Thomas Walker (Bush family)
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Thomas Walker was the father of George E. Walker and an ancestor of the Bush family.
, near Bristol, England. He married Catherine McLelland on February 22, 1785, in St. Andrew's Church, Clifton, Bristol, England. Walker was murdered in 1799 at sea by pirates who were plundering his ship.
Catherine, born in 1770, died on October 18, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, not long after her husband, leaving their oldest son as the guardian for another son and one daughter.
Biography
He was born 1758 in Clifton, GloucesterGloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
, near Bristol, England. He married Catherine McLelland on February 22, 1785, in St. Andrew's Church, Clifton, Bristol, England. Walker was murdered in 1799 at sea by pirates who were plundering his ship.
Catherine, born in 1770, died on October 18, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, not long after her husband, leaving their oldest son as the guardian for another son and one daughter.