Parker Lamson Walker

1844 - 1922  (78 years)

• Name	Parker Lamson Walker
  Birth	11 Dec 1844	Salem, Essex, MA
  Gender	Male
  Census	7 Oct 1850	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 6, born MA, living with parents
  Census	24 Sep 1855	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 10, born MA, living with parents
  Census	1 Aug 1860	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 17, born MA, clerk, living with parents
  Census	1 May 1865	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 20, born MA, works at cabinet organ factory, living with parents
  Census	9 Jun 1870	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 25, born MA, works in organ factory
  Census	8 Jun 1880	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 35, born MA, organist, parents born MA/MA
  Census	4 Jun 1900	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 55, born Dec 1844 in MA, marr 32 yrs, landlord, parents born NH/MA
  Census	19 Apr 1910	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 65, born MA, marr 43 yrs, Church Organist, parents born VT/NA
  Census	9 Jan 1920	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 75, born MA, parents born MA/MA
  Death	11 Dec 1922	Salem, Essex, MA
  Person ID	I2199	Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Parker Davis Walker,   b. 26 Aug 1820, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH d. 7 May 1875, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Margaret A Janes,   b. 9 Feb 1822, Salem, Essex, MA d. 20 Mar 1900, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	21 Mar 1842	Salem, Essex, MA
  Notes	from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org) Parker D. Walker and Margaret A. Janes married Mar. 21, 1842.
  Histories		History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arabella S Goldsmith,   b. 16 May 1848, Salem, Essex, MA
  Marriage	21 Oct 1867	Chelsea, Suffolk, MA
  Notes	from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com) On 21 Oct 1867 in Chelsea MA, Parker L Walker, 22, a regulator residing Salem MA, born Salem to Parker D & Margaret, married Arabella S Goldsmith, 19, residing Salem, born Salem to George W & Mary A. 1st marriage for both. from "The Boston Herald", 22 Oct 1917 (genealogybank.com) Mr. and Mrs. Parker L. Walker of 5 Winthrop street, Salem, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary yesterday with a reception to their friends both afternoon and evening. The Sough Congregational Church, at which Mr. Walker served as organist for 50 years continuously, presented the couple with flowers. When less than 11 years old he was organist at the Howard Street Congregational Church. A year later he went to the St. James Church. He was organist at St. Peter's Episcopal Church at the age of 13, and for six years after that presided at the organ at the First Baptist Church. April 2, 1865, he became organist of the South Congregational Church. Mrs. Walker was Miss Arabella S. Goldsmith of Salem, and the couple were married in Chelsea, Oct. 21, 1867. They had two children, a son, Fred Goldsmith Walker of Danvers, and a daughter, the late Mrs. Edward S. Little of Washington.
  Children	1. Fred Goldsmith Walker,   b. 14 Sep 1868, Salem, Essex, MA d. 2 Nov 1941, Arlington, Middlesex, MA (Age 73 years) + 2. Lillian W Walker,   b. 21 Nov 1869, Salem, Essex, MA d. 1 Mar 1909, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2018

  
  

• Photos

  Parker L Walker 50th Wedding Anniversary Photo from "The Boston Herald", 22 Oct 1917 (genealogybank.com)

  
  

• Notes

  from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org) Parker L. Walker, s. Parker D. and Margaret A., born Dec. 11, 1844. from "Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980" (ancestry.com) Parker Lamson Walker died 1922 in Salem MA. From "The Music Trade Review", 16 Dec 1922 Parker L. Walker, an organist for sixty years and long identified with the Mason and Hamlin Co., died at his home in Salem on Sunday, which was his seventy-fifth birthday. He was a native of Salem and began the study of music at the age of eight years under Benjamin Lang and afterwards under the latter's son, B. J. Lang. Mr. Walker's first engagement was with St. James' Roman Catholic Church in Salem. He later associated himself with the South Congregational Church, where he continued to play for fifty years. He was an employee of the Mason and Hamlin house for forty-six years and in that long period he frequently acted as accompanist for many of the big singers who used a Mason and Hamlin instrument, after accompanying the artists about the country on their tours. He was most proficient as demonstrator and at the factory was an expert inspector. There is one surviving son, Fred G Walker, of New York City.