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Nellie (Gaines) Blish 7 [f]
7th Generation

Personal Details
Born December 16th, 1839 No Image On File
Birthplace West Hartford, CT, USA
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Parents
Father [510_sa_f]William Gaines 6 No Image On File
Mother [510_sa_m]Louise (Steele) Gaines 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
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[510] - Asa Hills Blish 7

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Married at: Stafford Springs, CT, USA

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Personalized History Timeline, 1839 to 1939
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 12
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 21
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from before birth until age 3
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from before birth until age 1
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 62
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from before birth until age 0
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 0 to age 3
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 2 to age 5
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 3
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 5
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 6 to age 10
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 6
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 6
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 6 to age 9
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 7
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 7 to age 9
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 9
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 9
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 9 to age 17
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 9
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 10
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 10 to age 13
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 11
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 11
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 11
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 11
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 11
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 12
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 13 to age 20
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 14
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 14 to age 17
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 15
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 15 to age 17
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 15
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 18 to age 21
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 18 to age 27
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 18
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 19
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 19
1859:
Oil Well at age 20
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 20
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 20
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 21
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 21
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 22
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 22
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 22
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 22
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 22
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 22
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 22
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 22 to age 26
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 22
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 22 to age 26
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 22 to age 26
1862:
US Homestead act at age 23
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 24
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 24
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 24
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 24
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 24 to age 40
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 24
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 25
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 25
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 26
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 26
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 26
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 27 to age 29
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 27
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 28
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 28
1867:
Dynamite at age 28
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 28
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 28
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 29 to age 39
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 30
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 30 to age 37
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 30
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 30
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 30
1870:
US black men can vote at age 31
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 31
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 31 to age 32
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 32
1873:
Color Photographs at age 34
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 34 to age 39
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 37
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 37
1876:
American Centennial at age 37
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 37
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 38 to age 41
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 38
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 39
1879:
Zulu war at age 40
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 40
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 42
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 42 to age 57
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 42
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 42 to age 46
1884:
1st subway at age 45
1884:
Motorcycle at age 45
1885:
Automobile at age 46
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 46 to age 49
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 47
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 48
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 49
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 49
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 50
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 50
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 50 to age 53
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 50
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 50
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 50
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 51
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 51
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 51
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 51
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 52
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 54
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 54
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 54 to age 57
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 54 to age 58
1893:
Movies at age 54
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 55
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 55 to age 56
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 57
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 57
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 58 to age 62
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 59
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 60 to age 84
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 60 to age 63
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 61
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 61
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 61
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 62
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 62 to age 69
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 62
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 62
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 62 to age 71
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 62
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 62
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 62
1903:
Airplane at age 64
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 64
1904:
Radar at age 65
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 65 to age 66
1907:
Plastic at age 68
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 68
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 69
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 70
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 70 to age 73
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 70
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 71
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 71 to age 97
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 71
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 72
1912:
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 73
1912:
Titanic sinks at age 73
1912:
Alaska organized as a territory at age 73
1912:
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 73
1913-1920:
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 74 to age 81
1914:
The Bra at age 75
1914-1919:
World War I from age 75 to age 80
1915:
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 76
1916:
Sonar at age 77
1916:
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 77
1917:
US enters WWI at age 78
1917:
Russian revolution at age 78
1918-1933:
Prohibition from age 79 to age 94
1918-1920:
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 79 to age 81
1919:
League of Nations instantiated at age 80
1919:
Shortwave Radio at age 80
1920-1929:
Roaring 20's from age 81 to age 90
1920:
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 81
1920:
Palestine established at age 81
1921-1924:
Warren G Harding president of US from age 82 to age 85
1922:
Insulin made available to diabetics at age 83
1925:
Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 86
1925-1928:
Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 86 to age 89
1926:
Sound in Movies at age 87
1927:
Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 88
1927:
1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 88
1928:
Geiger Counter at age 89
1928:
Video Recordings at age 89
1928:
Television at age 89
1928:
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 89
1929-1939:
Great Depression from age 90 to age 100
1929-1932:
Herbert Hoover president of US from age 90 to age 93
1929:
Stock Market Crash at age 90
1930:
Pluto Discovered at age 91
1931-1933:
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 92 to age 94
1933:
Soviet communist party purge at age 94
1933:
Radio Astronomy at age 94
1933:
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 94
1933-1945:
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 94 until after line end
1934:
Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 95
1935-1936:
Abyssinian war from age 96 to age 97
1935:
Dustbowl at age 96
1936-1952:
Reign of King George VI (Windsor) from age 97 until after line end
1936:
Reign of King Edward VIII (Windsor) at age 97
1936:
Spanish Civil War at age 97
1936:
Helicopter at age 97
1937-1945:
Chinese-Japanese war (3) from age 98 until after line end
1937:
Nylon (by DuPont) at age 98
1938:
Germany annexes Austria at age 99
1939:
Aircraft Jet Engine invented (by Ohain) at age 100
1939:
Digital Computer at age 100
1939-1945:
World War II from age 100 until after line end

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