When Charles Uhl was born on 10 June 1851, in Missouri, United States, his father, Valentine Uhl, was 27 and his mother, Regina Lehnhmacher, was 22. He died on 7 July 1893, in Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States.
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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.
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
German and Czech: from a short form of the personal name Ulrich .
North German: nickname from Middle Low German ule ‘owl’ for someone who reminded in some way of the bird.
Czech: perhaps also a nickname or a metonymic occupational name from Czech uh(e)l ‘coal’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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