| Name | Laura May MacLeod was also known as Laura MacLeod.2 |
| Name | She was also known as Laura May Walker.1 |
| Birth | She was born on 7 May 1873, in Prince Edward Island, CanadaG.1,3 |
| Marr Lic | She & James Colin Walker obtained a marriage license on 10 October 1902.4 |
| Marriage | She married James Colin Walker son of David Walker and Elizabeth L. Higgins, on 15 October 1902, in the Strathcona Hotel, Summerside, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, CanadaG.
James C. Walker of Mill Valley, PEI (B) andLaura M. McLeod of Boston, Mass (S).Date of license: Oct. 10, 1902Date of ceremony: Oct. 15, 1902. Performed by Rev. W.H. Smith, Summerside.Witnesses: John Stavert and Laura Walker.
"At the Strathcona Hotel, Summerside, Oct. 15th, by the Rev. W.H. Smith, M.A. B.D., James C. Walker, of Mill Valley, and Laura M. McLeod of Boston, Mass."5,2,4
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| Wife | Laura May MacLeod was enumerated on the census in 1916 in the household of James Colin Walker, as his wife, in Kingsley, Saskatchewan, CanadaG. Enumerated in the household with James (age 42) were his wife Laura May (age 43), children Ina Jane (age 12), Velma Maria (age 8) and Lizzie (age 3). James was a farmer. The family religion was Presbyterian.3 1916 Canada Census, Kingsley, Saskatchewan. Household of James Colin Walker, his wife Laura May, daughters Ina Jane, Velma Maria and Lizzie. |
| Wife | She was enumerated on the census in 1921 in the household of James Colin Walker, as his wife, in Kingsley, Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, CanadaG. Enumerated in the household with James (age 44) were his wife Laura (age 48), their daughters Ina (age 17), Velma (age 13) and Elizabeth (age 8). James was a farmer, Velma a student. The family religion was Presbyterian.6 |
| Death | She died on 27 January 1928 in Broadview, Saskatchewan, CanadaG,
Obituary: (Agriculturist, 9 Feb. 1928): "Word was recently received in Kelvin of the death of Laura McLeod, wife of the late James C. Walker, Broadview, Sask. The sad event occurred on January 27th, after an illness of three days of paralysis at the age of 54 years. She is survived by three daughters, Ina and Elizabeth at home, and Mrs. George Page, Kipling, Sask.; also two sisters, Mrs. Ina Glazier, and Mrs. Norman McLeod, both residing in United States."Obituary (Agriculturist 16 Feb. 1928): "The death took place suddenly at Broadview, Sask., recently of Mrs. Laura Walker, aged 54 years. The late Mrs. Walker was born in Charlottetown, a daughter of Peter MacLeod. At the age of 16 she went to Massachusetts with her widowed mother and lived there until her marriage to Mr. James C. Walker of Kelvin, P.E. Island in 1901. In 1906 they went West and settled near Broadview, Sask., where the family has since resided. Mr. Walker passed away on January 1st, 1926, and Mrs. Walker has carried on since his death farming successfully one section (640 acres) of land. She was greatly beloved for her quiet, unassuming manner, her willingness to spend and be spent for others and her kindly hospitality. There are left to mourn three daughters, Ina and Lizzie at home, and Velma (Mrs. Page) of Lansdowne, Sask.; also two sisters in the United States. The deceased was an ideal wife, an untiring mother and a true friend."
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Obituary: (Agriculturist, 9 Feb. 1928): "Word was recently received in Kelvin of the death of Laura McLeod, wife of the late James C. Walker, Broadview, Sask. The sad event occurred on January 27th, after an illness of three days of paralysis at the age of 54 years. She is survived by three daughters, Ina and Elizabeth at home, and Mrs. George Page, Kipling, Sask.; also two sisters, Mrs. Ina Glazier, and Mrs. Norman McLeod, both residing in United States."Obituary (Agriculturist 16 Feb. 1928): "The death took place suddenly at Broadview, Sask., recently of Mrs. Laura Walker, aged 54 years. The late Mrs. Walker was born in Charlottetown, a daughter of Peter MacLeod. At the age of 16 she went to Massachusetts with her widowed mother and lived there until her marriage to Mr. James C. Walker of Kelvin, P.E. Island in 1901. In 1906 they went West and settled near Broadview, Sask., where the family has since resided. Mr. Walker passed away on January 1st, 1926, and Mrs. Walker has carried on since his death farming successfully one section (640 acres) of land. She was greatly beloved for her quiet, unassuming manner, her willingness to spend and be spent for others and her kindly hospitality. There are left to mourn three daughters, Ina and Lizzie at home, and Velma (Mrs. Page) of Lansdowne, Sask.; also two sisters in the United States. The deceased was an ideal wife, an untiring mother and a true friend."7,8
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