When George Washington Denny was born on 1 August 1851, in Illinois, United States, his father, Joseph Denny, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Phifer, was 25. He married Juliana Gelana Churchill on 26 January 1875, in David City, Butler, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1920. He died on 28 January 1922, in Escondido, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Escondido, San Diego, California, 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.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
English and Scottish: from Middle English Den(n)y, a pet form of the personal name Denis (see Dennis ). Compare Tenney .
English: habitational name from Danny in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, recorded as Danye in 1343. Alternatively, the name may arise from Denny in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, but no medieval evidence with a habitative preposition has been found in the case of the latter.
Scottish: habitational name from Denny in Stirlingshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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