Non-Confidential Marriage Certificates Requested by Mail. This office maintains marriage records only for marriage licenses issued in the County of San Diego. If a non-confidential license was issued, only authorized individuals can receive a copy of the marriage record.
Meaning/Origin Edit. The surname Walker is of English or Scottish origin. It comes from the profession of woollen clothmaking called fulling or walking (waulking in Scotland). It involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to get rid of oils and other impurities and to thicken the fibres. The worker who does the job is a fuller, tucker or walker. In Swiss-German, it is synonymous with Muller, which translates to miller.
The name COCKERHAM is of English origin, designating one who came from Cockerham (homestead on the Cocker River) in Lancashire, England. The name is variously spelt COCKERHAM, COCKRUM, COCKRAM, COCKRAN and COCHRAN. Some researchers suggest the American founder of the Surry Co, VA family was one William COCKERHAM of Dorset, England. He registered his pedigree with the Hearlds in their Visitation to Dorset in 1623 when he was thirty years of age.