Brief Life History of Ella Jane
When Ella Jane Lanning was born in 1855, in Boone, Illinois, United States, her father, James Madison Lanning, was 25 and her mother, Lydia M. Gates, was 23. She married William Harvey Cornell on 17 May 1882, in Bonus Township, Boone, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Bonus Township, Boone, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 28 January 1935, in Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Ella J Cornell in household of William H Cornell, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ella Jane Cornell, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Ella J Lanning, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
English (Dorset and Somerset): unexplained.
Dutch: patronymic from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with the element land ‘land, territory’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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