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Elizabeth Potter (Bonar) Blish 7 [f]
7th Generation

Personal Details
Born December 14th, 1820
Birthplace Bethlehem, county of Knox, OH, USA
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Died May 13th, 1900, aged about 80 years
Died at... Wethersfield, IL, USA
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Parents
Father [669_sa_f]Matthew Bonar 6 No Image On File
Mother [669_sa_m]Catharine (Cosner) Bonar 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Husband #1
[669] - Charles Cheney Blish, (***) 7

Married by: No Entry
Married at: Goshen, county of Stark, IL, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [1037]+ James Knox Blish, (***) 8 b. May 2nd, 1843 c. August
II [1038] William Henry Blish 8 b. August 15th, 1844 c. November No Image On File
III [1039] Sylvester Blish 8 b. October 13th, 1846 c. January No Image On File
IV [1040]+ Matthew Bonar Blish 8 b. December 5th, 1848 c. March
V [1041] Carrie Elizabeth Blish 8 b. October 8th, 1854 c. January No Image On File
VI [1042] Kittie Louise Blish 8 b. August 14th, 1857 c. November No Image On File

Immediate Family Tree
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Personalized History Timeline, 1820 to 1900
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 14
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 0
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from before birth until age 4
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from before birth until age 5
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 3
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 0 to age 10
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 0
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 1
1821:
1st US women's college at age 1
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 1 to age 9
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 1
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 2
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 4
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 4 to age 8
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 4
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 6
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 7
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 7
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 7
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 8
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 8
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 8 to age 16
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 9
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 9 to age 31
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 10 to age 40
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 10 to age 17
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 10
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 12
1833:
Telegraph at age 13
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 13
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 14
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 15
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 15 to age 22
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 15
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 16
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 16
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 16
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 17 until after line end
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 17
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 17 to age 20
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 17
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 18 to age 19
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 19 to age 22
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 21 to age 24
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 22
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 24
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 25 to age 28
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 25
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 25
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 25 to age 29
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 26
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 26 to age 28
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 28
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 28
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 28 to age 36
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 28
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 29 to age 32
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 29
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 30
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 30
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 30
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 30
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 30
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 31
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 32 to age 39
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 33
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 33 to age 36
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 34
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 34 to age 36
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 34
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 37
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 37 to age 46
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 37 to age 40
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 38
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 38
1859:
Oil Well at age 39
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 39
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 39
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 40
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 40
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 41
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 41
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 41
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 41
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 41
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 41
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 41 to age 45
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 41
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 41 to age 45
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 41
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 41 to age 45
1862:
US Homestead act at age 42
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 43
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 43
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 43 to age 59
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 43
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 43
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 43
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 44
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 44
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 45
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 45
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 45
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 46 to age 48
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 46
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 47
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 47
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 47
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 47
1867:
Dynamite at age 47
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 48 to age 58
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 49 to age 56
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 49
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 49
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 49
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 49
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 50
1870:
US black men can vote at age 50
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 50 to age 51
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 51
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 53 to age 58
1873:
Color Photographs at age 53
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 56
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 56
1876:
American Centennial at age 56
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 56
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 57 to age 60
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 57
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 58
1879:
Zulu war at age 59
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 59
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 61
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 61 to age 65
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 61 to age 76
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 61
1884:
Motorcycle at age 64
1884:
1st subway at age 64
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 65 to age 68
1885:
Automobile at age 65
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 66
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 67
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 68
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 68
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 69 to age 72
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 69
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 69
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 69
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 69
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 69
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 70
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 70
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 70
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 70
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 71
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 73
1893:
Movies at age 73
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 73 to age 76
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 73 to age 77
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 73
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 74
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 74 to age 75
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 76
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 76
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 77 until after line end
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 78
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 79 until after line end
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 79 until after line end
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 80
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 80
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 80

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