The following is the Obituary of Charles Walker which
was published in the Worcester Chronicle, the Saturday following
his death.
Copy of the death certificate
"DEATH OF MR. C.S. WALKER"
One of Worcester's literary men, and a figure formerly well-known on the Corn market, passed away on Monday at St. Margaret's Bromyard Road, in Mr. Charles Simpson Walker.
(Photo of Charles Walker)His age was 79. A native of York [not so according to his birth and baptismal certificates], Mr. Walker came to Worcester in 1844 [again, I doubt the accuracy of that date, and think it should be 1849] as a clerk in the office (photo of canal office) of Mr. W.B. Needham's father, with whom afterwards he went into partnership. When Mr. Needham died this partnership was continued with his son, Mr. W.B. Needham, but subsequently it was terminated, and Mr. Walker started a business of his own in Lowesmore (Photo of the business premises in Lowesmore) from which he retired seven or eight years ago, and which was taken over by Messrs. Cornforth and Cale.
On the Cornmarket he was looked upon as a man of great integrity, and was highly esteemed. Of a retiring disposition, Mr. Walker refrained from participating in affairs of public life. He was of an entirely genial nature. His intense love for books caused him to gather around him a large collection, and he prided himself on being the recipient of many letters from well-known authors, among them Mark Twain. His literary attainments were considerable, and he was looked upon as one of Worcester's best literateurs.
Mr. Walker survived his wife who died suddenly from apoplexy, by six years. Two of his four daughters are at home, one is second mistress at the Clergy Teachers' School, Kirkby Lonsdale and another is a nurse at a London hospital."
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To Charles Walker's Death Certificate
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