Brief Life History of Wilbur Stephen
When Wilbur Stephen Walker was born on 17 January 1905, his father, Stephen Kimball Walker, was 32 and his mother, Florence Fiester, was 23. He married Hazel Evangeline Rhinehart on 14 February 1940, in Overland Park, Johnson, Kansas, United States. He lived in United States in 1910 and Mission Township, Johnson, Kansas, United States in 1940.
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- Wilber S Walker, "United States Census, 1940"
- Wilber Stephen Walker, "Kansas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- Wilber Walker in household of Steve K Walker, "United States Census, 1910"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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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Wilbur Stephen Walker - brief bio
Wilbur was always known as Obie to his nephews. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in the 1920s for 4 years and served with his brother, Russell, with the 4th Marines in China and on the light cruiser, U …
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