The History of the Walker Family and the Times They Lived

Terry W. Drake

Jul 2017 · Xlibris Corporation

About this ebook

The History of the Walker Family and the Times They Lived is a genealogy study into the families that have married into the Drake family. This study is based on the families that married into the Bettie Eileen Walker Drake family. This study includes the marriage of Merrill Clayton Drake to Bettie Eileen Walker. The Walker family study traces their ancestry back to their origin in England. The study takes into consideration the hardships they faced in migrating from England to the Virginia Colony. This book attempts to report the immigration of the Walker families and identifies the ships that they sailed on to immigrate to America. It describes world events that occurred during their lifetimes that had an effect on their existence. The study was developed from family data available to the author. It includes war records for selected individuals drafted into World War II and other wars starting with the American Revolution. This study is a dedication to my family.

Ratings and reviews

I will use this to put suggestions into my research, but I don't trust it. Spelling errors, duplicate dates and outright errors keep turning up. One example: some Walkers are shown as being born in "Shropshire, Bedfordshire". Those are two separate English counties, far from each other. I note the author has an MBA, but that doesn't mean his research is adequate, accurate, or supported. I recommend you file this research under the "stories" heading, and DON'T TRUST IT. Sorry.

I was searching for information on the Walkers and related lines. I do know that this book is filled with incorrect information on the Walker lines. I do not know where he got his information, but it wasn't from anything such as Wills, Deeds or a thought process. I would definitely not waste your money or time with this one. I would offer to contact me for look-ups, but I know my line in here is completely butchered, and yours probably is also. I wouldn't want to keep perpetuating myths.

About the author

The author was born in Pittsburg, Kansas, on July 20, 1948. It is a small town in the south east corner of the state. He joined the United States Air Force in the middle of the Vietnam War era in August 1966. He served four years in the military, acquiring the G.I. Bill for his college education. He attended the University of Missouri at Kansas City, where he earned his Bachelor in Business Administration degree and continued on in graduate school. He obtained his Master in Business Administration in May 1975 and received his Certificate in Public Accounting in June 1976. The author is the former General Manager for the Board of Public Utilities in Kansas City, Kansas, and a former Board Member for the American Public Power Association. He has served on the Board of Western Fuels Association and is a member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In his last eight years in public service, he lived in the United States Territory of the Virgin Islands on St. Thomas. He served as the Chief Financial Officer for the Water and Power Authority and as a special financial consultant to the Government of the Virgin Islands. The author began his new career in writing after the death of his wife Deanna in 2004 and now lives in Kansas City, Kansas. Mr. Drake is the father of three children. His elder daughter Terry Christine Drake lives in Everett, Washington, with her two sons Sean and Jacob, his younger daughter Dresden Marie Drake Goldberg lives in Frisco, Texas, with her husband Stephen Arnold Goldberg and their twin girls Hannah and Harper, and the author’s son Brandon “Octavian” Lee Drake lives in Tampa, Florida, just after serving eight years in the United States Navy stationed in Japan.