Hannah Maria "Maria" Walker: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Hannah Maria "Maria" Walker was born 8 Apr 1848, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Walker and Hannah Hungerford); died 9 Mar 1911, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States.

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Name: Hannah Maria "Maria" McConkey
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-253481
Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist

Hannah married John Lambert McConkey 25 Nov 1868, Lewiston, Niagara, New York, United States. John was born 3 Sep 1843, Bradford, West Gwillimbury Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario; died 29 Feb 1932, Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

John Walker was born Abt 1808; died Bef 1861.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-253478

Notes:

Her grandparents settled in Hamilton when it was just a mudhole. The courthouse there was built with bricks her grandfather made. He also had a grist mill at Dundas and operated three routes by team to Goderich with supplies. One team came through the Beverly swamp on the corduroy road. She recalls that the people in the Puslinch area were very poor, often having to plant potato peelings for potato seed. The story is told of a Puslinch woman who walked to her Grandfather Walker's mill for 25c worth of flour. The mill had closed on Saturday night when she arrived. Regulations were very strict at that time and a serious fine was imposed on anyone who sold anything between closing hours Saturday and Sunday midnight. The woman pleaded to be served so that she could start the long walk back to her starving family. However, Grandfather Walker promised that he would load his wagon at midnight Sunday so that she could ride to Preston on it and be home just as quickly. When she got off the wagon at Preston she was given as much as she could carry in her arms as she walked the remainder of the way home to Puslinch.

Mrs. Ophelia Rife A Warm And Tender Tribute By Carol Dunnett, Forty-Fourth [1956] Annual Report Of The Waterloo Historical Society

John — Hannah Hungerford. Hannah was born 1808, , USA; died 20 Mar 1882; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Hannah Hungerford was born 1808, , USA; died 20 Mar 1882; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216032978
Name: Hannah Walker
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-253477P
Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist

Children:

Alzina Walker was born Oct 1830, , Ontario, Canada; died 1915; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Mary Ann "Anna" Walker was born 20 Dec 1843, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Dec 1928, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Charles Walker was born 1846, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
1. Hannah Maria "Maria" Walker was born 8 Apr 1848, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Mar 1911, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States.