When Mary Amanda Shumway was born on 18 October 1838, in Randolph, Clay, Missouri, United States, her father, Stephen Billings Shumway, was 32 and her mother, Wealthy Eddy, was 28. She married Daniel Booker Manwill on 10 January 1854, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1860 and Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 10 January 1883, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Lewiston City Cemetery, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States.
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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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
Americanized form of French Chamois . Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French pronunciation of the diphthong oi as ‘wé’, which in France was replaced in the 17th century by the current ‘wa’.
History: The ancestor of the Shumways was Peter Shumway, originally almost certainly Pierre Chamois from France, probably a Huguenot, who was in MA by 1675. He is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names"Her ancestors were from Puritans and settled Massachusetts at the beginning of the Plymouth and Salem colonies. (See the history on her mother Wealthy Eddy). ***** "Her father was Stephen Bil …
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