Brief Life History of Elmina L.
When Elmina L. Boren was born on 8 November 1844, in Illinois, United States, her father, Alley Dennis Boren, was 26 and her mother, Adeline Magdeline Mathis, was 22. She married Willard Titus Hughes on 23 August 1862, in San Bernardino, California, United States. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States for about 20 years. She died on 17 July 1881, in San Bernardino Judicial Township, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.
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- Elmina Smithson in household of William Smithson, "United States Census, 1870"
- E L Boren, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Elmina L. Hughes Boren Smithson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, 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
Swedish (also Borén): ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element + the adjectival suffix -én/-en, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. Compare Boreen and Borin .
Polish (Boreń): from a pet form of the personal names like Borzysław (see Bora 1).
Probably also an Americanized form of German Born .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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