When George E Levings was born in 1854, in Indiana, United States, his father, Calvin Weir Levings, was 32 and his mother, Esther Susanna Davis, was 28. He married Mary E. Reed on 7 September 1882. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Paris, Edgar, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died in 1897, at the age of 43, and was buried in Edgar Cemetery, Paris, Edgar, Illinois, 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.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Some characteristic forenames: German Brunhilde, Helga, Hildegarde.
North German: patronymic from a personal name (Lehwing or Lewien), formed with Middle Low German lev ‘dear’ + win ‘friend’. This surname has apparently died out in Germany.
English: variant of Livings .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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