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John Walker collection [textual record]

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Collection

Date:

1807-1835, 1979.

Reference:

R2948-0-3-E, MG24-I181

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100995

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John Walker collection
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1807-1835, 1979.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

0.4 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of a transcript (16 pages) of the diary of John Walker describing his experiences as a Methodist lay preacher in England, 1807-1812 and his immigration to North America, 1835. A genealogical chart of the Walker family, 1780-1952, precedes the text and was added when the diary was transcribed.

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Walker, John, 1780-1856

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Walker, John, 1780-1856 : John Walker was a maltster and Methodist lay preacher in England. In 1820, he married Elizabeth Hextall (1790-1881), and in 1835, they and their children immigrated to Guelph, Ont., via New York, on board the Queen Adelaide a U.S. merchant ship.

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General note:

Received in 1979 from Barbara Bowles of Thunder Bay, Ont._
Subject heading:

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Methodist Church - Clergy - Diaries, 1807-1812

England - Emigration and immigration - Canada, 1835

Canada - Emigration and immigration - England, 1835

Walker family - Genealogy, 1780-1952
Source:

Private

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MG24-I181
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