Brief Life History of Martha Emma
When Martha Emma Walker was born on 30 September 1843, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Walker, was 27 and her mother, Catherine Earhart, was 28. She married Americus John Ellis on 7 June 1862, in Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 19 February 1923, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Saint Matthew Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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- Martha C Walker in household of William Walker, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Emma Burns - Government record: birth-name: Martha Emma
- Martha Walker Ellis, "Find A Grave Index"
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1844
Historical Boundaries: 1844: Perry, Illinois, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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