*John William Blair

1823 - 1880  (46 years)

• Name	*John William Blair  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	5 Oct 1823	County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland; To America
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1870 and 1880	Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey
  Burial	Between 1870 and 1880	Probably Mellville, Cumberland County, New Jersey
  Person ID	I2070	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	*James Belfast Merville Blair,   b. Abt 1790, 3rd Son; Queenstown, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland d. Abt 1823, Atlantic Ocean Between Ireland And America (Age 33 years)
  Mother	*Ann Stuart,   b. 1790, Twin; Ulster, Ireland To West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. Bef 1870, Probably Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1810	Possibly Ireland
  Family ID	F5741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth "Eliza" Love,   b. 1833, Knockahollet, County Antrim, Ireland d. Sep 1868, Bucks County Or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	4 Feb 1863	Millville, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. *John Beckenridge Blair,   b. 18 Nov 1865, Millville, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA d. 23 Dec 1935, Orion, Henry, Illinois, USA (Age 70 years)   2. Anna "Annie" Love Blair,   b. 14 May 1867, Millville, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA d. 21 Oct 1932, Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, USA (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  A). John Sr. Blair did make the voyage to America it would seem withhis mother and siblings as per Annie Love Blair's notes of January1894. It would be appropriate also to assume here that since JohnSr.'s father had died on the voyage to America that his mother had ayoung family to support upon their arrival to America. It is alsolikely that John Sr. and his family lived near the Love family inPennsylvania as well at least a portion of the time since he and ElizaLove met and married there. B). In the 1870 Federal census records, John B. was living with hisfather John Sr. after his mother's death in 1868. According to thecensus for John Sr. the value of his property was $2500.00, and hispersonal estate was of $600.00. This is no little means at this timein the economics of America. John Sr. was listed as working in afoundry for the 1870 census. It does not state if he was a laboureror a supervisor or a metal worker. The census does clear up one thingthough, since he was the only adult listed, he told the census takerthat he was born in Ireland, not Pennsylvania. Anne is now livingwith her grandmother Mary A. Love and her uncle Alexander Love inBucks County, Pennsylvania per the census records also. C). It is unknown as to why the children, John B., and Anna, went tolive with their uncle Alexander Love in Henry County, Illinois by the1880 Census record. And as far as to what may have become of JohnSr., all we know at present about him is that he had a paralysis whenhe died with an unknown cause or history. How long he suffered withthe paralysis prior to his death is unknown. SOURCE: Edna Grant Fiosne's (c.1898-1990 A.D.)HAND WRITTEN PERSONALNOTES ON THE BLAIR, LOVE, GRANT, AND MCWHINNEY FAMILIES. Contributedby, Susanna Baker of Ferndale, California on 12 January 2009. Ednacontributed information, photos, and some certificates of marriage toBessie Blair in abt. 1979. Edna's story of the families odyssey isthe same as told by Mary Gerrity and Bessie Blair, also all of theinformation in her notes is nearly identical.

  
  

• Sources

  [S240] SLJuhl, Compiler, Federal Census Records For The Blair, Love, DeKezel, and ExtendedFamilies, (Name: Multiple United States Federal Census Records for Years 1850 -1930.; SLJuhl, Compiler, Federal Census Records For The Blair, Love, DeKezel,and Extended Families (Multiple United States Federal Census Recordsfor Years 1850 - 1930.), Source Medium: Internet Source Quality: Excellent Copies of all records are kept in the McCoy/Blair Family Records forthe Blair, DeKezel, Love, Ferguson, and extended Family Trees. Please contact Michael & Jozett Blair McCoy for further information. Noinformation on living persons will be given out except under certainspecial circumstances at the record holders discretion. To contact -address: 2336 - 32nd Street, Moline, Illinois 61265. .). [S253] SLJuhl, Compiler SLJuhl, Compiler, Please Note: Many Sources Are Cited In Ancestor &Descendant Notes, Source Medium: Other Not all sources will be added in the end notes. If you have questionsplease feel free to contact the compiler or Michael & Jozet, Please Note: Many Sources Are Cited In Ancestor & Descendant Notes. [S265] Compiled by, SLJuhl, The Blair Surname. Its Ancient Scottish Origins; Heraldry; Coat ofArms, (Name: http://www.blairsociety.org; Compiled by, SLJuhl, The Blair Surname. Its Ancient Scottish Origins;Heraldry; Coat of Arms (http://www.blairsociety.org), Source Medium:Internet .).