Brief Life History of Evelyn Virginia
When Evelyn Virginia Walker was born on 15 November 1916, in Polk, North Carolina, United States, her father, Robert Herman Walker, was 24 and her mother, Ida Elizabeth Branscomb, was 25. She married James Franklin Thrift Jr on 11 April 1936, in Henderson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Columbus, Polk, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1950. She died on 15 October 1988, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.
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- Evelynn W Thrift, "United States 1950 Census"
- Virginia Evelyn Walker, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
- Evelyn Virginia Walker, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
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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