When Joseph Friedman was born on 1 May 1849, in Győr, Győr, Hungary, his father, Bernardt Friedman, was 31 and his mother, Sophia Singer, was 23. He married Hermina White on 11 February 1883, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 26 October 1921, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Once was part of Hyde Park.
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.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Chaim, Emanuel, Moshe, Meyer, Isadore, Zvi, Aron, Ari, Mendel.
Americanized form of South German and Swiss German Friedmann .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): elaborated form of Fried , based on Yiddish frid ‘peace’ + man ‘man’. Compare Freedman .
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