Mary Ethel Walker

Female24 October 1884–

Brief Life History of Mary Ethel

When Mary Ethel Walker was born on 24 October 1884, in Plympton, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, her father, Hugh L. Walker, was 41 and her mother, Rachel Elizabeth Bell, was 35.

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Family Time Line

Hugh L. Walker
1843–1909
Rachel Elizabeth Bell
1849–1926
John H. Walker
1874–1931
Rachal Walker
1886–1889
Lena Ann Walker
1876–1955
Verna Walker
1878–
Edith Walker
1880–1883
Ethel May Walker
1884–1946
Mary Ethel Walker
1884–

Sources (2)

  • Mary Ethel Walker, "Ontario, Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899"
  • Mary Ethel Walker, "Ontario, Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899"

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World Events (3)

1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act

Age 2

In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.

1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario

Age 22

Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

1982

Age 98

Canada Act is passed. The United Kingdom transfers final legal powers over Canada. The country adopts its new constitution, which includes a charter of rights.

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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