Thomas Moore Walter

Male1835–

Brief Life History of Thomas Moore

When Thomas Moore Walter was born in 1835, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Robert M. Walter, was 36 and his mother, Ester Emma Neill, was 36.

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Family Time Line

Robert M. Walter
1799–1863
Ester Emma Neill
1800–1853
Margaret Ann Walter
1828–
Mary Jane Walter
1830–
Thomas Moore Walter
1835–
George Cathey Walter
1838–1896
Angeline McMillian Walter
1840–

Sources (1)

  • Thos M Walter in household of Robert M Walter, "United States Census, 1850"

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Siblings (5)

World Events (8)

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

Age 0

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 1

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

Age 31

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin), German, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, and Danish: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements wald ‘rule’ + heri, hari ‘army’. This personal name was introduced into England both in the reign of Edward the Confessor and by the Normans (in the forms Walt(i)er, Waut(i)er). After the Norman Conquest it soon became one of the most popular personal names in Britain. Compare Walther .

Germanized or Americanized form of Czech, Slovak, Croatian, and Slovenian Valter and Czech Valtr: from the personal name Valter, Valtr, of ancient Germanic origin (see 1 above).

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

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