Robert Walker
about 1815–26 February 1868 (Age 53)
Of Tollcross, Lanarkshire, Scotland
The Life of Robert
When Robert Walker was born about 1815, his father, John Walker, was 44 and his mother, Isobel Baird, was 38. He married Elizabeth Wales after 1827, in Scotland, United Kingdom. He died on 26 February 1868, at the age of 53.
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Family Time Line
Robert Walker
1815–1868
Elizabeth Wales
1805–
Marriage: after 1827
Spouse and Children
1815–1868Male
1805–Female
MARRIAGE
after 1827
Scotland, United Kingdom
after 1827
Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents and Siblings
1771–1836Male
1777–1860Female
siblings
(11)
1796–Female
1800–Male
1802–Female
1802–Female
1803–1872Male
+6 More Children
Name Meaning
English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, Middle English walkere, Old English wealcere, an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’. 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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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