Brief Life History of Patience Mariah
When Patience Mariah Walker was born on 24 July 1843, in Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Samuel Walker, was 40 and her mother, Lucy Rice, was 25. She married Lorenzo Brooker Atkins on 7 August 1864, in Solon, Cortland, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Solon, Cortland, New York, United States for about 30 years and Cortlandville, Cortland, New York, United States in 1910. She died on 30 December 1940, in McGraw, Cortlandville, Cortland, New York, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in McGraw, Cortlandville, Cortland, New York, United States.
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- Patience M Atkins in household of Lar?Y B Atkins, "New York State Census, 1905"
- Cortland Standard - Patience Walker 97th Birthday
- Patience M Atkins in entry for Lorenzo B Atkins, "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1866
Historical Boundaries: 1866: Kern, California, United States
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
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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