When William Ricks was born on 10 January 1839, in Olive Township, Madison, Illinois, United States, his father, Joel Ricks Sr, was 34 and his mother, Eleanor Martin, was 31. He married Margaret Gordon on 13 January 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850 and Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 22 May 1900, in Benson, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
English: variant of Rick , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. See also Rickson .
English: topographic name from Middle English rixe, rexe (Old English rixe, a West Saxon metathesized form of Old English risc, rysc ‘rush’) wash. The surname probably originally denoted someone who lived where rushes grew, or it may be a habitational name from a place so named, such as Rix (Devon).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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