Brief Life History of John Tomline
When Dr John Tomline Walsh was born on 15 February 1816, in Hanover, Virginia, United States, his father, William Walsh Jr, was 26 and his mother, Susan M. Higgason, was 22. He married Eliza Ann Beazley on 2 June 1838, in Essex, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 6 August 1886, at the age of 70, and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (24)
- John T Walsh, "United States Census, 1850"
- John T Walsh, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- John Tomline Walsh, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1816–1886 Male
1816–1857 Female
Children (8)
1839–1854 Male
1841–1857 Male
1843–1857 Female
1844–1911 Female
1847–1857 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1790–1816 Male
1794– Female
Siblings (8)
1816–1886 Male
1818– Male
1820– Male
1822– Male
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 3
1830 · Trail of Tears
Age 14
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 20
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Aileen, Dermot, John Patrick, Kieran, Declan, Eamonn, Colm, Donal, Seamus, Siobhan, Brennan.
English and Irish: ethnic name from Middle English walshe (Old English wælisc) ‘foreign, Welsh’. This form of the name was generally more common than Welsh , especially in Ireland, where it originally denoted a Welsh-speaking immigrant, in particular any of the Welshmen who arrived in the wake of Strongbow's Anglo-Norman invasion of 1170. In Ireland it is sometimes also a translation of Breathnach ‘Briton’.
English: in Yorkshire and Lancashire the name is sometimes a shortened form of Walshaw .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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