Birth Name: Robert Hudson Walker
Date of Birth: October 13, 1918
Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah
Date of Death: August 28, 1951
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California
Ethnicity:
*62.5% English
*37.5% Scottish
Robert Walker was an American actor.
His aunt (mother’s sister), Hortense (McQuarrie) Odlum, was the first woman president of the Bonwit Teller department store, and the wife of financier Floyd Odlum. Robert’s son, with his ex-wife, actress Jennifer Jones, is actor Robert Walker, Jr.
Robert’s paternal grandparents were Joseph Robinson Walker (the son of Joseph Walker and Ann Mitchell) and Sarah Jane Hudson (the daughter of William Hudson and Mary Elizabeth White). Robert’s grandfather Joseph was born in Pudsey, Yorkshire, England. Robert’s grandmother Sarah was born in Echo Canyon, Utah, to English parents, her father from Brimington, Derbyshire and her mother from Oldham, Lancashire.
Robert’s maternal grandparents were Hector Allen McQuarrie (the son of Hector McQuarrie and Agnes Gray) and Ella Carr Gardner (the daughter of Robert Gardner and Mary Ann Carr). Robert’s grandfather Hector was born in St. George, Utah, to Scottish parents, his father from Kilmalcom, Renfrewshire and his mother from Ayr, Ayrshire. Robert’s grandmother Ella was born in Utah, to a Scottish father from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire and an English mother from North Shields, Northumberland.
Source: Genealogy of Robert Walker – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com