Brief Life History of William Andrew
When William Andrew Dinwiddie was born on 26 August 1839, in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana, United States, his father, Dr. William Dinwiddie, was 42 and his mother, Martha Edghill Burnside, was 26. He married Harriet Sophia Guiteau on 28 December 1865, in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Black Hawk, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States for about 1 years. He registered for military service in 1862. In 1900, at the age of 61, his occupation is listed as major at normal. He died on 4 November 1901, in Palmyra, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States.
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- W A Dinwiddie, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Andrew Dinwiddie - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: William Andrew Dinwiddie
- William A Dinwiddie, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"
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1841 · Indiana Nears Bankruptcy
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Champaign, Illinois, 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
Scottish (Dumfriesshire): habitational name from Dinwoodie near Dumfries. The placename is first recorded in 1296 in the form Dinwithie, Dunwythye, and is probably named with British words that are ancestors of Welsh din ‘forest’ + gwydd ‘shrubs, bushes’.
History: Robert Dinwiddie, born in Glasgow in 1693, was lieutenant governor of VA from 1751 to 1758.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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