John Taylor Walker and Lillian wedding day 1907

Walkers Stores

John Taylor Walker and his wife Lillian Rosina Clark on their wedding day in 1907.

The couple who came to Canvey c1926 ran Walkers Stores at Denham Road.

the couple can be seen living at ‘Perrymead’ in Denham Road in the 1939 Register.

John died on 2nd January 1953 just a month before the floods. He was one of the last to be buried at St Katherine churchyard for sometime.

1939 Register showing the couple living at 'Perrymead', Denham Road

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  • I look forward to coming to Canvey in the autumn and hope to organise a memorial for my grandfather’s grave also for John and Lillian’s son who died in a tragic accident aged 5 in 1929. His name was Roy Taylor Walker.

    By Frances Townsend (07/07/2021)

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