Brief Life History of Warren
When Warren Roberts was born on 10 December 1838, in Tazewell, Illinois, United States, his father, Ambrose Bryant Roberts, was 29 and his mother, Lamira Ann Spears, was 26. He married Martha Jane VanMeter on 30 October 1862, in Tazewell, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Taylor, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 14 January 1903, in New Market, Taylor, Iowa, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Dallas Center Cemetery, Dallas Township, Taylor, Iowa, United States.
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- Warren Roberts, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Warren Roberts, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Warren Roberts, "Iowa, Death Records, 1888-1904"
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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.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
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: from the personal name Robert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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