Thomas Walker, father of Elizabeth Catherine Walker Pickering. [Webmaster note] Thomas Walker of Flookersbrook, Chester is my 3x Great Grandfather. I am a descendant of his daughter, Elizabeth Walker Pickering. Thanks to third cousin, Janet Leece for portrait of Thomas Walker.
1.1 Thomas Walker of Flookersbrook, 1782-1857
b: 20 Dec 1782
c: 19 Jan 1783, St. John the Baptist, Chester
m: 18 Jul 1805 (age 22)
o: Tanner, St Peter [view document]
o: 1857 (at death), Gentleman
lived: 1805, St. Oswald Parish, St Peter
lived: 1857 (at death) Gresford St., Gresford Parish
d: 1 Dec. 1857, Rose Cottage, Gwersyllt, near Wrexham, North Wales (age 74)
b: 7 Dec. 1857 Overleigh Cemetery, Chester
grave ref: OLD02/1424 / #P1424
Cause of death: bronchitis, ascites (dropsy) and exhaustion
Father: George Walker, Brewer
Mother: Margaret Salmon
m1: Catharine Lightfoot (sometimes spelt with a "K")
c: 7 Dec 1784, St. Oswald's Parish, Chester
m: 16 Jul 1805, of Flookersbrook at
St. Oswald's Parish, Chester (age 20)
d: 8 Dec 1840, Forest Street, Chester (age 56)
b: 15 Dec 1840, St. Oswald's Parish, Chester
Father: John Lightfoot
Mother: Mary Artingstall, widow (of John Artingstall)
m2: Ann Holmes, Rossett, Denbighshire, 26 Aug 1850,
Parish Church of Gresford, Denbighshire
Children of Thomas Walker and Catherine Lightfoot
John Lightfoot Walker, b:1806 d:1817, Chester
Katharine Mary Walker, b: 1810, d:1840, Chester
Thomas Walker, b: 1812, d: 1816, Chester
Alice Walker, b: 1815, d: 1852, Chester
Charles Walker, b: 1817, d: 1853, Chester
Elizabeth Catherine Walker, b:1819, d: 1895, Chester m: Charles William H Pickering
Thomas Walker, b:1821, d: 1871, Chester
John Walker, b: 1822, d: 1845, Chester
William Walker, b: 1824, d:1850, Flookersbrook, Newton
Anne Walker, b: 1826, d: 1814
Emma Walker, b: 1828, d: 1855, Flookersbrook
Alfred Walker, b: 1829, d: 1831, Flookersbrook
• Flookersbrook: Our Walker and Lightfoot Family Connections
• Overleigh Graves
DANIEL CLOWES (1774-1829) THOMAS WALKER AT FLOOKERSBROOK, CHESTER signed, oil on canvas, 62.5 x 84.5cm. Provenance: Commissioned by Thomas Walker. Thence by descent to the present owner. Possibly dating from c. 1805, after Walker's marriage to Catherine Lightfoot, this handsome picture depicts Walker on a horse which he was reputed to have bought from the Shah of Persia. Walker owned the Lion Brewery in Chester and was also a tanner; his yards can be seen in the background. Exhibited: Chester, Grosvenor Museum, 1985, `The Clowes Family of Chester Sporting Artists.' Illustrated and discussed in the catalogue, this is designated as D.47 in the catalogue raisonné.
Auctioned painting on May 25, 2000, UK. According to Blouin Art Sales Index, the painting was Lot 507, Lawrences Auctioneers Ltd., Crewkerne. The painting was being sold for $18,415 USD.
It is described as a signed, oil on canvas, measuring 33 inches high.
Source: Artfact.com
Birth of Thomas (1782), son to George Walker, Brewer and Margaret, his wife.
Source: Chester Parish Records
1841 CENSUS - St John The Baptist, Foregate Street
Note: all of the ages on this census are inaccurate. Actual birth year and ages are in [brackets]
Thomas Walker, head, age 55 [b: 1782, age 59], Brewer
Alice Walker, dau., age 20 [b: 1815, age 26]
Charles Walker, son, age 20 [b:1817, age 24]
William Walker, son, age 15 [b:1824, age 17]
Ann Walker, dau., age 15 [b:1826, age 15]
Emma Walker, dau., age 15 [b: 1828, age 13]
also in household:
James Broadbent, future son-in-law, age 25, [married Alice Walker], Printer
Elizabeth Harrison, age 40, Independent
Ann Hughes, age 40, F.L. [b: 1796, age 45]
Eliza Thelwell, age 30
Robert Ellis, age 20
**Research note from Janet Leece, Jan 2013:
"I have the marriage certificate of a Thomas Walker and Ann Holmes and he is recorded as a gentleman of "full" age. I cannot say for certain that this is the correct Thomas Walker without his age being recorded. My reasons for thinking it is correct is because he died at Rose Cottage, Gwersyllt, near Wrexham, which is in the same area and his death certificate records that he was 75 years old, which would tally with our Thomas Walker. It also records that he was a proprietor of houses."