Oren King Walker

Brief Life History of Oren King

When Oren King Walker was born on 1 October 1867, in San Francisco, California, United States, his father, John Walker, was 30 and his mother, Sarepta Serysta Pate, was 18. He died in 1870, in California, United States, at the age of 3.

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Family Time Line

John Walker
1837–1889
Sarepta Serysta Pate
1849–1922
Oren King Walker
1867–1870
Clarissa Walker
1870–1936
Loren Adam Walker
1873–1944
Edwin Alexander Walker
1874–1949
John Ellsworth Walker
1876–1913
Lydia Abigail Walker
1879–1964
Henry Albert Walker
1881–1889
Frank Elmer Walker
1883–1946
Lucy Emily Walker
1885–1945
William Oscar Walker
1887–1959
Mary Edna Walker
1888–1955

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  • Ancestry and descendants of John Walker (1794-1869) of Vermont and Utah

World Events (3)

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment

As one of the Reconstruction Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment addresses the rights and protections that all citizens of the United States have. The amendment also limits actions of state and local officials in all states.

1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco

The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.

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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