When George Washington Kemp was born on 9 April 1855, in Grand Detour, Ogle, Illinois, United States, his father, Benjamin Coddington Kemp Sr., was 28 and his mother, Belinda Margaret Cox, was 22. He married Clara Belle Cranson on 4 August 1878, in Colusa, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Middletown, Lake, California, United States in 1892 and Judicial Township 1, Lake, California, United States in 1900. In 1892, at the age of 37, his occupation is listed as wheel wright. He died on 5 May 1910, in Lakeport, Lake, California, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Lake, California, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Lake, California, United States
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German: status name for a champion, Middle English and Middle Low German kempe. In the Middle Ages a champion was a professional fighter on behalf of others; for example the King's Champion, at the coronation, had the duty of issuing a general challenge to battle to anyone who denied the king's right to the throne. The Middle English word corresponds to Old English cempa and Old Norse kempa ‘warrior’; both these go back to ancient Germanic campo ‘warrior’, which is the source of the Dutch and North German name, corresponding to High German Kampf .
Dutch and North German (North Rhine-Westphalia): from the personal name Kempe, Kampe; see 1 above.
Dutch and Flemish: metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or processed hemp, from Middle Dutch canep ‘hemp’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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