Brief Life History of Lila Belle
When Lila Belle Walker was born on 8 November 1901, in Grout Township, Gladwin, Michigan, United States, her father, John Ralph Walker, was 26 and her mother, Beulah May Ferrell, was 17. She married Charles Augusta Culberson in July 1936. She lived in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died on 8 March 1981, in Gladwin, Michigan, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Gladwin, Gladwin, Michigan, United States.
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- Lila Walker in household of John Walker, "United States Census, 1920"
- Delila B. Walker, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
- Lila Walker, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1903 · Ford Motor Company
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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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