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WALKER, Unknown
(About 1600-)
WALKER, Alexander Provost of Aberdeen
(About 1631-1711)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. BOYES, Anna

2. IRVINE, Helen

WALKER, Alexander Provost of Aberdeen 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1631
  • Marriage (1): BOYES, Anna on 13 August 1668 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 1
  • Marriage (2): IRVINE, Helen 2
  • Died: 25 February 1711 2
  • Buried: 1711, Saint Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen, Scotland 2

   Another name for Alexander was WALKER, Allexander.3

   User ID: H899.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Provost, 1697 until 1698, of Aberdeen. 2


Alexander married Anna BOYES, daughter of Thomas BOYES and Elspet BIRNIE, on 13 August 1668 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.1 (Anna BOYES was baptised on 3 November 1642 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 3 and died before 1694 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"WALKER
ALEXANDER
ANNA BOYES/FR4062 (FR4062)
13/08/1661
168 / A 120 / 482
ABERDEEN"

from Index of Marriages




"Provost Walker was born about 1631, so that he was about sixty-six years of age when he consented to fill the civic chair between the above date and the following Michaelmas. He was twice married, his first wife being Anna Boyes"

from Aldermen and Provosts 1 2

Alexander next married Helen IRVINE, daughter of Alexander IRVINE younger, of Murthill and Jean CUMMING.2 (Helen IRVINE was born about 1666 2 and died on 15 January 1756 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Alexander Walker) was twice married, his first wife being Anna Boyes, and his second Helen Irvine, a daughter of Alexander Irvine of Murthill."

from Aldermen and Provosts 2

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

2 e-books, Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts, Lord Provosts of Aberdeen 1272-1895 by A. M. Munro (1897).

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

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