Brief Life History of Lucy
When Lucy Walker was born on 30 April 1826, in Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, her father, John Walker, was 31 and her mother, Lydia Holmes, was 26. She married Joseph Smith Jr on 1 May 1843, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. She lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 1 October 1910, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- L.w. Kimball, "United States Census, 1880"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Lucy W. Kimball, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1848 · Fire Destroys the Temple
On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.
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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History of Lucy Walker Smith Kimball
LUCY WALKER SMITH KIMBALL Lucy Walker Smith Kimball was born April 30, 1826, in the town of Peacham, Vermont and was the daughter of John Walker and Lydia Holmes. Her father was baptized in the Ch …
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