When Mary Ann Reffner was born on 12 April 1853, in Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, David Reffner, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Gibson, was 24. She married William Emery Wolgamot on 14 January 1873, in Fulton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 31 March 1938, in Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Canton, Fulton, 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 issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
German: perhaps an occupational name for a peddler, from an agent derivative of Middle High German ref(f) ‘pannier, basket’ (see Reff 2), or a nickname for a scold, from an agent derivative of Middle High German reffen ‘to scold or chastise’.
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