Brief Life History of William Chester
When William Chester Walker I was born on 26 September 1850, in Cabot, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, his father, Hiram Walker, was 31 and his mother, Angeline Walker, was 23. He married Mary Priscilla Abbott Walker on 16 September 1875, in Cabot, Washington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 6 April 1928, in Cabot, Washington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Cabot Village Cemetery, Cabot, Washington, Vermont, United States.
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- Chester Walker in household of Angeline Walker, "United States Census, 1870"
- Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008
- W. Chester Walker, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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