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Alden Blish 7 [m]
7th Generation

Personal Details
Born March 12th, 1811 No Image On File
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Parents
Father [243]John Blish 6 No Image On File
Mother [243_sa]Sarah (Farnsworth) Blish 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children none known

Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3
Alden BlishJohn BlishStacey "grey eagle" BlishJohn BlishReuben Blish
Elizabeth (?) Bodfish
Mary (Goodspeed) BlishEbeneer Goodspeed, Jr.
? (?) Goodspeed
Mary (Barker or "Baxter"?) Blish? Barker or "Baxter"?No Entry
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Mary (Stacy) Barker or "Baxter"?? Stacey
? (?) Stacey
Sarah (Farnsworth) Blish? FarnsworthNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1811 to 1911
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 23
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 9
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from before birth until age 4
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 5
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from age 1 to age 3
1812:
Missouri organized as a territory at age 1
1812:
Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 1
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 4
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 4
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 4
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 5
1816:
Stethoscope at age 5
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 5
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 6
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 6 to age 13
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 6
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 6 to age 14
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 6
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 6 to age 12
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 7
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 7
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 8
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 8
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 8
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 9 to age 19
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 9
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 10
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 10
1821:
1st US women's college at age 10
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 10 to age 18
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 11
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 13
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 13
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 13 to age 17
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 15
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 16
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 16
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 16
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 17
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 17
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 17 to age 25
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 18
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 18 to age 40
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 19 to age 26
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 19
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 19 to age 49
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 21
1833:
Telegraph at age 22
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 22
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 23
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 24 to age 31
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 24
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 24
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 25
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 25
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 25
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 26 to age 90
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 26
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 26 to age 29
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 26
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 27 to age 28
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 28 to age 31
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 30 to age 33
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 31
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 33
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 34
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 34 to age 38
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 34 to age 37
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 34
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 35
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 35 to age 37
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 37 to age 45
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 37
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 37
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 37
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 38 to age 41
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 38
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 39
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 39
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 39
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 39
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 39
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 40
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 41 to age 48
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 42 to age 45
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 42
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 43 to age 45
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 43
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 43
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 46 to age 49
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 46 to age 55
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 46
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 47
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 47
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 48
1859:
Oil Well at age 48
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 48
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 49
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 49
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 50 to age 54
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 50 to age 54
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 50
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 50
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 50
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 50
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 50
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 50
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 50
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 50 to age 54
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 50
1862:
US Homestead act at age 51
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 52
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 52
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 52
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 52
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 52
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 52 to age 68
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 53
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 53
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 54
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 54
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 54
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 55 to age 57
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 55
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 56
1867:
Dynamite at age 56
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 56
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 56
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 56
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 57 to age 67
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 58 to age 65
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 58
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 58
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 58
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 58
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 59
1870:
US black men can vote at age 59
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 59 to age 60
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 60
1873:
Color Photographs at age 62
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 62 to age 67
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 65
1876:
American Centennial at age 65
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 65
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 65
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 66
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 66 to age 69
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 67
1879:
Zulu war at age 68
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 68
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 70 to age 74
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 70
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 70 to age 85
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 70
1884:
1st subway at age 73
1884:
Motorcycle at age 73
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 74 to age 77
1885:
Automobile at age 74
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 75
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 76
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 77
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 77
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 78
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 78 to age 81
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 78
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 78
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 78
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 78
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 79
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 79
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 79
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 79
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 80
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 82 to age 85
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 82 to age 86
1893:
Movies at age 82
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 82
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 82
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 83 to age 84
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 83
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 85
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 85
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 86 to age 90
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 87
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 88 until after line end
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 88 to age 91
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 89
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 89
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 89
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 90
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 90 to age 97
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 90
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 90
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 90
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 90
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 90 to age 99
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 90
1903:
Airplane at age 92
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 92
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 93 to age 94
1904:
Radar at age 93
1907:
Plastic at age 96
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 96
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 97
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 98
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 98
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 98 until after line end
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 99
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 99
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 99 until after line end
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 100

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