Beckenham, Kent - 23 August 1932, D/Y/A/93
- Joseph Walker, Rockvale, St Lawrence - 23 December 1909, D/Y/A/68
- Juliana Walker, Kings Cliff House, St Helier - 21 July 1934, D/Y/A/96
- Malcolm Walker, La Forge, Trinity - 14 November 1945, D/Y/A/114
- Margaret Walker, Norwood Villa, St Saviour's Road - 28 July 1933, D/Y/A/94
- Mary Walker of St Helier, widow 20 March 1843 - D/Y/A/25
- Ralph Walker, Vicar of St Lukes - 2 February 1921, D/Y/A/81
- Sarah Walker née Cook, Rockvale, St Lawrence - 13 April 1917, D/Y/A/76
- Selina Walker, Rosedale, Patier Lane, St Saviour - 28 December 1940, D/Y/A/107
- Thomas Walker Fowler of 1 Market Street, St Helier, Hairdresser - 14 January 1891, D/Y/A/50
- Thomas Walker, Holmhurst, Queens Avenue, St Helier - 28 December 1928, D/Y/A/88
- William Walker bequeaths to Anne Jane Journé property in the funds of Brazil - 4 January 1864, D/Y/A/32
Burial records
Family album
Eric Walker
Charles Philip Walker (1861-1957)
Charles Philip Walker with his daughters Gwendoline May and Ella Louise
Corporal Frederick James Walker, MM
Edith Harriet Walker (1884-1971)
Rebecca Elizabeth Walker (1854-)
Wedding of Richard Walker and Madelaine, nee Le Clercq
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Rogues' gallery
Clifford Walker, aged 16, was convicted of burglary in 1909, together with Arthur Huston (14) and Walter Le Lievre (12) and sentenced to one month in prison with hard labour
Family businesses
1860
1897
Family gravestones
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Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
St Brelade Church cemetery
St Brelade Church cemetery
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
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