Brief Life History of David William
When David William Garner was born on 13 August 1834, in Morgan, Indiana, United States, his father, Philip Garner, was 25 and his mother, Mary Hedrick, was 22. He married Ann Eliza Coffin on 18 December 1855, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Huntsville Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. In 1850, at the age of 15, his occupation is listed as farmer in Weber, Utah, United States. He died on 5 July 1900, in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- David W Garner, "United States Census, 1860"
- David William Garner, "Find A Grave Index"
- David Garner in entry for Ester Janell Ashton, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
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
English (of Norman origin): perhaps occasionally from the Old French personal name Garnier (see Garnier ), but it is exeptionally rare as a personal name in medieval England and no certain evidence has been found for its use as a surname. Compare Warner .
English: from Middle English gern(i)er, garner, gurner, Anglo-Norman French gerner ‘granary’ (Old French grenier, from Late Latin granarium, a derivative of granum ‘grain’). It was probably a metonymic occupational name for someone in charge of the stores kept in a granary.
English and Scottish: commonly shortened form of Gardner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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