Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Walker was born on 27 May 1843, in Broad Ford, Connellsville Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Walker Jr., was 39 and her mother, Anna Katharine Rubey, was 25. She married John Burwell Forbes on 7 February 1867, in McLean, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Mount Hope Township, McLean, Illinois, United States in 1870. She died on 5 March 1893, in Bellflower, McLean, Illinois, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Bellflower, McLean, Illinois, United States.
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- Nancy Walker im Eintrag für Jesse Warren Forbes, „California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994“
- Nancy Forbes in household of John B Forbes, "United States Census, 1870"
- Nancy Walker in entry for Fred Sawyer and Katie Forbes, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
Spouse and Children
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1871–1871 Female
1872–1946 Male
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Siblings (12)
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1843–1893 Female
1846–1934 Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 3
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Age 5
1858 · A House Divided
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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