Brief Life History of Wilson
Wilson Walker was born on 22 December 1815, in Currituck, North Carolina, United States as the son of Caleb Walker and Abigail Douglas. He married Emily Brabble about 1838, in Currituck, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Crawford Township, Currituck, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 March 1898, in Maple, Currituck, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Maple, Currituck, North Carolina, United States.
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- Wilson Walker, "United States Census, 1870"
- Wilson Walker, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
- Wilson Walker, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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