Wilson Walker SILVER

Wilson Walker SILVER

Male 1876 - 1966  (90 years)


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  • Name Wilson Walker SILVER 
    Birth 5 May 1876  262 High Street, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Royal Navy record

    Gender Male 
    Census 1901  Aboard HMS Pembroke, Chatham, Kent, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1901 England Census for HMS Pembroke, Chatham, Kent
      Included in the crew:
      Name: William* Walker Silver Age: 23* Gender: Male Occupation: Stoker Birth Place: Scotland Civil Parish: Vessels Town: Chatham
      County/Island: Kent Country: England Registration District: Medway Sub-registration District: Gillingham
      ED, institution, or vessel: Pembroke (3)
      NOTES: Name entered as William Walker Silver, but it is Wilson Walker Silver as per Navy records thus: Name: Wilson Walker Silver
      Gender: Male Birth Date: 6 May 1876 Birth Place: Glasgow, Lanark First Service Date: 27 Dec 1897
      First Ship Served On: Pembroke II Last Service Date: 17 Dec 1904 Last Ship Served On: Topaze Service Number: 286709
      Assumed enumerator error. Also his age listed as 23 is obscured in record.

    Occupation Mariner 
    _MILT 1897-1904 
    Royal Navy 
    • Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939
      Name: Wilson Walker Silver Gender: Male Birth Date: 6 May 1876 Birth Place: Glasgow, Lanark First Service Date: 27 Dec 1897
      First Ship Served On: Pembroke II Last Service Date: 17 Dec 1904
      Last Ship Served On: Topaze Service Number: 286709

    Residence 1912-1925  88 Campania St, Garston, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1925-1949  64 Durham St, Garston, Liverpool, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • According to Liverpool, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1970, in 1929-30, lived 64 Durham St, Garston, Liverpool, England, UK


      UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946 England Lancashire 1938 Kelly's Directory of Liverpool and suburbs entry:
      Silver, Wilson Walker mariner, 64 Durham St, Garston


      According to cremation record in 1966, lived at 85 Windfield Rd, Garston, Liverpool, England, UK


      In the 1939 register entry for 64 Durham St, Garston, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK, Wilson Walker Silver is not recorded at that address, only Bertha is. Thus:
      Name: Bertha Silver Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 3 Jul 1881 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 64 Durham St
      Residence Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties Line Number: 1 Schedule Number: 252 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: NHWA Borough: Liverpool Registration district: 453-6 Household Members: 1
      NOTE: Wilson Walker Silver not found elsewhere on 1939 register. However, is found at 64 Durham St on electoral records before and after 1939. Presumably he was at sea.

    Residence 1952-1966  85 Windfield Rd, Garston, Liverpool, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • According to Liverpool, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1970, in 1929-30, lived 64 Durham St, Garston, Liverpool, England, UK


      UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946 England Lancashire 1938 Kelly's Directory of Liverpool and suburbs entry:
      Silver, Wilson Walker mariner, 64 Durham St, Garston


      According to cremation record in 1966, lived at 85 Windfield Rd, Garston, Liverpool, England, UK


      In the 1939 register entry for 64 Durham St, Garston, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK, Wilson Walker Silver is not recorded at that address, only Bertha is. Thus:
      Name: Bertha Silver Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 3 Jul 1881 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 64 Durham St
      Residence Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties Line Number: 1 Schedule Number: 252 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: NHWA Borough: Liverpool Registration district: 453-6 Household Members: 1
      NOTE: Wilson Walker Silver not found elsewhere on 1939 register. However, is found at 64 Durham St on electoral records before and after 1939. Presumably he was at sea.

    Death Jul 1966  Liverpool, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016
      Name: Wilson Walter Silver
      Age: 90
      Record Type: Cremation
      Cremation Date: 21 Jul 1966
      Burial Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

    Notes 
    • According to Liverpool, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1970, in 1929-30, lived 64 Durham St, Garston, Liverpool, England, UK


      UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946 England Lancashire 1938 Kelly's Directory of Liverpool and suburbs entry:
      Silver, Wilson Walker mariner, 64 Durham St, Garston


      According to cremation record in 1966, lived at 85 Windfield Rd, Garston, Liverpool, England, UK


      In the 1939 register entry for 64 Durham St, Garston, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK, Wilson Walker Silver is not recorded at that address, only Bertha is. Thus:
      Name: Bertha Silver Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 3 Jul 1881 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 64 Durham St
      Residence Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties Line Number: 1 Schedule Number: 252 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: NHWA Borough: Liverpool Registration district: 453-6 Household Members: 1
      NOTE: Wilson Walker Silver not found elsewhere on 1939 register. However, is found at 64 Durham St on electoral records before and after 1939. Presumably he was at sea.

    Person ID I6097  Warren Nunn's family tree
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2021 

    Father Alexander SILVER,   b. 1 Nov 1836, Fintray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1879, Monkland Canal, Blackhill, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Mother Jane Walker SCOTT,   b. Abt 1843, Douglas, Lanark, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1895, 91 North Frederick Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 4 Oct 1861  89 North St, Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
      Name: Alex Silver Gender: Male Marriage Date: 4 Oct 1861 Marriage Place: Anderston,Glasgow,Lanark,Scotland
      Spouse: Jane Scott FHL Film Number: 6035516


      1861 marriages in the district of Anderston in the burgh of Glasgow.
      No 200, 1861 October fourth at 89 North Street, Anderston, Glasgow, Alex Silver, attendant at Gartloch Lunatic Asylum (bachelor), 22 years, son of James Silver, carrier, and Margaret Silver M.S.Steven (deceased) and Jane Scott, attendant at Gartloch Lunatic Asylum (spinster), 19 years, dau of Thomas Scott, engineer and Jessie? Scott M.S.Pirie?

    Family ID F1814  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bertha GERRARD,   b. 3 Jul 1881, Liverpool, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1977, 57 Mill Lane, Liscard, Wallasey, Birkenhead, Mersyside, Liverpool, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage Jul 1904  Liverpool, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
      Wilson Walker Silver to Bertha Gerrard Registration Year: 1904 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration District: Liverpool Inferred County: Lancashire
      Volume: 8b Page: 315



      Liverpool, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935
      1927 marriage solemnized in the parish church in the parish of St Michael, Garston, in the county of Lancaster.
      No 184, 13 Aug 1927, Leonard Scott, aged 23, Bachelor, railway servant, of 28 Stamfordham Drive, Allenton, Liverpool, son of George Scott, railway servant, and Jane Silver, aged 21, spinster, of 64 Durham St, Garston, dau of Wilson Walker Silver, seaman. Witnesses: William Ost, Elsie Silver, Bertha Silver.

    Family ID F2919  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2025