WALKER, AIDA OVERTON

WALKER, AIDA OVERTON. Entertainer (14 February 1880 in Richmond, Virginia; 11 October 1914 in New York, New York). Her family moved to New York when she was a child, and there she received her early musical training. She began her professional career in 1895 as an entertainer in John Isham's Octoroons company. In 1896 she went to Black Patti's Troubadours , and in 1898 she joined the George Walker/Bert Williams company . She and Walker were married in 1899...