When Johann Joseph Meurer was born on 3 March 1852, in Grant Township, Lake, Illinois, United States, his father, Jacob Johann Meurer, was 39 and his mother, Maria Catharina Hermes, was 37. He married Catherine J. Bugner on 20 November 1873, in Johnsburg, McHenry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Wauconda, Lake, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 30 May 1893, in Johnsburg, McHenry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Johnsburg, McHenry, Illinois, United States.
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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.
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German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Maurer .
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