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919a
William Blish 8 [m]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born 1860 No Image On File
Birthplace Algoma, Wisconsin, USA
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Died 1935, aged about 75 years
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Parents
Father [579q]Alfred Day Blish 7 No Image On File
Mother [579q_sa]Amanda (Van Doozer) Blish 7 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[919asa] - ? (?) Blish 8

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Children by this spouse:
I [919ac1] Cora Blish 9 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
II [919ac2] Etta Blish 9 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
III [919ac3] Allie Blish 9 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 8 Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4
William BlishAlfred Day BlishHarvey BlishJoseph Blush, Jr.Joseph Blish
Elizabeth (Skinner) Blish
Sylvia (Taylor) BlishNo Entry
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Phoebe (Worden) BlishNathaniel WordenNo Entry
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Cyrena (Hurlbert) Worden? Hurlbert
? (?) Hurlbert
Amanda (Van Doozer) BlishHorace, Van DoozerNo EntryNo Entry
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? (?), Van DoozerNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1860 to 1935
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 0
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 41
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from before birth until age 0
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from before birth until age 6
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 0
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 0
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 1
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 1 to age 5
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 1
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 1 to age 5
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 1
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 1
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 1 to age 5
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 1
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 1
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 1
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 1
1862:
US Homestead act at age 2
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 3
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 3
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 3
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 3
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 3
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 3 to age 19
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 4
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 4
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 5
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 5
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 5
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 6 to age 8
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 6
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 7
1867:
Dynamite at age 7
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 7
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 7
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 7
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 8 to age 18
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 9 to age 16
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 9
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 9
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 9
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 9
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 10
1870:
US black men can vote at age 10
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 10 to age 11
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 11
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 13 to age 18
1873:
Color Photographs at age 13
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 16
1876:
American Centennial at age 16
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 16
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 16
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 17 to age 20
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 17
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 18
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 19
1879:
Zulu war at age 19
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 21 to age 25
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 21 to age 36
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 21
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 21
1884:
Motorcycle at age 24
1884:
1st subway at age 24
1885:
Automobile at age 25
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 25 to age 28
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 26
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 27
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 28
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 28
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 29
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 29 to age 32
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 29
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 29
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 29
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 29
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 30
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 30
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 30
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 30
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 31
1893:
Movies at age 33
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 33
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 33
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 33 to age 37
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 33 to age 36
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 34 to age 35
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 34
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 36
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 36
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 37 to age 41
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 38
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 39 to age 42
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 39 to age 63
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 40
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 40
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 40
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 41 to age 50
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 41
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 41
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 41
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 41
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 41 to age 48
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 41
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 41
1903:
Airplane at age 43
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 43
1904:
Radar at age 44
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 44 to age 45
1907:
Plastic at age 47
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 47
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 48
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 49
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 49 to age 52
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 49
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 50
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 50 until after line end
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 50
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 51
1912:
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 52
1912:
Alaska organized as a territory at age 52
1912:
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 52
1912:
Titanic sinks at age 52
1913-1920:
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 53 to age 60
1914-1919:
World War I from age 54 to age 59
1914:
The Bra at age 54
1915:
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 55
1916:
Sonar at age 56
1916:
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 56
1917:
US enters WWI at age 57
1917:
Russian revolution at age 57
1918-1933:
Prohibition from age 58 to age 73
1918-1920:
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 58 to age 60
1919:
Shortwave Radio at age 59
1919:
League of Nations instantiated at age 59
1920-1929:
Roaring 20's from age 60 to age 69
1920:
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 60
1920:
Palestine established at age 60
1921-1924:
Warren G Harding president of US from age 61 to age 64
1922:
Insulin made available to diabetics at age 62
1925-1928:
Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 65 to age 68
1925:
Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 65
1926:
Sound in Movies at age 66
1927:
1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 67
1927:
Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 67
1928:
Geiger Counter at age 68
1928:
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 68
1928:
Television at age 68
1928:
Video Recordings at age 68
1929-1939:
Great Depression from age 69 until after line end
1929-1932:
Herbert Hoover president of US from age 69 to age 72
1929:
Stock Market Crash at age 69
1930:
Pluto Discovered at age 70
1931-1933:
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 71 to age 73
1933:
Radio Astronomy at age 73
1933:
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 73
1933-1945:
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 73 until after line end
1933:
Soviet communist party purge at age 73
1934:
Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 74
1935:
Dustbowl at age 75
1935-1936:
Abyssinian war from age 75 until after line end

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