Brief Life History of Eliza Adaline
When Eliza Adaline Shannon was born in 1854, in Jackson, Illinois, United States, her father, Samuel Shannon, was 40 and her mother, Rebecca Hann, was 33. She married Jacob Knight Williamson on 16 November 1879, in Jackson, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Levan Township, Jackson, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Bradley, Jackson, Illinois, United States in 1920. She died on 2 May 1945, in Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois, United States.
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- Eliza Williamson in household of Jacob Williamson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Eliza Adelene Williamson, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Eliza Adaline Shanon, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
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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.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Irish:
shortened form of Shanahan .
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Seanáin ‘descendant of Seanán’, a personal name based on a pet form of seán ‘old’. This Irish surname became established in Scotland in the 14th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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