Brief Life History of Eleanor
When Eleanor Walker was born about 1810, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Samuel W Walker, was 37 and her mother, Huldah Maney, was 36. She married Levi Shinn on 4 November 1834, in Surry, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Hamilton, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Clinton, Illinois, United States in 1860.
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- Ellen Irwin in household of James Irwin, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ellen Shinn, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Ella Walker in entry for Saml H. Winks and Nancy C. Shiner Grue, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1821
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Hamilton, Illinois, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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