Asa Walker

1785–
Franklin, North Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Asa

Asa Walker was born in 1785, in Franklin, North Carolina, United States. He married Rebecca Holt in 1810.

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Asa Walker
1785–
Rebecca Holt
1787–
Marriage: 1810

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1810

    • World Events (3)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 1
    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
    1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
    Age 2
    The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
    1789 · Becomes 12th State
    Age 4
    On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.

    Name Meaning

    English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, Middle English walkere, Old English wealcere, an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’. 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’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Fuller
    Tucker
    Walcher
    Walck
    Walke
    Welker

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