Brief Life History of Emily Moulton
When Emily Moulton Hopkins was born on 14 December 1854, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, her father, Caleb Hopkins, was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Augusta Dennis, was 34. She married Charles Wesley Bales on 30 September 1885, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Capital Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 9 September 1925, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.
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- E M Hopkins, "United States Census, 1860"
- Emily M. Bales, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Marriage Record
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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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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