George Ace Walker

Brief Life History of George Ace

When George Ace Walker was born on 21 August 1865, in Milton Township, Dodge, Minnesota, United States, his father, John James Walker, was 45 and his mother, Margaret Olmstead, was 38. He married Ruth Henrietta 'Etta' Elias on 21 August 1890, in Kasson, Dodge, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Lutsen Township, Cook, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years and Cook, Minnesota, United States in 1935. He died on 22 April 1940, in Pine Island, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Concord Township, Dodge, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Ace Walker
1865–1940
Ruth Henrietta 'Etta' Elias
1874–1933
Marriage: 21 August 1890
Ruby Jessie Walker
1891–1949
Pearl Rose Walker
1893–1928
Julia Walker
1896–1965
Edith May Walker
1900–1924
Albert James Walker
1903–1981
Archie Milbert Walker
1906–1965
Walker
1912–1912
Blanche Dorothy Walker
1918–1997

Sources (34)

  • George A Walker, "United States Census, 1920"
  • George A Walker, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
  • George A Walker, "Minnesota, Deaths, 1887-2001"

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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1874

Historical Boundaries: 1874: Cook, Minnesota, United States

1886

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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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