Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Foster was born on 24 June 1853, in Ray, Missouri, United States, her father, James Cary Foster, was 16 and her mother, Mary Emily Carr, was 23. She married John Hoge on 17 September 1877, in Livingston, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Turnback Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 15 February 1923, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States.
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- Mrs. John Hoge, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sarah Jane Hoge, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Sarah Foster, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
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1855 · Lager Beer Riot
The Lager Beer Riot came at a time in Chicago's history where large waves of Irish and German immigrants moved to the city. The Riot was started because the Mayor of the city renewed enforcement of an old liquor ordinance mandating that taverns be closed on Sundays and to raise the cost of a license to sell liquor from $50 to $300 each year. This didn't sit well with the German immigrants because they felt like it was directed towards them and their heritage. There was only one death throughout the time of the riot, though protesters claimed that it was more.
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.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.
English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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