Brief Life History of Nellie Beitzell
When Nellie Beitzell Walker was born on 6 February 1865, in Springfield Monthly Meeting, Clinton, Ohio, United States, her father, Cyrus McClain Walker, was 36 and her mother, Susan Irene Beitzell, was 23. She married Frank Land on 11 August 1886, in Clinton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Wayne, Webster Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. She died on 1 March 1940, in Wilmington, Clinton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Nellie B. Walker in household of Cyrus M. Walker, "United States Census, 1880"
- Nellie B Land, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Nellie B Land Rupe, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
Spouse and Children
1860–1918 Male
1865–1940 Female
Children (2)
1888–1977 Male
1895–1970 Male
Parents and Siblings
1829–1911 Male
1841–1919 Female
Siblings (2)
1865–1940 Female
1868– Female
World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
Age 1
1870
Age 5
1886
Age 21
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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