Researching Walter Walker
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The name Walter means "powerful warrior" and is of German origin.
Records of Walter Walker on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Walter Walker and the Walker Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Walker Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Walker family tree.
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Walker Family Tree Databases
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Walker Forums
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Miscellaneous Walker Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Walter Walker. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Walter Walker
Walter Walker (British Army officer)
General Sir Walter Colyear Walker, (11 November 1912 – 12 August 2001) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe from 1969 until his retirement in 1972. He commanded the 4/8th Gurkhas Rifles against the Japanese Army in Burma during the Second World War. He commanded the 1/6 Gurkha Rifles from 1950 to 1953 and he commanded the 99th Gurkha Infantry Brigade Group from 1957 to 1959 during the Malayan Emergency. Walker was Director of Operations in Borneo from 1962 to 1965 during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation. In retirement, he attracted some controversy by publicising his views on the political situation in Britain during the mid 1970s.
Source: Walter Walker (British Army officer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Walter Walker (politician)
Walter Walker (April 3, 1883 – October 8, 1956) was a newspaper owner and editor in Colorado who briefly served as Democratic United States Senator in late 1932 after being appointed to fill a vacancy pending a special election.
A native of Marion, Kentucky, Walker was educated in the schools of Marion and moved to Colorado as a young man. He became a resident of Grand Junction, where he began a career in the newspaper business. He became an editor of Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, and eventually became the paper's owner.
When the Ku Klux Klan was revived in the 1920s, Walker became a member. He later came out in opposition to the Klan, which led to members of the group attacking him in the street, but Walker refused to end his anti-Klan activities. Active in the Democratic Party, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924, 1928, and 1932. From 1930 to 1932, he served as chairman of Colorado's Democratic state committee.
In September 1932, Colorado's governor appointed Walker to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. He ran in the special election to complete the term, but was defeated by Republican nominee Karl C. Schuyler, who was sworn in to office in December. He continued to own and publish the Daily Sentinel and was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952. In 1936, he was a presidential elector for the ticket of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner.
Walker died in Grand Junction on October 8, 1956. He was buried in Grand Junction's Orchard Mesa Cemetery.
Source: Walter Walker (politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWalter Walker (actor)
Walter Walker (March 13, 1864 – December 4, 1947) was an American actor of the stage and screen during the first half of the twentieth century. Born in New York City on March 13, 1864, Walker would have a career in theater prior to entering the film industry. By 1915 he was appearing in Broadway productions, his first being Sinners, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Owen Davis. His film debut was in a leading role in 1917's American – That's All. He had a lengthy career, in both film and on stage, appearing in numerous plays and over 80 films. Walker died on December 4, 1947 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Source: Walter Walker (actor), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Walker
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Walcar Walcher Walgraeve Walgrave Walgreen Walgrove Waligorski Walizer Walkerdine Wallaker Wallgren Wallgrove Wallicker Wallieser Walliger Walliker Walliscroft Walliser Wallsworth Walser Walzer Waulker Weilacher Welcher Welker Wellsworth Welser Wheeliker Wholesworth Wilchar Wilcher Wilgar Wilker Wilkerson Willescroft Willgrass Willgress Williscraft Williscrof Williscroft Willishire Willshear Willshere Willshire Wilser Wilsher Wilshere Wilshire Wilshyre Wiltcher Woelkers Wolascroft Wolgar Wolger Wolgrove Wolkarte Wollascraft Wollescroft Wollgrove Wolskermann Woolager Woolascroft Woolgar Woolger Woolgrave Woolgrove Woolheizer Wooliscroft Woollgar Woollger Woolliscroft Woolsgrove Wylsher Wylshire Wylshyre
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