James Wall

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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Family Time Line

James Penn Wall
1840–1922
Elizabeth F. Esco
1840–1922
George Walls
1865–
James Wall
1870–1943
Fannie Wall
1872–
Sarah Lucinda Wall
1873–
Joseph M. Wall
1875–1955
Henry Thomas Wall
1876–1940
Nathan Samuel Walls
1880–1970

Sources (7)

  • 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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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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