Brief Life History of Walter Renwick
When Walter Renwick Calhoon was born on 22 January 1871, in DeKalb, Illinois, United States, his father, Abner Hawley Calhoun, was 43 and his mother, Betsy Renwick, was 40. He married Margaret Cruikshank on 1 May 1890, in Clarion, Wright, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Mayfield Township, DeKalb, Illinois, United States in 1880 and DeKalb Township, DeKalb, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 5 December 1931, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park I, Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States.
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- Walter Calhmen, "United States Census, 1930"
- Walter Renrick Calhoon, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Walter Calhoon, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1872 · Montgomery Ward Inc.
Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward after he observed that rural customers often wanted goods from the city but couldn’t get them because of distance and cost. Ward believed that he could cut costs and make a wide variety of goods available to rural customers. Ward and two partners used $1,600 to issue the first catalog in August 1872 and with its publication, rural retailers considered Ward a threat and publicly burned his catalog. Despite the opposition, however, the business grew at a fast pace over the next several decades and was almost as successful as Sears. In April 1944, U.S. Army troops seized the Chicago offices of Montgomery Ward & Company after President Roosevelt ordered it because of an unsettled strike request made by the workers. Eight months later, with Montgomery Ward continuing to refuse to recognize the unions, President Roosevelt issued an executive order seizing all of Montgomery Ward's property nationwide.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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Irish: variant of Scottish Colquhoun .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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