Brief Life History of Alma
When Alma Hess was born on 3 June 1839, in Adams, Burton Township, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Jacob Hess, was 47 and his mother, Elizabeth Foutz, was 41. He married Mary Elmira Miller on 10 May 1862, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 9 August 1863, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 24, and was buried in Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Alma Hess in household of Elizabeth Hess, "United States Census, 1850"
- Alma Hess, "BillionGraves Index"
- Alma Hess, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
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.
Name Meaning
German, Dutch, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from the territory of Hesse (see Hessen 1).
South German: from a short form of the personal name Matthäus (see Matthew ).
German and Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hesso, a derivative of a compound name formed with hadu ‘strife’ as the first element, or from a pet form of Herman or Hendrik (see Henry 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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