John Ellsworth Walker

Male27 June 1876–25 October 1913

Brief Life History of John Ellsworth

When John Ellsworth Walker was born on 27 June 1876, in Tulare, Tulare, California, United States, his father, John Walker, was 39 and his mother, Sarepta Serysta Pate, was 27. He married Arna Malina Headrick on 11 October 1899, in Porterville, Tulare, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Tulare Judicial Township, Tulare, California, United States in 1900 and Springville, Tulare, California, United States in 1910. He died on 25 October 1913, in Tulare, Tulare, California, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Tulare Cemetery, Tulare, Tulare, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Ellsworth Walker
1876–1913
Arna Malina Headrick
1882–1969
Marriage: 11 October 1899
Oliver Daniel Walker
1900–1981
Vernon Edgar Walker
1904–1923
Neva Fern Walker
1906–1980
John Elvin Walker
1910–1979

Sources (7)

  • John E Walker, "United States Census, 1910"
  • John E Walker, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
  • John E Walker, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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  • Marriage
    11 October 1899Porterville, Tulare, California, United States
  • Children (4)

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    Siblings (11)

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    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 5

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 6

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 14

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    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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