When Johann Welker was born in 1688, in Heselbronn, Altensteig, Nagold, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Martin Welker, was 33 and his mother, Anna Maria Seybold, was 34. He married Barbara Felicita Walz on 17 January 1719, in Heselbronn, Altensteig, Nagold, Württemberg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons.
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German: occupational name for a fuller, from Middle High German, Middle Low German walker, welker ‘fuller’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
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