Brief Life History of Mary Louise
When Mary Louise Branch was born on 18 August 1853, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, her father, Oren "Orange" Branch, was 31 and her mother, Mary Marianna Myers, was 25. She married George Washington Ridgway on 27 March 1870, in Pike, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Pebble Township, Pike, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died on 15 July 1912, in Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Hillside, Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Mary Ridgway in household of Geo Ridgway, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary E. Branch, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Mary E. Ridgeway, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
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1855 · Lager Beer Riot
The Lager Beer Riot came at a time in Chicago's history where large waves of Irish and German immigrants moved to the city. The Riot was started because the Mayor of the city renewed enforcement of an old liquor ordinance mandating that taverns be closed on Sundays and to raise the cost of a license to sell liquor from $50 to $300 each year. This didn't sit well with the German immigrants because they felt like it was directed towards them and their heritage. There was only one death throughout the time of the riot, though protesters claimed that it was more.
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.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name or nickname from Middle English braunch ‘branch’ (Old French branche, braunche), of uncertain application (compare German Zweig ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘branch’, e.g. German Zweig (compare Labranche ), French Branche , and Swedish Gren .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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