Robert McCoy Walker

Male17 December 1924–8 November 1999

Brief Life History of Robert McCoy

When Robert McCoy Walker was born on 17 December 1924, in Van Zandt, Texas, United States, his father, Adolph Walker, was 23 and his mother, Creola Nunn, was 20. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Van Zandt, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 7, Hidalgo, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 8 November 1999, in Garland, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Adolph Walker
1901–1987
Creola Nunn
1904–1978
James Royce Walker
1923–1996
Robert McCoy Walker
1924–1999
Dixie Murl Walker
1928–
Edward Lee Walker
1934–1996

Sources (5)

  • Roberts Walker in household of Adalph Walker, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Robert Mc Coy Walker, "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998"
  • Bobbie Walker in household of Adolph Walker, "United States Census, 1930"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1927

Age 3

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

Age 5

Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 20

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

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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