Caroline De Berniere Walker

(1820-1900)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Caroline De Berniere Walker was born on March 11, 1820. She died on August 24, 1900, and was buried in Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC.

Relatives

• Parents: Carleton Walker (1777-1840) [1] and Caroline Mary Mallett (1789-1862) [1].
• Spouse: William P. Mallett, married on October 25, 1841. Caroline De Berniere Walker married William P. Mallett in Hillsborough [1].
• Paternal grandparents: James Walker and Jane Woodhouse.
• Maternal grandparent: Peter Mallett.
• Siblings:
  • four brothers, Carleton Walker, [Jr.], James Woodhouse Walker, Peter Mallett Walker and John 2 Moseley Walker (1824-1894).
  • six sisters, Mary Pearson Walker, Margaret Isabella Walker (1824-1904) , Catherine Burke Walker, Sophia Woodhouse Walker, Sarah Jane Walker and Eliza Henrietta Walker.
• Other: John 1 Moseley Walker (half-brother, 1802-1824).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).