Rachal Walker

Femaleabout 1886–about 1889

Brief Life History of Rachal

When Rachal Walker was born about 1886, in Plympton, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, her father, Hugh L. Walker, was 44 and her mother, Rachel Elizabeth Bell, was 38. She died about 1889, in her hometown, at the age of 5.

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Hugh L. Walker
1843–1909
Rachel Elizabeth Bell
1849–1926
John H. Walker
1874–1931
Rachal Walker
1886–1889
Lena Ann Walker
1876–1955
Verna Walker
1878–
Edith Walker
1880–1883
Ethel May Walker
1884–1946
Mary Ethel Walker
1884–

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    1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act

    Age 0

    In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.

    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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