Brief Life History of Lyman
When Lyman Walker was born on 16 March 1814, in Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jonah Hiram Walker, was 24 and his mother, Mary Swan, was 25. He married Emeline Ingram on 15 October 1835, in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Friendship, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States for about 30 years. In 1880, at the age of 66, his occupation is listed as farmer in Friendship, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. He died in 1883, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 69.
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- Lyman Walker in household of Mathew Wright, "United States Census, 1850"
- Lyman Walker, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
- Lyman Walker, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1829
American settlers began mining the Wisconsin Territory in the early 1800's. The lead ore in the territory had largely been mined previously by American Indians. By 1829, nearly 4,000 miners had moved to Wisconsin Territory. The miners became known as badgers as they burrowed into hillsides for shelter. The name eventually represented the state and Wisconsin is now known as the Badger State. (Wisconsin Historical Society: Lead Mining in Southwestern Wisconsin)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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