Henry Thurman

Maleabout 1856–

Brief Life History of Henry

When Henry Thurman was born about 1856, in Illinois, United States, his father, Allen Grandville Thurman, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Truitt, was 40.

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Family Time Line

Allen Grandville Thurman
1820–1923
Elizabeth Truitt
1818–1874
Andrew Jackson Thurman
1842–1895
Mary A Thurman
1843–1863
Albert Thurman
1852–
Henry Thurman
1856–
Alice Thurman
1858–
John Allen Thurman
1847–1933
Mary Ann Permelia Thurman
1850–1942
Rachel Thurman
1850–
Rachel Emma Thurman
1853–1926
Isaac Fuller Thurman
1855–1933
William West Manson Thurman
1858–1946
William Levi Thurman
1860–1930

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    World Events (3)

    1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

    Age 0

    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.

    1863

    Age 7

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

    Age 7

    The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

    Name Meaning

    English (Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire): from the Middle English personal name T(h)urmund, Old Norse Thórmundr, composed of the elements Thórr, the name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor ) + mundr ‘protection’. This personal name in was rare and Thurman may also have derived from the commoner Middle English personal name T(h)urmod, T(h)urmot by assimilation of the second theme -mod, -mot to the element -mund, which is found in several other compound personal names.

    Americanized form of German Thurmann: habitational name for someone from a place called Thur (see Thur ).

    Americanized form of German Thurmann: occupational name for a watchman, from Middle Low German torn(e)man (torn(e) ‘tower’) or Middle High German turn, turm ‘tower’ + man ‘man’. Compare Turman .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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