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
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
1901–1987 Male
1904–1978 Female
Siblings (4)
1923–1996 Male
1924–1999 Male
1928– Female
1934–1996 Male
World Events (8)
1927
Age 3
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Age 5
1944 · The G.I Bill
Age 20
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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