Brief Life History of Ann Agatha
When Ann Agatha Walker was born on 11 June 1829, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Gibson Walker, was 32 and her mother, Mary Godwin, was 30. She married Parley Parker Pratt on 28 April 1847, in Winter Quarters, Washington, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Utah, United States in 1870. In 1847, at the age of 18, her occupation is listed as milliner (made hats) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She died on 25 June 1908, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ann Walker in household of Wm Walker, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Anna Agatha Walker, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (christening 1829)
- Ann Agatha Walker Pratt, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1850 · Belle Vue Gaol Opens
Belle Vue Gaol was a Victorian prison in Gorton, Manchester. The living conditions for the prisoners were horrible. It was intended to be a prison for both males and females and also became a military prison. In 1892, the prison was demolished.
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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Ann Agatha Walker Biography
Ann Agatha was born in England in 1829, of educated and refined parents. Her other was the town milliner, and her father was a teacher and bookkeeper. By the time she was six she had read the B …
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