Brief Life History of Caroline Amelia
When Caroline Amelia Walker was born on 27 April 1820, in New York, United States, her father, Nathan Walker, was 43 and her mother, Wealthy Tupper, was 40. She married Joseph Alvers Powers in January 1836, in Smith, Lesser Slave River No.124, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Canada in 1886 and lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1901. She died in 1906, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 86.
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Sources (11)
- Caroline Walker in entry for Hartwell A Powers, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Cartine Bowns in household of Michel Brien, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Caroline in entry for Henry Adams and Selina Jane Powers, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
Spouse and Children
1808–1879 Male
1820–1906 Female
Children (6)
1841–1870 Male
1842– Female
1844–1919 Male
1848–1932 Male
1853– Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1777–1853 Male
1780–1847 Female
Siblings (9)
1804–1870 Male
1807–1853 Male
1808–1896 Male
1810–1860 Female
1812– Male
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
Age 1
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
Age 7
1846
Age 26
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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