Brief Life History of Maggie Mae
When Maggie Mae Walker was born on 22 October 1886, in Fern Valley Township, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States, her father, John Polmear Walker, was 30 and her mother, Effie Belgium Kelley, was 19. She lived in Palo Alto, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Fort Benton, Idaho, United States in 1900. She died on 28 November 1901, in West Bend, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States, at the age of 15, and was buried in Rodman, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Maggie Walker in household of John Walker, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Maggie M Walker in household of Jno P Walker, "United States Census, 1900"
- Maggie M. Walker, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
Parents and Siblings
1856–1936 Male
1866–1968 Female
Siblings (8)
1886–1901 Female
1888–1983 Female
1889–1966 Male
1891–1965 Male
1894–1963 Male
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World Events (6)
1890
Age 4
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 4
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 10
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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