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Robert Irwin Blish 8 [m]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born August 23rd, 1841 No Image On File
Birthplace Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Died February 25th, 1879, aged about 38 years
Died at... St. Louis, MO, USA
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Parents
Father [622]David Blish 7 No Image On File
Mother [622sa]Adaline Sophia (Irwin) Blish 7 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[950sa] - Lillian Clara (Little) Blish 8

Married by: No Entry
Married at: St. Louis, MO, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [1245] Charles Munger Blish 9 b. April 15th, 1869 c. July No Image On File
II [1246] William Irwin Blish 9 b. November 28th, 1876 c. February No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 8 Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4
Robert Irwin BlishDavid BlishDavid BlishDeacon David BlishDavid Blish, (***)
Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish
Lucy (Wilcox) BlishObadiah Wilcox
Sarah (Talcott) Wilcox
Mary "Polly" (Whitney) BlishSamuel WhitneyNo Entry
No Entry
Mary (?) WhitneyNo Entry
No Entry
Adaline Sophia (Irwin) BlishHonorable Robert IrwinNo EntryNo Entry
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No EntryNo Entry
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Hannah (Reese) Irwin? ReeseNo Entry
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? (?) ReeseNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1841 to 1879
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 10
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 19
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from before birth until age 1
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from before birth until age 1
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 0 to age 3
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 1
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 3
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 4 to age 7
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 4
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 4
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 4 to age 8
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 5 to age 7
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 5
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 7
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 7
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 7 to age 15
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 7
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 8 to age 11
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 8
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 9
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 9
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 9
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 9
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 9
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 10
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 11 to age 18
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 12
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 12 to age 15
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 13 to age 15
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 13
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 13
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 16 to age 25
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 16 to age 19
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 16
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 17
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 17
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 18
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 18
1859:
Oil Well at age 18
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 19
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 19
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 20
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 20
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 20
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 20 to age 24
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 20
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 20
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 20 to age 24
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 20
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 20
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 20
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 20 to age 24
1862:
US Homestead act at age 21
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 22
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 22
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 22
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 22
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 22 to age 38
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 22
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 23
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 23
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 24
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 24
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 24
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 25 to age 27
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 25
1867:
Dynamite at age 26
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 26
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 26
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 26
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 26
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 27 to age 37
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 28 to age 35
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 28
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 28
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 28
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 28
1870:
US black men can vote at age 29
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 29 to age 30
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 29
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 30
1873:
Color Photographs at age 32
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 32 to age 37
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 35
1876:
American Centennial at age 35
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 35
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 35
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 36 until after line end
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 36
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 37
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 38
1879:
Zulu war at age 38

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