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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

           [237-238]

           JOHN D. WALKER is a native of Scotland, having been born in
        Aberdeenshire, August 5, 1868. At the age of sixteen, in May,
        1884, he came to the United States and located at Detroit, Mich.
        He then completed his education in the night schools of Detroit,
        the elementary principles of which had been acquired in his native
        country. After his school year he apprenticed himself to the
        Detroit Dry Dock Engine Works for the purpose of learning the
        machinist's trade. His time at the shop covered a period of seven
        years, he thereby becoming a thorough machinist. At the age of
        twenty-one he went to Merced, Southern California, and worked on a
        canal, and shortly after was given a hoisting engine to run, which
        was used for the purpose of hoisting water to irrigate the land in
        that region. In 1890 he returned to Detroit and went to work in his
        old shop. During the season of 1891 he shipped on the steamer F. H.
        Prince, finishing that season and the one following in the capacity
        of oiler. The two following seasons he shipped in the same berth on
        the E. C. Pope and Selwyn Eddy. In the spring of 1895 he shipped on
        the steamer George King, as second engineer, finishing the season
        on the steamer Gladstone. In 1896 he was appointed second engineer,
        and with John Kirby on the steel steamer Alva, which positions he
        has held during the seasons of 1896-97-98. During the winter of
        1897-98 Mr. Walker again visited his home, having an uncle who
        is captain of the Campania.
           During the winter of 1896-97 MR. WALKER paid a visit to his old
        home at Crombie-Marnoch, Banffshire, Scotland, and enjoyed a
        sociable time with his friends and relatives. He is a member of the
        I. O. O. F., of the Order of Knights of St. Andrews, and of the
        Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, Lodge No. i, at Buffalo,
        New York.

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