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Where did the German Walker family come from? What is the German Walker family crest and coat of arms? When did the Walker family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Walker family history?
The Walker surname is derived from the Middle High German term "walker" denoting a person who cleaned and thickened cloth, a fuller. One of the chief industries in Germany during the centuries when surnames became hereditary was the weaving of coarse woolen cloth. After the raw cloth left the loom, it had to be cleansed, scoured, and thickened, and this was done by the walker.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Walker, Welker, Walcher, Welcker and others.First found in Germany where records of the name date back to the thirteenth century. In 1253 one Sigelo dictus Welkere was recorded in Weissenburg, and in 1209 Bruno Welkiner was a citizen of Cologne.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Walker. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Walker Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- John Walker, Roger Walker, and Isabel Walker, who all immigrated to Virginia in 1623
- Augustine Walker, who settled in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1630
- James Walker, who arrived in St. Christopher in 1635
- Grace Walker, aged 34, arrived in Barbados in 1635
- Augustine Walker, who landed in Charlestown, Mass in 1641
Walker Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Anne Walker, who landed in Virginia in 1702
- Ellen Walker, who landed in Virginia in 1703
- Christen Walker, who came to New Bern, North Carolina in 1710
- Adrius Walker, who arrived at Philadelphia in 1738
- Adriess Walker, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1738
Walker Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Adam Walker, aged 26, arrived in New York in 1800
- Eliza Walker, aged 24, landed in New York, NY in 1804
- Armstrong Walker, who landed in Baltimore, Md in 1811
- Edwin Walker, who was naturalized in Georgia in 1812
- David Walker, aged 45, arrived in Ohio in 1812
Walker Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Archibald Dunn Walker, who arrived in California in 1901
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- Frank Comerford Walker (1886-1959), United States Postmaster General
- Francis Amasa Walker (1840-1897), American economist, statistician, and educator
- Joseph Walker (1892-1985), American cinematographer and optics expert, pioneered the zoom lens and invented the Elektra-Zoom
- Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (1910-1975), well-known American blues musician
- Gladys Werner "Skeeter" Walker (1933-2001), American alpine skier
- Alice Malsenior Walker (b. 1944), American novelist awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 and inducted into the California Hall of Fame in 2006 by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Brigadier General Kenneth N Walker (1898-1943), awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1943
- Captain (USN, Ret.) David Mathieson Walker (b. 1944), former NASA astronaut with over 724 hours in space
- Shannon Walker (b. 1965), American scientist and a NASA astronaut with over 163 days in space
- Peter Edward Walker (b. 1932), prominent British statesman
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- Ancestors and Descendants of the Walker Lathrop Family of Chelsea , Vermont by M. Gudmundson Walker.
- The Genealogy of the Families of Formon-Boisclair, Walker, Beers, Lacy by Mary W. Meadows.
- Genealogy of the Vale, Walker, Littler and Other Related Families by George Walker Vale.
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- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Jones, Henry Z. Palatine Families of New York 2 Volumes. Rockland, ME: Picton Press, 2001. Print. (ISBN 978-0961388829).
- Tobler-Meyer, Wilhelm. Familiennamen der Ostschweiz. Zürich: 1894. Print.
- Garland, Mary and Henry Garland Editions. Oxford Companion To German Literature 3rd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Print. (ISBN 0198158963).
- Gottschald, Max. Deutsche Namenkunde unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung. München: J.F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1932. Print.
- Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
- Siebmacher, J.J. Siebmacher's Grosses Wappenbuch 35 Volumes. Germany: Bauer & Raspe. Print.
- Schenk, Trudy. Wuerttemberg Emigration Index Volume I-VIII. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Inc., 1986. Print.
- Zoder, Rudolf. Familiennamen in Ostfalen. Hildesheim: Geog Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1968. Print.
- Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
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