Brief Life History of Charlotte G.
When Charlotte G. Walker was born on 11 June 1889, in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Rev Daniel H Walker, was 38 and her mother, Ellen Rebecca Knepper, was 29. She married Charles Ray Boyd on 8 April 1915, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 22 October 1918, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 29.
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- Charlotte G Walker in household of Daniel H Walker, "United States Census, 1900"
- Charlotte G. Walker, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Charlotte Walker Boyd in entry for Dr Glenda Boyd Keck, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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