Thomas Walker

3 May 1801–
Arnesby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Thomas

When Thomas Walker was born on 3 May 1801, his father, William Walker, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Hensman, was 30.

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Family Time Line

William Walker
1773–1826
Elizabeth Hensman
1771–1829
William Walker
1799–1871
Thomas Walker
1801–
Elizabeth Walker
1804–1884
Abigail Walker
1806–1875
Ann Walker
1808–1858
James Walker
1811–

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World Events (8)

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 7
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
Age 14
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 32
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

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.

Possible Related Names

Walcher
Waker
Fuller
Walke
Walck

Sources (2)

  • Thos. Walker, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Thos Walker, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"

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