Legare Tryon

Male29 June 1855–7 June 1856

Brief Life History of Legare

When Legare Tryon was born on 29 June 1855, in Will Township, Will, Illinois, United States, his father, George Tryon, was 49 and his mother, Hannah Buell, was 26. He died on 7 June 1856, at the age of 0.

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George Tryon
1805–1896
Hannah Buell
1829–1897
Flora Tryon
1848–1851
Leonore Tryon
1852–1938
Legare Tryon
1855–1856
Lillian Tryon
1857–1862
Allison Tryon
1860–1929

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    1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

    Age 1

    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 (Lincolnshire, Rutland and Northamptonshire): altered form of Dutch Trion, itself a shortened variant of Tirion, a cognate of Walloon and French Thiry .

    History: A Northamptonshire family of this name trace their descent from Peter Trieon (died 1611), who went to England from the Netherlands c. 1562. His son, Moses Tryon, was high sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1624. William Tryon (born 1729 in Surrey, England) was the last provincial governor of NY; he gave his name to Tryon County, the district which took in the Mohawk Valley; after the American Revolution this huge area was split into Montgomery, Fulton, and other counties.

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

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