Brief Life History of James
When James Wall was born on 18 September 1870, in Jackson, Georgia, United States, his father, James Penn Wall, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth F. Esco, was 31. He lived in District 257, Jackson, Georgia, United States in 1880 and District 246, Jackson, Georgia, United States in 1910. He died on 6 March 1943, in Winder, Jackson, Georgia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Winder, Jackson, Georgia, United States.
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- Jimmie Wall in household of P Wall, "United States Census, 1910"
- James Wall, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1943"
- James Walls in household of Pen Walls, "United States Census, 1880"
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1884
Historical Boundaries: 1884: Jackson, Georgia, United States 1914: Barrow, Georgia, United States
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Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stone-built wall, e.g. one used to fortify a town or to keep back the encroachment of the sea (Middle English wall ‘wall’, Old English wall, weall, from Latin vallum ‘rampart, palisade’), or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Wall (Staffordshire).
English (West Midlands): topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, northern Middle English wall(e) (Old English (Mercian) wæll(a); compare Well ).
Irish (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of de Valle (Gaelicized form de Bhál), the name of a Norman family established in Munster and Connacht.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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