Family background
Frederick John Walters appears to have been born in 1866 to Frederick Walters and his wife Kate. In 1889, he married Herbertena Maria Taylor in Sydney. In 1906, he lived at ‘Lincoln’ on Railway Street near Swanson Street. Shortly afterwards, he moved to Mosman. Walters died at his home, 12 Punch Street, Mosman on 31 March 1945 leaving behind his widow and three living children. He was cremated.
Occupation & interests
Walters’ boot factory was located on Parramatta Road, Forest Lodge. In 1907, he was recorded as a ‘retired boot manufacturer’.
Local government service
Frederick John Walters was an alderman on Erskineville Council in 1905-07, representing North Ward. He was also an alderman on Mosman Council from 1916 to 1919.
References
‘The Boot Robbery’, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 January 1903, p. 4, http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/14488036
NSW Government Gazette, 17 February 1905, p. 1156 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220955355
‘Deaths’, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 April 1945, p. 8, http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17934557
Certificate of Title, Volume 1810 folio 213