Brief Life History of William
When William Walker was born in 1805, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Jesse Walker, was 35 and his mother, Delilah West, was 31. He married Rachael Hendricks on 23 January 1825, in Ray, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Livingston, Missouri, United States in 1850. He died before 1870, in Missouri, United States, and was buried in Missouri, United States.
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- William Walker, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Walker, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Legacy NFS Source: WILLIAM WALKER - Published information: death: before 1870; Missouri, United States
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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