When James Hyrum Baird was born on 5 February 1848, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Samuel Baird, was 46 and his mother, Matilda Rutledge, was 34. He married Fanny Emmorett Sessions on 7 March 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 7 daughters. He registered for military service in 1908. He died on 8 February 1910, in Syracuse, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Syracuse Memorial Park, Syracuse, Davis, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
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.
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Scottish:
from a common pronunciation of Bard in Scotland.
occupational name from Gaelic bàrd ‘bard, poet, minstrel’, or of Gaelic Mac an Baird ‘son of the bard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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