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Want to find the birth of Hall Melville Walker in India. Think I have found all the rest of his family (several siblings) but not him! Parents were Capt William Francis Walker and Sarah Denton. Siblings Sarah Jane, Caroline, William Francis, James Denton, Charlotte Camillia, Thomas Anderson, Arthur Wilson & Lydia Henrietta or Henerietta. All born in Madras but in various places. Have found some of their deaths too.
HMW married Violanta Maria (later Violet Mary) Hoogwerf (sometimes Hoogewerf) 1871 and they had two children as far as we know - Oscar and Elsie. He died in 1886 in India.

He was a lawyer and a legal journalist/editor in Bombay.

i suspect you have this
room's Name: Hall Melville Walker
Groom's Birth Date: 1845
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 26
Bride's Name: Violante Maria Hoogewerf
Bride's Birth Date: 1849
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 22
Marriage Date: 31 Jul 1871
Marriage Place: Trivandrum, Madras, India
Groom's Father's Name: W. F. Walker
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name: A. P. Hoogewerf
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00068-4
System Origin: India-EASy
Source Film Number: 521859
Reference Number:

is this another child
Name: Violet Walker Elen Walker
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 26 Aug 1878
Baptism/Christening Place: Trevandrum, Madras, India
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1878
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Hall Melville Walker
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Violet Maria
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00070-3
System Origin: India-EASy
Source Film Number: 521866
Reference Number: v 59 p 401

this baptism of one of his children is the only one on Family Search

name: Violet Walker Elen Walker
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 26 Aug 1878
baptism/christening place: Trevandrum, Madras, India
birth date: 10 Jul 1878
father's name: Hall Melville Walker
mother's name: Violet Maria
indexing project (batch) number: C00070-3
system origin: India-EASy
source film number: 521866

Yes - it is a bit mysterious but suspect that this may be the person we know as Elsie Violet, ie., my grandmother's mother, as we do not have a birth for her otherwise and the names are virtually the same. I do have the marriage cert; thank you all for the research! Much appreciated. x

You say his father was a Captain - was that Army/Indian Army?

He iS noted as a sea captain.

And we do not know where Capt William Francis Walker was born, although he was married in Madras.

Beginning to think Hall Melville might have been illegitimate son of William Francis Walker. Any inspiration, anyone?

Have had communication to say that his father, William Francis w, was born in Motherwell, which could be useful, exept that there is nothing on Scotlandspeople. Grr. Any ideas anyone? Also that HMW's brother had a son with melville as middle name, so I am pretty convinved that HMW belongs with this family. His paretns are named on his wedding cert, which is difficult to argue with, isn't it? Just wish I could find his birth.

Any ideas for how I find a birth in Motherwell?

For William Francis Walker, probably c.1817.

Does anyone have access to motherwell birth records for c.1817 for William Francis Walker please?