Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Walker was born on 14 March 1836, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, James Walker, was 25 and his mother, Martha Mary Coon, was 20. He married Lydia Ann Horne on 17 August 1851, in Fort Supply, Woodward, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. In 1880, at the age of 44, his occupation is listed as farmer in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States. He died on 3 May 1916, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Heber City Cemetery, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States.
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- William H Walker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Walker, William Henry 1856 Marriage to Horn, Lydia Ann
- William Henry Walker, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Iowa, United States 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Wasatch, Utah, United States
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 Henry Walker - Biography
William Henry Walker Biography (may have been written by Eloise Wilcox) William Henry Walker was born 14 March 1836 near Dubuque, Iowa, a son of James Walker of Duck River, Hickman, Tennessee and M …
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