When John Walter was born about 1836, in Maresfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Walter, was 36 and his mother, Louise Camfield, was 20. He died before 1900, in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English (of Norman origin), German, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, and Danish: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements wald ‘rule’ + heri, hari ‘army’. This personal name was introduced into England both in the reign of Edward the Confessor and by the Normans (in the forms Walt(i)er, Waut(i)er). After the Norman Conquest it soon became one of the most popular personal names in Britain. Compare Walther .
Germanized or Americanized form of Czech, Slovak, Croatian, and Slovenian Valter and Czech Valtr: from the personal name Valter, Valtr, of ancient Germanic origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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