Brief Life History of Crandall Hawley
When Crandall Hawley Thayer was born on 12 September 1832, in Floyd, Floyd, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Ellery Thayer, was 35 and his mother, Clarissa Hawley, was 29. He married Mary Ann Hawley on 4 March 1863, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Floyd, Oneida, New York, United States in 1850 and Hebron, McHenry, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1894, in McHenry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Hebron, McHenry, Illinois, United States.
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- Crandall Thayer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Crandal H Thayer, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
- Crandall Hawley Thayer, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839
Historical Boundaries: 1839: McHenry, Illinois, United States
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.
Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire and Somerset): from Middle English the eir ‘the heir’ with fused definite article. See Ayer .
History: Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), military engineer, an early superintendant of the US Military Academy at West Point, was born in Braintree, MA, into a family of English origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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