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George Calvin Blish 9 [m]
9th Generation

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Born December 24th, 1855 No Image On File
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Parents
Father [802]George Blish 8 No Image On File
Mother [802sa]Irene (Young) Blish 8 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children none known

Immediate Family Tree
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George Calvin BlishGeorge BlishJoseph BlishMajor Joseph Blish, Jr.Lieutenant Joseph Blish
Sarah (?) Crocker
Temperance (Shaw) BlishRev. Oakes Shaw
? (?) Shaw
Mehitable (Freeman) BlishJoshua FreemanNo Entry
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Mehitable (Blossom) Freeman? Blossom
? (?) Blossom
Irene (Young) BlishElam YoungNo EntryNo Entry
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Irene (Eaton) Young? EatonNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1855 to 1955
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 5
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 46
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from before birth until age 1
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 4
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from before birth until age 1
1854-1856:
Crimean War from before birth until age 1
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 2
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 2 to age 5
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 2 to age 11
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 3
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 3
1859:
Oil Well at age 4
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 4
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 4
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 5
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 5
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 6
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 6 to age 10
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 6
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 6
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 6
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 6
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 6 to age 10
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 6
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 6 to age 10
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 6
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 6
1862:
US Homestead act at age 7
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 8
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 8
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 8
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 8
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 8 to age 24
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 8
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 9
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 9
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 10
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 10
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 10
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 11
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 11 to age 13
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 12
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 12
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 12
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 12
1867:
Dynamite at age 12
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 13 to age 23
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 14
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 14
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 14 to age 21
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 14
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 14
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 15 to age 16
1870:
US black men can vote at age 15
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 15
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 16
1873:
Color Photographs at age 18
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 18 to age 23
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 21
1876:
American Centennial at age 21
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 21
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 21
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 22 to age 25
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 22
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 23
1879:
Zulu war at age 24
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 24
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 26 to age 41
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 26 to age 30
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 26
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 26
1884:
1st subway at age 29
1884:
Motorcycle at age 29
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 30 to age 33
1885:
Automobile at age 30
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 31
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 32
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 33
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 33
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 34
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 34
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 34
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 34
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 34
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 34 to age 37
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 35
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 35
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 35
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 35
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 36
1893:
Movies at age 38
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 38 to age 41
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 38 to age 42
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 38
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 38
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 39 to age 40
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 39
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 41
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 41
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 42 to age 46
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 43
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 44 to age 47
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 44 to age 68
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 45
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 45
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 45
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 46 to age 53
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 46
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 46 to age 55
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 46
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 46
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 46
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 46
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 46
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 48
1903:
Airplane at age 48
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 49 to age 50
1904:
Radar at age 49
1907:
Plastic at age 52
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 52
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 53
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 54
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 54 to age 57
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 54
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 55
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 55
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 55 to age 81
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 56
1912:
Alaska organized as a territory at age 57
1912:
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 57
1912:
Titanic sinks at age 57
1912:
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 57
1913-1920:
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 58 to age 65
1914:
The Bra at age 59
1914-1919:
World War I from age 59 to age 64
1915:
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 60
1916:
Sonar at age 61
1916:
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 61
1917:
Russian revolution at age 62
1917:
US enters WWI at age 62
1918-1920:
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 63 to age 65
1918-1933:
Prohibition from age 63 to age 78
1919:
Shortwave Radio at age 64
1919:
League of Nations instantiated at age 64
1920:
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 65
1920-1929:
Roaring 20's from age 65 to age 74
1920:
Palestine established at age 65
1921-1924:
Warren G Harding president of US from age 66 to age 69
1922:
Insulin made available to diabetics at age 67
1925:
Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 70
1925-1928:
Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 70 to age 73
1926:
Sound in Movies at age 71
1927:
Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 72
1927:
1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 72
1928:
Television at age 73
1928:
Video Recordings at age 73
1928:
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 73
1928:
Geiger Counter at age 73
1929-1939:
Great Depression from age 74 to age 84
1929-1932:
Herbert Hoover president of US from age 74 to age 77
1929:
Stock Market Crash at age 74
1930:
Pluto Discovered at age 75
1931-1933:
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 76 to age 78
1933:
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 78
1933-1945:
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 78 to age 90
1933:
Soviet communist party purge at age 78
1933:
Radio Astronomy at age 78
1934:
Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 79
1935-1936:
Abyssinian war from age 80 to age 81
1935:
Dustbowl at age 80
1936-1952:
Reign of King George VI (Windsor) from age 81 to age 97
1936:
Spanish Civil War at age 81
1936:
Reign of King Edward VIII (Windsor) at age 81
1936:
Helicopter at age 81
1937:
Nylon (by DuPont) at age 82
1937-1945:
Chinese-Japanese war (3) from age 82 to age 90
1938:
Germany annexes Austria at age 83
1939-1945:
World War II from age 84 to age 90
1939:
Digital Computer at age 84
1939:
Aircraft Jet Engine invented (by Ohain) at age 84
1940:
1st black general in US army at age 85
1940:
Color Television at age 85
1941-1945:
Manhattan Project from age 86 to age 90
1942:
Nuclear Reactor at age 87
1942:
Magnetic Recording Tape at age 87
1945:
United Nations formed at age 90
1945:
US drops the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at age 90
1945:
Hypertext at age 90
1945-1952:
Harry S Truman president of US from age 90 to age 97
1946-1989:
The Cold War from age 91 until after line end
1946:
The Bikini at age 91
1947:
Transistor at age 92
1947:
UN partitions Palestine to Jewish and Arab sections at age 92
1947:
India and Pakistan emerge from ex-British India at age 92
1948:
Arabs attack Israel on the day it is inaugurated at age 93
1948:
Israel inaugurated as state at age 93
1948:
33 1/3 rpm musical recordings at age 93
1948:
NATO formed at age 93
1949:
45 rpm musical recordings at age 94
1949:
Soviets detonate first nuclear bomb at age 94
1949:
Apartheid policy in South Africa at age 94
1950-1953:
Korean War from age 95 to age 98
1950:
World pop. est. at 2.4 billion at age 95
1950-1954:
McCarthyism from age 95 to age 99
1950:
Bunche 1st black to win Nobel Peace Prize at age 95
1951:
Electricity from Atomic Power at age 96
1952-2050:
Reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Windsor) from age 97 until after line end
1952:
1st Thermonuclear Device Detonated at age 97
1953-1960:
Dwight D Eisenhower president of US from age 98 until after line end
1954:
Racial segregation in schools ruled unconstitutional at age 99
1955:
Fiber Optics (by Kapany) at age 100
1955:
Warsaw pact formed at age 100
1955:
Introduction of Salk Polio Vaccine at age 100
1955:
Invention of Velcro at age 100

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