Advertisement
Advertisement
John Sharpe Walker
Australia
1838
1869
Australia
Male
Looking for another John Walker?
ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM
This page exists for YOU
and everyone who remembers John.
Share what you know,
even ask what you wish you knew.
Invite others to do the same,
but don't worry if you can't...
Someone, somewhere will find this page,
and we'll notify you when they do.

John Sharpe Walker's History: 1838 - 1869

Uncover new discoveries and connections today by sharing about people & moments from yesterday.
  • 1838

    Birthday

    1838
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • 1869

    Death

    1869
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Australia
    Death location
  • Advertisement
  • Did you know?
    John Sharpe Walker lived 40 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 31.
  • share
    Memories
    below
Advertisement
Advertisement

Add Memories, Stories & Photos about John

Be the 1st to share and we'll let you know when others do the same.
Did you know?
In 1838, in the year that John Sharpe Walker was born, on January 11th in New Jersey, Samuel Morse and two others first publicly demonstrated Morse's new invention - the telegraph. Patented by Morse in 1837, the electrical telegraph used a code developed by him and his assistant, Samuel Vail, and sent a message two miles. In 1844, Morse broadcast from Washington DC to Baltimore Maryland the message "What hath God wrought" and the telegraph took off.
Did you know?
In 1842, at the age of merely 4 years old, John was alive when Sir Richard Owen, an English paleontologist, created the name "Dinosauria", which meant "Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile". It has since been Anglicized to "dinosaur".
ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM
Advertisement
 Followers & Sources
ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM
Advertisement
Other Biographies

Other John Walker Biographies

Other Walker Family Biographies

Advertisement
Advertisement
Back to Top