When George Washington Walker was born on 22 November 1853, in Monroe, Mississippi, United States, his father, Robert Harris Walker, was 37 and his mother, Louisa Lucinda Keith, was 32. He married Josephine E Quillin on 24 May 1877, in Hempstead, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Spring Hill, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States in 1880 and Beech Township, Miller, Arkansas, United States in 1910. He died before 1920.
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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.
Possible Related NamesThe following is from a compilation created by Kris N. Merrill. Robert Harris WALKER was born 28 Oct 1816, in Putnam County, Georgia. He was the first of twelve children born to James R. and Elizabe …
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