Fred Walton

Male6 June 1937–28 February 2022

Brief Life History of Fred

Fred Walton was born on 6 June 1937, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He died on 28 February 2022, in his hometown, at the age of 84, and was buried in Park Lawn Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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    World Events (3)

    1941

    Age 4

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    1941 · The Four Freedoms

    Age 4

    President Roosevelt spoke in front of Congress and gave a speech on what Freedoms everyone should be granted. First being the Freedom of Speech. Second, the freedom of Religion, Third, The Freedom from Want, and Fourth, the Freedom from Fear. Being a big deal, FDR didn't just say that all people should have these freedoms because Americans already expected these freedoms.

    1941 · Awaking the Sleeping Giant

    Age 4

    After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States repealed the Neutrality Acts of 1937 and declared war both on the Empire of Japan and on Germany. Thus entering into World War II with the Allied Forces.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Walton, which are named with Old English walh ‘foreigner, Briton, serf’ (genitive plural wala), wald ‘woodland’, wall ‘wall’, or wælla ‘well, spring, stream’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

    History: George Walton (1741–1804) signed the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Prince Edward County, VA, whither his grandfather had emigrated from England in 1682. He moved to Savannah, GA, and became governor of GA and a prominent jurist.

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

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