Photo Album #5 – Walker/Robinson Photo Album; Annapolis County N.S. – 1929/1930
Measures: Approximately 11″ x 7 1/4″ x 1/2″
# of Photos: 39 glued in or corner mount.
Pages are loose, unsure of original order of pages. Photos are grouped together on the pages they were on.
Research: I believe this album belonged to Alden G. Walker (1917 – 1990) born in Bridgetown, Annapolis County, N.S.
Photo #1
Printed on the page: “Sutt. & I 1930”
Location unknown.
Research: Alden G. Walker had a brother Sutton Fred Walker (1919 – 1952). They would be about the age of these two boys in 1930.
Photo #2
Printed on the page: “Sutt 1930”
Location unknown.
Research: I believe this is Sutton Fred Walker (1919 – 1952). Born in Bridgetown, Annapolis, N.S.
Photo #3
Printed on the page: “Sutt & His Horses 1930”
Location unknown.
Photo #4
Printed on the page: “My Birthday Party 1929”
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #5
Printed on the page: “Mom & Hazel 1929”
Location unknown.
Research: If this is Alden G. Walker’s album, then his Mom would be Lillian Blanche Robinson (1883 – 1960) b. Upper Clements, Annapolis, N.S., married to Grant Fowler Walker (1883 – 1968) Lillian’s sister, Ella May Robinson (1880 – 1934) married Frederick William Clark and they had a daughter Hazel Blanche Clark (b. 1902?). Could this be the Hazel in the photo?
Photo #6
Printed on the page: “Mom, Mrs. ? Walker & Aunt Mable”
Location unknown.
Research: Lillian Blanche (Robinson) Walker on the far left. Cannot identify Mrs. ? (It’s just a letter, maybe a P) Walker, and cannot identify who would be Aunt Mable.
Photo #7
Printed on the page: “Grace, Vera & Betty Walker 1929”
Location unknown.
Research: Alden G. Walker had a sister, Grace Lillian Walker (1922 – 1979), m. Edwin Angus Gidney (1924 – 2005).
Alden G. Walker had an Uncle, Harry DeBlois Walker (1897 – 1968) m. to Myrtle Vera Morse (1896 – 1983). They had a daughter named Vera Walker. I have no birth date for Vera, but one of her siblings was born in 1927, so the timing would be right.
I cannot identify who Betty Walker would be.
Photo #8
Printed on the page: “Harry’s Children and Toby”
Location unknown.
Research: I believe “Harry” is Alden’s uncle, Harry DeBlois Walker married to Myrtle Vera Morse. I have three children born to them: Anita, John and Vera, who would be Alden G. Walker’s cousins.
Photo #9
Printed on the page: “Nita Walker 1930”
Location unknown.
Research: I believe this is Alden G. Walker’s cousin, Anita Yvonne Walker (1927 – 2005), daughter of his Uncle Harry DeBlois Walker and Aunt Myrtle Vera Morse.
Photo #10
Printed on the page: “Aunt Myrtle & Baby John 1930”
Location unknown.
Research: Alden’s cousin John Alden Walker (abt. 1930 – 2014). John was the son of Harry DeBlois Walker and Myrtle Vera Morse.
Photo #11
Printed on the page: “John, Vera & Kitty 1930”
Location unknown.
Research: Alden G. Walker’s cousins John Alden Walker and Vera Walker.
Photo #12
Printed on the page: “Mom & Her Dahlias 1930”
Location unknown.
Research: Lillian Blanche Robinson married to Grant Fowler Walker.
Photo #13
Printed on the page: “The Skating Party 1929”
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #14
Printed on the page: “Margaretville 1929”
Unidentified.
Photo #15
Printed on the page: “The Ruby L 1929”
Location unknown.
Research: The “Ruby L”, a steamer from Margaretsville captained by Clare Baker, made regular stops in this port (Harbourville). (internet: “Shipbuilding & Sea Captains”, Sep 30, 2017, Saltwire Network)
Photo #16
Printed on the page: “1929”
Location unknown.
Research: Looks to be Lillian Blanche (Robinson) Walker (adult). The three girls in the front look like Grace, Vera and Betty Walker from photo #7. Not sure of the three boys.
Photo #17
Printed on the page ” ’29 “
Research: This appears to be the museum at Fort Anne National Historic Site (Annapolis Royal) – Nova Scotia.
Photo #18
Printed on the page: ” ’29 “
Research: I believe this is also at Fort Anne National Historic Site (Annapolis Royal, N.S.)
Photo #19
Printed on the page: “The Power House & Pipe Line 1930”
Location unknown.
Photo #20
Printed on the page: “Berand Whitman 1931”
Location unknown.
Research: There was a Berand Whitman, born in 1927, in New Jersey, USA. In 1940 he was living in Philadelphia, PA. Unusual first name.
Photo #21
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #22
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #23
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #24
Printed on the page: “July ’29”
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Research: I received an email from R. Sharpe who passed along the following information: “the house in photo 24 and 25 is Grant Fowler Walker’s (and Lillian Blanche’s) house. The house behind it was either her Grandfather’s house or Harry Deblois house”. These houses are in Carlton Corner, Annapolis County, N.S.
Photo #25
Printed on the page: ” ’29 “
Unidentified.
Please see Photo #24.
Photo #26
Printed on the page ” ’29 “
Research: I believe this to be at Fort Anne National Historic Site (Annapolis Royal, N.S.)
Photo #27
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #28
Printed on the page: “Haying 1929”
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #29
Printed on the page: “Haying 1929”
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #30
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #31
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #32
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Research: The individual on the right looks like Lillian Blanche (Robinson) Walker.
Photo #33
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #34
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #35
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #36
Location unknown.
Photo #37
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #38
Unidentified.
Location unknown.
Photo #39
Unidentified.
Location unknown.