The document summarizes the history and immigration of the Walker family over multiple generations. It details that branches of the family like the Sigrist and Willey families immigrated in the early 1700s, while the Walker family arrival date is unknown but was in America by 1845. It also discusses the push/pull factors that motivated different family members to immigrate, including escaping plague in France and seeking cheaper housing. Most family members worked in the tertiary economic sector, such as the two grandfathers who were mechanics. Additionally, part of the Sigrist family converted to Mormonism when it was created in the 1850s and subsequently moved west.

1. WALKER FAMILY
HISTORY
Geography 10

2. Waves of Immigration
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Sigrist (Secrist) – 1720
Willey – 1640
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Walker – Unknown, In America in 1845
Groover – 1762
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All First Wave of Immigration
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3. Push/Pull Factors
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Sigrist from France left to escape resurgence
of bubonic plague. (Push)
Peter Groover came as a German mercenary
for the British to fight American Colonials in the
Revolutionary War. (Pull)
My parents left Orange County for cheaper
housing in Ontario (Pull)

4. Economic Sectors
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Almost all of family in tertiary sector.
Both grandfathers were mechanics – one for
planes the other for cars.

5. Mormonism
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Sigrist (Secrist) family converted around
1850’s, around the time Mormonism was
created.
Moved west into the empty interior to help
settle there.

6. Other Tidbits
My father’s side is related to an infamous
politician Oliver Cromwell – saw as a dictator
and controversial figure in Britain in the 1650’s
 My grandmother went to grade
school in 1931 in CA and they had
whites segregated from Hispanics.
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