Mary Helen Walker

Brief Life History of Mary Helen

When Mary Helen Walker was born on 16 February 1861, in Saline, Missouri, United States, her father, William Madison Walker, was 27 and her mother, Mary Isabel Garrett, was 27. She married John William Rose on 17 December 1884. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Marshall Township, Saline, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 9 December 1933, in Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Ridge Park Cemetery, Marshall Township, Saline, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

John William Rose
1858–1928
Mary Helen Walker
1861–1933
Marriage: 17 December 1884
Helen Isabelle Rose
1885–1956
John Percy Rose
1887–1946
Mary Viola Rose
1889–1955
Ruth Rose
1892–1975

Sources (8)

  • Mary H Rose in household of John W Rose, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mary H Rose im Eintrag für Rose, „Missouri Births, 1817-1939“
  • Mary W. Walker, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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William Madison Walker Married May Isabel Garrett

History of Saline County, Missouri : carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, 1881 Pages 760-761 WILLIAM MADISON WALKER, county collector, P. O., Marshall. …

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