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My Mission 1. Robert Cooper Walker 1833- 1897 and Grace Brown 1839 - 1931
I am researching the Walker/Banks Family and am interested particularly in tracing the women and their lives in the 1800s. The Walkers are descendant from Rev James Walker and Fanny Billingsley who arrived in Australia 1841. Their sons became public servants of note i.e Robert Cooper Walker (Head State Library NSW), Philip Billingsely Walker (Head Telegraph) and Richard Cornelius Walker CMG Esq.(Principle Under Secretary NSW.)
The line I am pursuing is Robert Cooper Walker's.
Robert married Grace Brown. The issue is that they had 7 children from 1862 before they were officially married, according to their marriage certificate date, in 1880. I have been unable to find another wife of Robert (nor husband of Grace) to explain this.
Most of the children have the Walker surname on the birth certs. I have and one birth cert for the eldest surviving child, saying "Paul, mother Grace Brown, not married, born Richmond Vic,mother lives NSW.
Three children were born in Vic but they moved to NSW for Robert's career.
Tracing his career, Robert lived in NSW at least from 1861 so why are there babies being born in Vic? The whole family must have been together from 1870 when the 4th child Mabel was born.
The weird thing is that Robert and Grace went back to Victoria to be married 20years from the birth of their first child.
So I want to know more about Grace.There is no census and I can't find a record of a daughter May who is mentioned on Grace's death cert.
Can anyone point me in a direction as to how I can solve this riddle please.
Thank you
KD
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