Brief Life History of Walter Cross
When Walter Cross Walker was born on 5 June 1801, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Kennoway Walker, was 37 and his mother, Elisabeth Cross, was 28. He married Isabella Murray on 18 April 1833, in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 7 August 1867, in Napanee, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 66, and was buried in Napanee, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.
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- Walter Walker in entry for William Lowe Walker and Eva Campbell, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Walter Walker in entry for Elizabeth Cowan, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Walter Walker, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Spouse and Children
1801–1867 Male
1807–1901 Female
Children (9)
1834–1916 Female
1836–1904 Female
1838–1874 Male
1840–1898 Male
1843–1851 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1765–1841 Male
1773–1826 Female
Siblings (7)
1801–1867 Male
1802– Female
1803–1839 Female
1805–1809 Male
1806–1808 Male
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World Events (8)
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 1
1815
Age 14
1820 · """The """"Radical War""""."""
Age 19
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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