Brief Life History of Adelia Maria
When Adelia Maria Barnum was born on 21 January 1849, in Lexington, Greene, New York, United States, her father, Abraham Barnum, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Ingraham, was 36. She married Zelotus Gilbert Stocking on 10 February 1867, in Whiteside, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Sheridan, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Morton Township, Knox, Nebraska, United States in 1900. She died on 3 April 1930, in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, United States.
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- Adelia Stocking in household of A N Waufle, "United States Census, 1870"
- Adelia Maria Stocking, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Adelia Maria Barnum Stocking, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: L'eau Qui Court, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: L'eau Qui Court, Nebraska, United States 1873: *Knox, Nebraska, United States *L'eau Qui Court renamed Knox in 1873
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
Name Meaning
Altered form of English Barnham: habitational name from any of the places called Barnham in Suffolk and West Sussex, or Barnham Broom in Norfolk, all of which were named with the male personal name Beorn or Beorna + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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