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802
George Blish 8 [m]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born May 5th, 1816 No Image On File
Birthplace Pittston, Maine, USA
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Died No Entry
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Parents
Father [420]Joseph Blish 7 No Image On File
Mother [420_sa]Mehitable (Freeman) Blish 7 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[802sa] - Irene (Young) Blish 8

Married by: No Entry
Married at: Gasconade, MO, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [1152] Henrietta Mehitable Blish 9 b. February 4th, 1839 c. May No Image On File
II [1153] William Leontine Blish 9 b. November 25th, 1840 c. February No Image On File
III [1154] Thomas Swift Blish 9 b. September 18th, 1842 c. December No Image On File
IV [1155] David Crowell Blish 9 b. February 17th, 1844 c. May No Image On File
V [1156] Charles Blish 9 b. July 9th, 1846 c. October No Image On File
VI [1157] Preston Blish 9 b. September 1st, 1848 c. December No Image On File
VII [1158] Sarah Blish 9 b. November 11th, 1850 c. February No Image On File
VIII [1159] Elizabeth Blish 9 b. July 4th, 1854 c. October No Image On File
IX [1160] George Calvin Blish 9 b. December 24th, 1855 c. March No Image On File
X [1161] Martha Stella Blish 9 b. May 6th, 1859 c. August No Image On File
XI [1162] Mary Anna Blish 9 b. August 26th, 1861 c. November No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
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George BlishJoseph BlishMajor Joseph Blish, Jr.Lieutenant Joseph BlishDeacon Joseph Blish
Hannah (Child) Blish
Sarah (?) CrockerThomas Crocker
Mehitable (Dimmick) Crocker
Temperance (Shaw) BlishRev. Oakes ShawNo Entry
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? (?) ShawNo Entry
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Mehitable (Freeman) BlishJoshua FreemanNo EntryNo Entry
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Mehitable (Blossom) Freeman? BlossomNo Entry
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? (?) BlossomNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1816 to 1916
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 18
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 4
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 0
1816:
Stethoscope at age 0
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 0
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 0
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 1 to age 8
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 1 to age 7
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 1
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 1 to age 9
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 1
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 1
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 2
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 2
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 3
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 3
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 3
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 4
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 4 to age 14
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 5
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 5 to age 13
1821:
1st US women's college at age 5
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 5
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 6
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 8
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 8 to age 12
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 8
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 10
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 11
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 11
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 11
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 12
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 12
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 12 to age 20
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 13
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 13 to age 35
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 14
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 14 to age 44
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 14 to age 21
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 16
1833:
Telegraph at age 17
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 17
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 18
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 19
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 19 to age 26
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 19
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 20
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 20
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 20
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 21 to age 85
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 21
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 21 to age 24
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 21
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 22 to age 23
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 23 to age 26
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 25 to age 28
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 26
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 28
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 29
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 29
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 29 to age 33
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 29 to age 32
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 30 to age 32
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 30
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 32 to age 40
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 32
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 32
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 32
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 33
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 33 to age 36
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 34
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 34
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 34
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 34
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 34
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 35
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 36 to age 43
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 37
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 37 to age 40
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 38
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 38
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 38 to age 40
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 41 to age 50
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 41 to age 44
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 41
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 42
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 42
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 43
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 43
1859:
Oil Well at age 43
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 44
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 44
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 45 to age 49
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 45
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 45
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 45
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 45
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 45
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 45
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 45
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 45 to age 49
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 45 to age 49
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 45
1862:
US Homestead act at age 46
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 47
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 47
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 47
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 47
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 47 to age 63
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 47
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 48
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 48
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 49
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 49
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 49
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 50 to age 52
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 50
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 51
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 51
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 51
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 51
1867:
Dynamite at age 51
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 52 to age 62
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 53
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 53
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 53 to age 60
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 53
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 53
1870:
US black men can vote at age 54
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 54
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 54 to age 55
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 55
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 57 to age 62
1873:
Color Photographs at age 57
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 60
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 60
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 60
1876:
American Centennial at age 60
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 61 to age 64
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 61
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 62
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 63
1879:
Zulu war at age 63
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 65
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 65 to age 80
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 65
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 65 to age 69
1884:
Motorcycle at age 68
1884:
1st subway at age 68
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 69 to age 72
1885:
Automobile at age 69
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 70
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 71
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 72
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 72
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 73 to age 76
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 73
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 73
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 73
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 73
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 73
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 74
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 74
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 74
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 74
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 75
1893:
Movies at age 77
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 77 to age 80
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 77
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 77 to age 81
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 77
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 78 to age 79
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 78
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 80
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 80
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 81 to age 85
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 82
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 83 to age 86
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 83 until after line end
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 84
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 84
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 84
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 85
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 85 to age 94
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 85
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 85
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 85
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 85
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 85 to age 92
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 85
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 87
1903:
Airplane at age 87
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 88 to age 89
1904:
Radar at age 88
1907:
Plastic at age 91
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 91
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 92
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 93
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 93 to age 96
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 93
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 94 until after line end
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 94
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 94
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 95
1912:
Alaska organized as a territory at age 96
1912:
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 96
1912:
Titanic sinks at age 96
1912:
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 96
1913-1920:
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 97 until after line end
1914-1919:
World War I from age 98 until after line end
1914:
The Bra at age 98
1915:
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 99
1916:
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 100
1916:
Sonar at age 100

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