Dionitia Walker

Brief Life History of Dionitia

When Dionitia Walker was born on 10 March 1816, in Dayton, Dayton Township, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, her father, Oliver Walker, was 33 and her mother, Nancy Cressy, was 36. She married Jeremiah Plumb on 4 September 1838, in Shoal Creek Township, Barry, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States in 1860 and Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, United States in 1880. She died on 11 July 1894, in Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Minersville Cemetery, Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jeremiah Plumb
1818–1884
Dionitia Walker
1816–1894
Marriage: 4 September 1838
Hyrum Plumb
1841–1843
Baby Girl Plumb
1843–1845

Sources (17)

  • Dencia Lyman, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Dionitia Walker Lyman, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Dionitia Walker Plum, "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

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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