Albums To View

Walker Family Gathering Photo Album
(Only A Sample of New Photos from the Walker Family)

Walker Family Gathering Unknown Persons

Coates Album
(On another site but Soon to have a new home and  updated with new pictures)

The Answer to the correct spelling of 'Whisky - Whiskey'
From the Walker Distillery page

Whisky comes from the Gaelic uisce/uisge beatha meaning "water of life". The name itself may have originally derived from the Scandinavian aquavit; although it may also be modeled on the Latin phrase aqua vitae or the early name for brandy, aqua de vite, meaning "water of the vine".

The spelling whisky (plural whiskies) is generally used for whiskies distilled in Scotland, Wales, Canada, and Japan, while whiskey is used for the spirits distilled in Ireland. A 1968 directive of the ATF specifies "whisky" as the official U.S. spelling, but allows labeling as "whiskey" in deference to tradition; most U.S. producers still use the latter spelling.

In the late Victorian era, Irish whiskey was the world's whiskey of choice. Of the Irish whiskies, Dublin whiskies were regarded as the grands crus of whiskeys. In order to differentiate Dublin whiskey from other whiskies, the Dublin distilleries adopted the spelling "whiskey". The other Irish distilleries eventually followed suit. The last Irish "whisky" was Paddy, which adopted the "e" in 1966.

A mnemonic used to remember which spelling is used is that "Ireland" and "United States" have at least one "e" in their names, while "Scotland", "Canada" and "Japan" do not.

In the United States and Canada, the abbreviated term "Scotch" is sometimes used for "Scotch whisky". In Scotland and most other English speaking countries however, the term "whisky" almost always refers to "Scotch whisky", and "Scotch" is rarely used by itself.