Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Walker was born on 12 February 1795, in Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Samuel Walker, was 28 and her mother, Mary Reed, was 27. She married Edward Walker on 13 November 1816, in Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 16 July 1883, in Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 88.
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- Hannah Walker in household of William H Walker, "United States Census, 1870"
- Hannah Walker, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Hannah Walker, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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