Ann Walker

Abt 1774 - 1836  (~ 62 years)

• Name	Ann Walker
  Born	Abt 1774	Boston, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	26 Nov 1775	Great Harwood, Lancashire, England
  Name	Nanny Walker
  Died	21 Jan 1836	Dawn Mills, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Dawn Mills Cemetery, Dawn Mills, Kent County, Ontario
  Person ID	I19836	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John Walker,   b. UNKNOWN, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Chew,   b. 5 May 1771, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. 22 Jun 1809, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, Lancashire, England  (Age 38 years)
  Married	5 Feb 1794	Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England
  Children	1. Betty Chew,   b. Abt 25 Jan 1795, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Thomas Chew,   b. 22 May 1796, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. Between 1796 and 1799, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, Lancashire, England  [natural]   3. Sarah Chew,   b. Abt 18 Oct 1797, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England ,   d. 26 Feb 1858, Dawn Mills, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 60 years)  [natural]   4. Thomas Chew,   b. 4 Jun 1799, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. Samuel S. Chew,   b. 5 Apr 1802, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England ,   d. 23 Aug 1860, Weston (Etobicoke), York, Ontario  (Age 58 years)  [natural]   6. Mary Chew,   b. 3 Jul 1803, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England ,   d. 27 Jan 1804, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   7. Jenny Chew,   b. 4 Jan 1805, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ann's name at her wedding is recorded as "Nanny Walker". Her gravestone transcription records her name as "Ann" and gives her date of death as 12 January 1836, aged 62 years, making her birth date about 1774. There is an unverified family tradition that Ann was married and widowed previously to her marriage to John Chew and that she was a wet nurse to John Chew's son from his previous marriage (whose mother died in childbirth). This story is chronologically challenging, but theoretically possible. No evidence has been found to support or refute the story at this time. Assuming for now that Walker is Ann's birth name, rather than her previous married name, then the IGI has several births for an "Ann Walker" in Lancashire within 2 years of 1774. It is known that Nanny came from "Boston" in Ashton Under Lyne, however "Boston" cannot be found on current maps. The following births are the only ones from Ashton Under Lyne (according to IGI data only). As all three have a father named "John", it is safe to suggest that Ann's father's name was John Walker. However, there is insufficient information to prefer one of the three as of yet. 1) NANNY WALKER, Christening: 09 FEB 1772 Saint Michael, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England, Father: JOHN WALKER, Mother: JENNY. (A member submitted record shows Jenny's name as "Jane Butterworth".) This birth goes by "Nanny", although this birth would make her 63 at her death. 2) ANN WALKER, Christening: 20 MAY 1773 Saint Michael, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England, Father: JOHN WALKER, Mother: SARAH. This one would give the correct death date and a reason for naming her second daughter "Sarah". 3) NANCY WALKER, Christening: 14 APR 1776 Saint Michael, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England, Father: JOHN WALKER, Mother: ALICE. This one seems too late.