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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- Mary Ethel Walker, "Ontario, Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899"
- Mary Ethel Walker, "Ontario, Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899"
Parents and Siblings
1843–1909 Male
1849–1926 Female
Siblings (7)
1874–1931 Male
1876–1955 Female
1878– Female
1880–1883 Female
1884–1946 Female
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World Events (3)
1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
Age 2
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Age 22
1982
Age 98
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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