Brief Life History of Washington F
When Washington F Boyer was born on 16 July 1832, in Sangamon, Macon, Illinois, United States, his father, Henry Boyer, was 26 and his mother, Mary Polly Powell, was 20. He married Almira M Harris on 14 September 1859, in Whiteside, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Mount Pleasant Township, Whiteside, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. In 1900, at the age of 68, his occupation is listed as teamster in Whiteside, Illinois, United States. He died on 15 June 1903, in Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Township, Whiteside, Illinois, United States.
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- Washington Boyer, "United States Census, 1880"
- Washington F. Boyer, "Find A Grave Index"
- Washington Boyer in entry for Mildred M Boyer, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"
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1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1840
Historical Boundaries: 1840: Whiteside, Illinois, 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.
Name Meaning
French: regional variant of Bouvier ‘herdsman’. This surname is also found in Haiti. Compare Bouyea and Boyea .
Altered form of German Bayer or Beyer .
German: habitational name for someone from Boye (near Celle-Hanover).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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