When Martha Ruddell was born on 25 March 1837, in Williamstown, Grant, Kentucky, United States, her father, George Ruddell, was 43 and her mother, Martha Patsie Neal, was 33. She married Frederick Newlin on 26 January 1858. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Sainte Marie, Jasper, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. She died on 29 December 1905, in Jasper, Illinois, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Oblong, Crawford, Illinois, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Crawford, Illinois, United States
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.
English: habitational name from Ruddle in Newnham (Gloucestershire) or Rudhall in Ross (Herefordshire). The Gloucestershire placename may derive from Old English hrēod ‘reed’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, though an error due to confusion with the Gloucestershire placename Rodley may mean that the second element comes from Old English hyll ‘hill’. The Herefordshire placename derives from Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’ with an uncertain first element, perhaps the Old English plant-name rūde ‘rue’ or Middle English rud ‘marigold’.
English: nickname from a diminutive of Middle English rud(de) ‘red’. Compare Rudd .
English and Irish (Armagh): variant of Riddell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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