Brief Life History of Russel William
When Russel William Avery was born on 2 May 1849, in Illinois, United States, his father, Gilbert Avery, was 39 and his mother, Betsey Lamb, was 24. He married Lydia Caroline Butler in 1892, in Utah, United States. He died in 1903, at the age of 54, and was buried in Wellington, Carbon, Utah, United States.
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- Russell W. Avery, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Russell William Avery - Government record: Census record: birth: May 1849; Illinois, United States
- Russell W Avry, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Anglo-Norman French personal name Aevery, a Norman form of Alfred . Among the 17th-century Puritan settlers in New England, there was some confusion with Averill . Compare Averett .
Altered form of French Canadian Hévey (see Hevey ). Compare Avey 3.
History: Christopher Avery emigrated from England to Salem, MA, in or before 1630. — William Avery (alias Averill) was one of the Puritan settlers who emigrated from England to Ipswich, MA, in or c. 1637. — Some of the American bearers of the surname Avery are descendants of Nicolas Hévé/Devé from France, who was in QC by 1672 (see Hevey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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