Sophronia Ann Eliza Walker

Female11 December 1830–29 January 1873

Brief Life History of Sophronia Ann Eliza

When Sophronia Ann Eliza Walker was born on 11 December 1830, in Early, Georgia, United States, her father, Lee Walker, was 31 and her mother, Mary Lyall Stewart, was 23. She married William Durdon Collier on 17 October 1849, in Early, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 5, Stephens, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 29 January 1873, in Tyler, Texas, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Beech Creek Baptist Cemetery, Spurger, Tyler, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Durdon Collier
1826–1869
Sophronia Ann Eliza Walker
1830–1873
Marriage: 17 October 1849
Abner Belcher Collier
1858–1927
Mary Elizabeth Collier
1861–1935
Josephine Adeline Collier
1863–1891
Nancy Lial Collier
1866–1867
John Thomas Collier
1868–1868

Sources (6)

  • Sprony Ard in household of Cornelius Ard, "United States Census, 1870"
  • S Collier, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Sophronia Ann Eliza Walker Collier Ard, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 October 1849Early, Georgia, United States

    • Children (5)

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    Siblings (11)

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    World Events (8)

    1832 · The Black Hawk War

    Age 2

    Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

    1832 · Worcester v. Georgia

    Age 2

    In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.

    1844 · German Immigration to Texas

    Age 14

    Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.

    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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