Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Coker was born about 1856, in Illinois, United States, her father, George Washington Coker Sr, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Betsy Kennedy, was 31. She lived in Industry Township, McDonough, Illinois, United States in 1860.
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- Margaret Coker in household of Washington Coker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Coker - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Margaret Coker
- Margaret Coker in household of Washington Coker, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
about 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.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
see Cocker .
habitational name from a group of villages in Somerset named with Coker, from a Celtic river name meaning ‘crooked’.
English (southeastern):
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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