The name Walker is as common as Kemmler in my hometown area. I’m aware of at least one case where also on the Walker side all parents have been Walker from various tribes of the family.
Thanks to the close cooperation with my cousins Brenda Kearns and Gena Schantz in the US, who are descendants of two Walker brothers from Wankheim I have a number of great documents and information on the Walker families.
Here all posts related to the Walker family:
In Memoriam Lawrence Walker
“Uncle” Lawrence Walker, born in 1928 in Hartford City, passed away on Dec 24 in his nursing home in Newburgh, IN. Uncle Lawrence was the last of the three Walker
In memoriam Charles Walker
Charles Walker, grand-son of the emigrant, Johann Friedrich Walker, passed away on Jun 8, 2018 after a blessed life of 96 years. He was still helping out on the farm
Charles, Betty and Lawrence Walker visiting Germany
After my first visit to the Walker family in Hartford City, Indiana in April 2002 the grand-sons of the the emigrated Johann Friedrich Walker, Charles and Lawrence Walker decided to
Visit of Brenda & John Kearns and Gena & Kerry Schantz in Wankheim and Wannweil
In 2004 the next generation came to visit Germany. After their parents Charles and Betty Walker in 2002, Brenda Kearns with her husband John and her cousin Gena Schantz with
In memoriam Betty Walker
Betty June Walker (92), the mother of my wonderful cousin, Brenda Walker Kearns passed away on May 31st, 2017 in her home in Hartford City. I have met Betty several
Barnes and farm houses of the emigrants
After a longer break I can continue my postings on the website. Today I will invite you to a little journey through my photo archive showing the barns and houses
2003 – Visit to Hartford City, IN
In memory of my beloved father who would have become 82 years old yesterday. Visiting the Bauer’s in Montpelier, OH After the vacation in the Canadian Rocky’s we planned to
My grandfather’s barn
From Regena Trant Schantz – December 2002 Last summer I visited my great-grandfather’s barn for the first time. My father had often talked about his grandfather but I did not
First visit to the Walker family in Hartfort City, IN
I had already an intense email contact with Brenda (Walker) Kearns and with Gena (Trant) Schantz establishing the link with their closest relatives in Germany, Wilma (Walker) Hipp in Wannweil
Tombstone of Katherina Walker on Lust cemetery
Katherine Walker was the daughter of the emigrants of Johann Georg Walker and Elisabeth Barbara Durr.
Wanderbuch of Johann Georg Walker
Cover of the Wanderbuch From relatives I have found in Crawford Co. I got a copy of a “Wanderpass”, it’s like an early passport. The cover of the “Wanderbuch” of
Johann Georg Walker buried on Lust Cemetery
This is the tombstone of Johann Georg Walker who emigrated in 1834 from Wankheim and was the first of several Walker emigrants. Three of his nephews followed him. All of