Tivey Family Genealogy
Mary Tivey Born 1779
Mary Tivey, eldest daughter of Mary Fairbrother and Edward Tivey, married John Heap in Melbourne, Derbyshire in 1802: So far I have found one daughter, Emma Heap born 1813 in Melbourne but there may be others:
| Name | Date | Place | Married | Date | Place | Died | Place |
| Emma | 1813 | Melbourne | Benjamin Walker | 1831 | Melbourne | 1895 | Nottingham |
Emma married Benjamin Walker, a Lace Manufacturer from
Stretton near Burton On Trent, Staffordshire and settled in
Nottinghamshire where Lace Manufacturing was one of the most
popular industries at that time, Emma Heap and Benjamin Walker
had the following Children:
The family was quite well off, Emma's husband left a Will of over £31,000 when he died in 1883, Emma herself left a legacy of £688 on her death in 1895. The family firm was founded in the 1840s by Benjamin Walker (1803-1883), who was originally from Staffordshire. He was one of the pioneers of lace curtain making and formed a partnership with Edward Elsey in Beeston and Lenton. By 1854 Walker and Elsey were operating from a factory on the corner of Commercial Street and Spring Close in Old Lenton, and from the mid-1860s until 1883 Walkers also owned a factory on Russell Street in Lenton where they operated Levers lace machines. The company was employing 350 people in 1881, and Benjamin Walker had the house 'Lenton Eaves' built for him in around 1875. Benjamin Walker was co-founder, with Thomas Bayley, of the first co-operative movement in Nottinghamshire There are more details on the Walker family descendants available, if you would like them then please contact me. |