Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Walker was born in 1849, in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Walker, was 38 and her mother, Charlotte Flewitt, was 37. She married Thomas Edward Hobday on 13 September 1876, in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died in 1904, in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 55, and was buried in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Mary A Walker in household of John Walker, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Mary Ann Walker, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Mary Ann Walker, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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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