Brief Life History of Albert Benjamin
When Albert Benjamin Lyons was born on 21 December 1870, in Chatsworth, Livingston, Illinois, United States, his father, Andrew Lyons, was 52 and his mother, Elizabeth Darnes, was 47. He had at least 4 sons with Effie Givauden. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Albany, Gentry, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 15 January 1899, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 28.
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- Albert Lyons in household of Andrew Lyons, "United States Census, 1870"
- Albert B Lyons, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- A B Lyons, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1872 · Montgomery Ward Inc.
Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward after he observed that rural customers often wanted goods from the city but couldn’t get them because of distance and cost. Ward believed that he could cut costs and make a wide variety of goods available to rural customers. Ward and two partners used $1,600 to issue the first catalog in August 1872 and with its publication, rural retailers considered Ward a threat and publicly burned his catalog. Despite the opposition, however, the business grew at a fast pace over the next several decades and was almost as successful as Sears. In April 1944, U.S. Army troops seized the Chicago offices of Montgomery Ward & Company after President Roosevelt ordered it because of an unsettled strike request made by the workers. Eight months later, with Montgomery Ward continuing to refuse to recognize the unions, President Roosevelt issued an executive order seizing all of Montgomery Ward's property nationwide.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Lyon 3.
Irish: adopted for Ó Laighin (see Lyne , Lane , Lyon ) or Ó Liatháin (see Lehane ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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