Personal Details

Born	May 5th, 1819
Birthplace	Woodstock, Vermont, USA
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Died	December 12th, 1897, aged about 78 years
Died at...	Janesville, Wisconsin, USA
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Parents

Father	[349]	John Blish 6
Mother	[349_sa]	Merab Ann (Wales) Blish 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Husband #1 [640sa] - Chester Alvin Alden 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Woodstock, Vermont, USA Children by this spouse: I [965] John Gardner Alden 8 b. May 5th, 1848 c. August II [966] Belle Francis Alden 8 b. January 8th, 1853 c. April III [967] John Blish Alden 8 b. November 16th, 1856 c. February

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4	Gen. 3
Lucy Hedding (Blish) Alden	John Blish	Deacon David Blish	David Blish, (***)	Tristham Blish, (***)
				Anne (Fuller) Blish
			Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish	Deacon Nathaniel Skinner
				Mary (Gillett) Skinner
		Lucy (Wilcox) Blish	Obadiah Wilcox	No Entry
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			Sarah (Talcott) Wilcox	No Entry
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	Merab Ann (Wales) Blish	Stephen Wales	No Entry	No Entry
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		Mary (?) Wales	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1819 to 1897

1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 15 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 1 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 4 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from before birth until age 5 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from before birth until age 6 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 0 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 0 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 0 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 1 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 1 to age 11 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 2 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 2 to age 10 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 2 1821: 1st US women's college at age 2 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 3 1824: Erie canal finished at age 5 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 5 to age 9 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 5 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 7 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 8 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 8 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 8 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 9 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 9 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 9 to age 17 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 10 to age 32 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 10 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 11 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 11 to age 18 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 11 to age 41 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 13 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 14 1833: Telegraph at age 14 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 15 1835: Halley's Comet at age 16 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 16 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 16 to age 23 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 17 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 17 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 17 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 18 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 18 to age 21 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 18 until after line end 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 18 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 19 to age 20 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 20 to age 23 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 22 to age 25 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 23 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 25 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 26 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 26 to age 30 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 26 to age 29 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 26 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 27 to age 29 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 27 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 29 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 29 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 29 to age 37 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 29 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 30 to age 33 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 30 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 31 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 31 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 31 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 31 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 31 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 32 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 33 to age 40 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 34 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 34 to age 37 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 35 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 35 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 35 to age 37 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 38 to age 41 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 38 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 38 to age 47 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 39 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 39 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 40 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 40 1859: Oil Well at age 40 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 41 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 41 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 42 to age 46 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 42 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 42 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 42 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 42 1861-1865: Civil War from age 42 to age 46 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 42 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 42 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 42 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 42 to age 46 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 42 1862: US Homestead act at age 43 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 44 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 44 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 44 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 44 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 44 to age 60 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 44 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 45 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 45 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 46 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 46 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 46 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 47 to age 49 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 47 1867: Dynamite at age 48 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 48 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 48 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 48 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 48 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 49 to age 59 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 50 1869: Suez canal opened at age 50 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 50 to age 57 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 50 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 50 1870: US black men can vote at age 51 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 51 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 51 to age 52 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 52 1873: Color Photographs at age 54 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 54 to age 59 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 57 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 57 1876: American Centennial at age 57 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 57 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 58 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 58 to age 61 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 59 1879: Zulu war at age 60 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 60 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 62 to age 77 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 62 to age 66 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 62 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 62 1884: Motorcycle at age 65 1884: 1st subway at age 65 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 66 to age 69 1885: Automobile at age 66 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 67 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 68 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 69 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 69 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 70 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 70 to age 73 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 70 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 70 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 70 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 70 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 71 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 71 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 71 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 71 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 72 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 74 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 74 to age 77 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 74 to age 78 1893: Movies at age 74 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 74 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 75 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 75 to age 76 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 77 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 77 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 78 until after line end

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