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Mary Houghton (Bruce) Blish 7 [f]
7th Generation

Personal Details
Born October 5th, 1817
Birthplace Jay, county of Essex, New York, USA
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Died May 8th, 1893, aged about 76 years
Died at... Englewood, Illinois, USA
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Parents
Father [613sa_f]Joseph Bruce 6 No Image On File
Mother [613sa_m]Rebecca (Houghton) Bruce 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Husband #1
[613] - Daniel Blish, Jr. 7

Married by: No Entry
Married at: Jay, county of Essex, New York, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [933]+ Deacon David Blish 8 b. April 8th, 1841 c. July
II [934] Lucy Blish 8 b. October 9th, 1846 c. January
III [935]+ Lillian Martha (Blish) Purmort 8 b. February 13th, 1849 c. May
IV [936]+ Frank Daniel Blish 8 b. June 30th, 1852 c. September
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Husband #2
[613sasb] - Deacon Austin Hickock 7

Married by: No Entry
Married at: Jay, county of Essex, New York, USA

Children by this spouse:
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Immediate Family Tree
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Personalized History Timeline, 1817 to 1893
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 17
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 3
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 0 to age 8
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 0
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 0
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 0 to age 7
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 0
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 0 to age 6
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 1
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 1
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 2
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 2
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 2
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 3
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 3 to age 13
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 4
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 4 to age 12
1821:
1st US women's college at age 4
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 4
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 5
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 7
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 7 to age 11
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 7
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 9
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 10
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 10
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 10
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 11
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 11
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 11 to age 19
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 12
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 12 to age 34
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 13 to age 20
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 13 to age 43
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 13
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 15
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 16
1833:
Telegraph at age 16
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 17
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 18
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 18
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 18 to age 25
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 19
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 19
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 19
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 20 until after line end
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 20
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 20
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 20 to age 23
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 21 to age 22
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 22 to age 25
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 24 to age 27
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 25
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 27
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 28
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 28
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 28 to age 31
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 28 to age 32
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 29
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 29 to age 31
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 31
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 31
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 31
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 31 to age 39
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 32 to age 35
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 32
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 33
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 33
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 33
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 33
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 33
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 34
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 35 to age 42
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 36 to age 39
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 36
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 37 to age 39
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 37
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 37
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 40 to age 49
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 40 to age 43
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 40
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 41
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 41
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 42
1859:
Oil Well at age 42
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 42
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 43
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 43
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 44
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 44
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 44 to age 48
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 44
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 44 to age 48
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 44
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 44
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 44
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 44 to age 48
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 44
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 44
1862:
US Homestead act at age 45
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 46
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 46
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 46 to age 62
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 46
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 46
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 46
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 47
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 47
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 48
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 48
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 48
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 49 to age 51
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 49
1867:
Dynamite at age 50
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 50
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 50
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 50
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 50
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 51 to age 61
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 52
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 52
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 52 to age 59
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 52
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 52
1870:
US black men can vote at age 53
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 53 to age 54
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 53
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 54
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 56 to age 61
1873:
Color Photographs at age 56
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 59
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 59
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 59
1876:
American Centennial at age 59
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 60
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 60 to age 63
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 61
1879:
Zulu war at age 62
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 62
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 64
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 64 to age 68
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 64 until after line end
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 64
1884:
Motorcycle at age 67
1884:
1st subway at age 67
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 68 to age 71
1885:
Automobile at age 68
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 69
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 70
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 71
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 71
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 72
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 72
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 72 to age 75
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 72
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 72
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 72
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 73
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 73
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 73
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 73
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 74
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 76
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 76 until after line end
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 76
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 76 until after line end
1893:
Movies at age 76

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