Walker, Alexander Alfred
(1930–2003), film critic and cinema historian, was born 22 March 1930 in Portadown, Co. Armagh, only child of Alfred Walker, commercial traveller, and his wife Ethel Linda Harris (née Andrews). The family were presbyterian, though not especially observant…...
Walmsley, James Andrew (1912–2008), Indian civil servant and Dublin businessman, was born 4 October 1912 at The Green, in the townland of
Aughnahoory, near Kilkeel, Co. Down, eldest of four
boys of James Charles Walmsley, a farmer, and Margaret ('Peggy') Walmsley (née
Fairbairn),…...
Wasson, Moore Dunlop (1918–2009), presbyterian
minister and television producer, was
born 2 December 1918, the first-born
child of Robert Wasson and Emmeline Wasson (née Bell). His father was at that time a
soldier, his mother was a milliner before her marriage, and the family lived…...
Workman, Thomas
(1843–1900), naturalist, traveller, and businessman, was born 14 August 1843, third son among fifteen children of Robert Workman and Jane Workman (née Service) of Ceara, Malone Road, Belfast. His father's family was originally from Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland,…...