Brief Life History of Joseph Easton
When Joseph Easton Hollingshead was born on 17 March 1835, in York Township, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, his father, Thomas William Hollingshead, was 40 and his mother, Aurelia Matthews, was 32. He married Mary E Landis on 14 October 1877, in Wheatland, Yuba, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He immigrated to Yuba, California, United States in 1880 and lived in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 22 May 1899, in Wheatland, Yuba, California, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Wheatland, Yuba, California, United States.
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- Joseph E Hollingshead in household of Thomas Hollingshead, "United States Census, 1850"
- Joseph E Hollingshead, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Find a Grave
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Yuba, California, 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
English: habitational name from Hollinset in Sutton Downes (Cheshire), Holmside in Lanchester (Durham), or Hollingside in Whickham (Durham). Holmside in Durham and Hollinset in Cheshire both derive from Old English holegn ‘holly’ + (ge)set ‘dwelling, stable, fold’, while Hollingside in Durham come from Old English holegn + sīde ‘side, hill side’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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