Brief Life History of Major Andrew
When Major Andrew Ward was born on 9 August 1836, in Liberty Township, Union, Indiana, United States, his father, Apollis Ward, was 31 and his mother, Jane Bramble, was 21. He married Emily Jane Davis on 6 April 1856. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Bainbridge Township, Schuyler, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 9 March 1900, in Schuyler, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Pleasant View, Schuyler, Illinois, United States.
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- Majer A Ward, "Illinois State Census, 1865"
- Major A Ward, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Major Andrew Ward, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Schuyler, 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
English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Middle English ward ‘watchman, guard’ (Old English weard, used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).
English: occupational name from Middle English warde ‘armed guard’ (Old English weard ‘watching, guarding’), with the same meaning as 1 above.
Irish: shortened form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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