Brief Life History of Donal Dean
When Donal Dean Walker was born on 10 July 1933, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, his father, Donal Elgin Walker, was 25 and his mother, Carol Elizabeth White, was 20. He died on 8 May 1939, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 5.
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Sources (7)
- Donal Dean Walker, "Find A Grave Index"
- Donald Dean Walker, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
- Donal Dean Walker, "BillionGraves Index"
Parents and Siblings
1908–1998 Male
1913–1978 Female
Siblings (3)
1933–1939 Male
1938– Male
1942– Male
World Events (3)
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 2
1935 · The Social Security Act
Age 2
1937 · The Neutrality Act
Age 4
Name Meaning
English (mainly North and Midlands) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, from Middle English walker, Old English wealcere (an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’), ‘one who trampled cloth in a bath of lye or kneaded it, in order to strengthen it’. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker . As a Scottish surname it has also been used as a translation of Gaelic Mac an Fhucadair ‘son of the fuller’. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: The name was brought to North America from northern England and Scotland independently by many different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Samuel Walker came to Lynn, MA, c. 1630; Philip Walker was in Rehoboth, MA, in or before 1643. The surname was also established in VA before 1650; a Thomas Walker, born in 1715 in King and Queen County, VA, was a physician, soldier, and explorer.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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