2,204 documented Walker ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
English & Scottish occupational name for a fuller of cloth, who trod ('walked') the cloth to clean and thicken it.
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 2,193 Walker records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Robert, James, Mary, Charles and William.
Of the 2,181 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 77 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Samel Walker, born 1797.
Documented Walker families on this page come from Biographical Record of Miami County, Ohio, Biographical Record of Darke County, Ohio and History of Des Moines County, Iowa, vol 2.
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Deceased Walker ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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English & Scottish occupational name for a fuller of cloth, who trod ('walked') the cloth to clean and thicken it.
The documented line here reaches back to 1797. Most Walker lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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