When Jefferson Wamsley was born on 18 January 1852, in Putnam, Ohio, United States, his father, James David Wamsley, was 49 and his mother, Sarah Bushong, was 38. He married Julia Frances Booher on 13 July 1876, in Grundy, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Kensington, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 10 May 1904, in Trenton, Grundy, Missouri, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Trenton Township, Grundy, Missouri, United States.
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The Lager Beer Riot came at a time in Chicago's history where large waves of Irish and German immigrants moved to the city. The Riot was started because the Mayor of the city renewed enforcement of an old liquor ordinance mandating that taverns be closed on Sundays and to raise the cost of a license to sell liquor from $50 to $300 each year. This didn't sit well with the German immigrants because they felt like it was directed towards them and their heritage. There was only one death throughout the time of the riot, though protesters claimed that it was more.
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913.
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Walmsley .
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