Brief Life History of Jacob Jay
When Jacob Jay Welker was born on 3 September 1881, in Walworth, Wayne, New York, United States, his father, Jacob John Welker, was 29 and his mother, Catherine Lotz, was 28. He married Mabel E Carman about 1906, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Ontario, Ontario, Wayne, New York, United States in 1930 and Wayne, New York, United States in 1935. He died on 12 November 1957, in Palmyra, Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in West Walworth, Wayne, New York, United States.
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- J Jay Walker in household of Jacob J Walker, "United States Census, 1900"
- Jacob Jay Welker, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Jacob J Welker, "New York State Health Department, Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957-1963"
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World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a fuller, from Middle High German, Middle Low German walker, welker ‘fuller’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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