Fifth Generation  

16. James Wyborn WALKER [9146] (Sarah Anne HAGUE¹², John⁴, Jenkin², John¹) was born on 13 Sep 1849 in Speenhamland Newbury Berkshire England, died on 09 Jan 1892 in Toronto Ontario Canada at age 42, and was buried on 11 Jan 1892 in Toronto Ontario Canada. The cause of his death was Heart Failure.

General Notes: In an attachment to an email, dated June 20th, 2003, John Edwards states:-

official death schedule states 11/1/1892 but newspaper reports suggest 9 Jan

Toronto #20859 1892, JW Walker, died 11 January 1892. He was an Insurance Manager.
Cause of death - heart failure. Informant was doctor.

Extract from the Toronto Globe and Mail, January 11, 1892, page 8 Column 2.
TERRIBLE SUDDEN DEATH
The many friends of Mr. J. Wyborn Walker, the well-known insurance man, will learn with regret of his sudden death on Saturday morning. Mr. Walker, who was the Toronto superintendent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York, retired the previous evening apparently in perfect health, but at an early hour in the morning, he was seized with an apoplectic fit, and expired before medical aid could be summoned. He was an enthusiastic member of the Sons of England Benevolent Society, and had spent the evening with the brethren of Chesterfield Lodge at their regular fortnightly meeting, where his genial good-fellowship and hearty manner was as warm as ever, giving no indication of the awful proximity of his death. He was a member of Birmingham Lodge, No. 69, where he was highly esteemed and held an important executive office. Deceased, who was about 45 years of age, leaves a widow and a little girl. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon, under the direction of Birmingham Lodge

More about JAMES WYBORN WALKER:
Burial: 12 January 1892, Toronto, Canada
Census 1: 14 May 1891, St Stephen Ward, Toronto West, Ontario, Canada
Census 2: 1851, Church Speen, Newbury, Berkshire
Funeral: 12 January 1892, From Euclid Avenue, Toronto
Individual Note: 1892, Member of Birmingham Lodge OEBS no 89
Occupation 1: 1892, Insurance Manager with Metropolitan Life Assurance Co of New York
Occupation 2: 1875, Gentleman
Residence 1: 1875, Parish of St Augustine, Everton, Lancaster
Residence 2: 1892, Euclid Avenue, Toronto, Canada

Further Information provided by John in August 2007, says:
James connection with the Wyborn name comes from James' grandmother's maiden name.. The Wyborn family seat was at Northborne Court some 5 miles south of Sandwich. The family had lived there in various mansions since late Elizabethan times. William Wyborn was mayor of Sandwich from 1735-1746.
There is also a link to Berkshire with Elizabeth Wyborn, daughter of James and Rebecca. She married Captain Henry Boyle Deane, of the Royal Berks militia of Hurst Grove, Berkshire in late 1700s.

James married Julia COLLARD [9145] [MRIN: 4376], daughter of Thomas COLLARD [2081] and Ann Elizabeth WACHER [434], on 03 Apr 1875 in St Michael's Church Throwley Faversham Kent England. Julia was born on 27 Mar 1846 in Canterbury Kent England, was christened on 07 May 1846 in St Paul's Canterbury Kent England, and died after 1909.

Marriage Notes: Witnessed by J I Wachin and Fanny Collard.

General Notes: In an attachment to an email, dated June 20th, 2003, John Edwards states:-

1901 census
Lived at 3 Nelson Crescent, Ramsgate, Kent
Lived with her sister Fanny E Collard, aged 60, who operated a boarding house, Julia now a widow, aged 55, Dora Walker and three servants; Ada G Farrar, aged 40, Emily Taylor, aged 54 and Daisy Mynheer, aged 17

More about JULIA COLLARD:
Census 1: 1901, 3 Nelson Crescent, Ramsgate, Kent
Census 2: 1851, Bells Forstall, Throwley, Kent
Census 3: 1871, Bells Forstal Farm, Throwley, Kent
Census 4: 14 May 1891, St Stephen Ward, Toronto West, Ontario, Canada
Residence 1: 1875, Throwley, Kent
Residence 2: 1892, Euclid Avenue, Toronto, Canada

The child from this marriage was:

+ 19 F    i. Dora J WALKER [24743] was born on 08 Dec 1887 in New York New York USA, died on 12 May 1959 in Balham Surrey England at age 71, and was buried in Magdalen Road Cemetery Wandsworth London. (Relationship to Father:Biological, Relationship to Mother:Adopted)

James had a relationship with Fanny Ella Louisa COLLARD [24742] [MRIN: 1728], daughter of Thomas White COLLARD [2817] and Hester Louisa COLLARD [9462]. Marriage status: unmarried. Fanny was born on 28 Aug 1867 in Broomfield Kent England and was christened on 06 Oct 1867 in St Martin's Herne Kent England.

Marriage Notes: James had a Liaison with Fanny Ella Louisa Collard, who was his Wife's Niece, resulting in a Daughter being born.

General Notes: In an eMail, dated July the 8th, 2006, John Edwards states:

It transpires that my gt grandmother, known as Ella, was officially registered as Fanny Louisa but christened Fanny Ella Louisa. She is subsequently recorded as Ella in all censuses and also on her marriage certificate to Frank Browne, aka Francis St Clair. I have used the name Fanny Ella Louisa in my records. She was a foxy lady and apart from her affair with James Walker, she gave birth to a second child out of wedlock, Clifford St Clair, aka Clifford Browne. Clifford's birth certificate gives his parents as Francis St Clair and Ella St Clair, formerly Collard although there is no record of such a union until she eventually married Frank Browne and had two more children.

a further eMail from John Edwards [Jan 11, 2007] says:
I think (Fanny) Ella went to the US to stay with James and Julia Walker. I have an Ella Collard, spinster, aged 17, arrived in New York aboard the Oregon on 19 May 1884 having shipped out from Liverpool. If that is the same Ella, then the liaison took place in USA since Dora was born in late 1887.
I don't know when Julia died but it was after Dora's wedding in 1909. James and Julia did raise Dora as their own (a very understanding wife was Julia!) and after James' death they returned to live with Julia's sister in Ramsgate. (1901 census).

Their child was:

+ 20 F    i. Dora J WALKER [24743] was born on 08 Dec 1887 in New York New York USA, died on 12 May 1959 in Balham Surrey England at age 71, and was buried in Magdalen Road Cemetery Wandsworth London.