# Timely Question: The Waltons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685 "2024-12-15T20:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685/1 "2024-12-15T20:42:03Z")
Yes, I am guilty of being THE last to warm up to a show. I am the last hold-out (probably) to start watching the Waltons. Anyway, two questions: a) What is Olivia’s maiden name? Do they ever say? b) In what season does Ike and Corabeth’s daughter first appear on the show? Where does she come from? Is she adopted? (I get the impression she doesn’t appear as a baby.) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685/2 "2024-12-15T20:47:44Z")
Daly is Olivia’s maiden name, per: > **[Olivia Walton](https://thewaltons.fandom.com/wiki/Olivia_Walton)** > > Olivia means peace. Walton means walled town. Daly means assembly. Olivia is a Christian name. She was a Christian. I’m guessing that this site might be the most detailed site devoted to the show and will have information on Ike and Corabeth’s daughter. (When searching, beware of the Walton Family Foundation site—it’s unrelated to the show, even though it discusses an “Olivia Walton”!) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685/3 "2024-12-15T20:47:59Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > a) What is Olivia’s maiden name? Do they ever say? **Olivia Daly** - [SOURCE](https://thewaltons.fandom.com/wiki/Olivia_Walton) ETA: Ninjaed by less than five seconds. I’m leaving mine. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685/4 "2024-12-15T21:14:32Z")
Aimee Godsey was adopted. They had gone to adopt a baby, but it wasn’t available and they chose Aimee instead. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685/5 "2024-12-15T22:15:49Z")
Never seen one single episode and don’t intend to start now. Not a Richard Thomas fan. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685/6 "2024-12-16T00:05:01Z")
Not a fan, here. I’m not expecting to ever forgive Richard Thomas for winning David Carradine’s Emmy. _Kung Fu_ was a much cooler show. And now I’m living in John-Boy’s girlfriend’s apartment\*. Oh, the irony! \*(Well, her _former_ apartment) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685/7 "2024-12-16T00:09:57Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > (When searching, beware of the Walton Family Foundation site—it’s unrelated to the show, even though it discusses an “Olivia Walton”!) So sad that a family that poor didn’t end up with any of cousin Sam’s money. (Jokingly suggesting a connection to the Sam Walton who founded Walmart.) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685/8 "2024-12-16T18:41:29Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So sad that a family that poor didn’t end up with any of cousin Sam’s money. A new TV-movie telling the story of the fictional Waltons becoming as rich as the real ones: FUND IT! ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685/9 "2024-12-17T13:22:11Z")
“Beverly Holy-billies”? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685/10 "2024-12-17T22:49:20Z")
😆 (They were rather righteous, weren’t they?)