Brief Life History of William
When William Galbraith was born in January 1852, in Illinois, United States, his father, William T Galbraith, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Ann Harlin, was 37. He married Florence Esther "Etta" Seymour on 9 September 1885. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Qu'Appelle, South Qu'Appelle No. 157, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1906 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 6 February 1925, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 73.
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- Wm Gilbratt in household of Wm Gilbratt, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Galbreath, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- William Galbreath, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"
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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.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Scottish: ethnic name for a Strathclyde Briton, from Gaelic gall Breathnach ‘British foreigner’. Compare Gall .
History: This name is first recorded as a surname in the Lennox, a rich agricultural region north of Glasgow under the Campsie Fells, in the 12th century. In early medieval times the region to which Lennox belongs was an independent Welsh-speaking kingdom, with its capital at Dumbarton. It was not integrated into the rest of Scotland until 1124. The first recorded chief of the Galbraiths was Gilchrist ‘the Briton’, living in 1193.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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