Caroline Walker

17 December 1849–27 April 1921 (Age 71)
Townsend Centre, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

The Life of Caroline

When Caroline Walker was born on 17 December 1849, in Townsend Centre, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, her father, Adam Walker, was 37 and her mother, Hannah Mary Trotter, was 32. She married Joseph Alonzo Kenney on 28 September 1875, in Townsend Centre, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 27 April 1921, in Parry Sound, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 71, and was buried in Waterford, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Alonzo Kenney
1850–1934
Caroline Walker
1849–1921
Marriage: 28 September 1875
James Elton Kenney
1878–1895
Charles Emerson Kenney
1880–1943
Willis LeRoy Kenney
1885–1974

Spouse and Children

    Joseph Alonzo Kenney

    Male1850–1934Male

    Caroline Walker

    Female1849–1921Female

MARRIAGE
28 September 1875
Townsend Centre, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
children

(3)

Parents and Siblings

    Adam Walker

    Male1812–1861Male

    Hannah Mary Trotter

    Female1817–1876Female

siblings

(10)

    Sarah Walker

    Female1837–1883Female

    Margaret A. Walker

    Female1839–1925Female

    Suzannah Walker

    Female1841–Female

    Hannah Maria Walker

    Female1842–1926Female

    Philip Walker

    Male1843–1930Male

+5 More Children

World Events (5)

1867 · Ontario Founded

Age 18

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
1869

Age 20

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1883 · Mining Boom

Age 34

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

Name Meaning

English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, Middle English walkere, Old English wealcere, an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’. 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’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Caroline Kenney, "Canada Census, 1901"
  • Caroline Kenney in household of Joseph Kenney, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Caroline Walker in entry for Charles Emerson Kenney, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"

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