Brief Life History of William Larkin
When William Larkin Lane was born on 30 November 1850, in Hamilton, Illinois, United States, his father, Jacob Clay Lane, was 25 and his mother, Nancy Naomi Flannigan, was 25. He married Mary Elizabeth Flannigan on 13 February 1873, in Phelps, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in South Seminole Township, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. He died on 5 March 1928, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States.
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- William L Lane, "United States Census, 1920"
- Wm L Lani, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- W L Lane, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Stone, Missouri, United States
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.
1871
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.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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