Brief Life History of Wortham
When Wortham Walker was born on 16 January 1886, in Dyer, Gibson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Marcellus Theodore "Tellie" Walker, was 31 and his mother, Novella Lester, was 32. He married Tessora " Tessie" Willie Lee on 30 October 1909, in Columbus, Hickman, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Civil District 4, Dyer, Tennessee, United States in 1940 and Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States in 1941. He died in 1941, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Rehoboth Cemetery, Dyer, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Wortham Walker in household of Augustus T Walker, "United States Census, 1910"
- Wortham Walker, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Wortham Walker, "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955"
Spouse and Children
1886–1941 Male
1891–1961 Female
Children (3)
1910–1997 Female
1912–1969 Female
1914–1989 Female
Parents and Siblings
1854–1910 Male
1853–1907 Female
Siblings (8)
1882–1930 Male
1884–1937 Male
1886–1886 Male
1886–1941 Male
1888–1888 Female
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 4
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
Age 4
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
Age 15
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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