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Retura Sydney (Blish) White 8 [f]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born December 28th, 1823 No Image On File
Birthplace Hampton, Pennsylvania, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Died 1863, aged about 40 years
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Cause of Death Consumption
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Parents
Father [421]Dr. Charles Blish 7 No Image On File
Mother [421_sa]Rebeccah Ann (McGrew) Blish 7 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Husband #1
[803_sa] - Dr. David McConechy White 8

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Children by this spouse:
I [803c1] Charles White 9 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
II [803c2] Emma (White) Foster 9 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
III [803c3] Wirt White 9 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
IV [803c4] David White 9 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
V [803c5] John McGrew White 9 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
VI [803c6] Heber White 9 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
VII [803c7] Sarah Adelaide White 9 b. September, 1860 c. December No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 8 Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4
Retura Sydney (Blish) WhiteDr. Charles 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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Rebeccah Ann (McGrew) BlishNo EntryNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1823 to 1863
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 11
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from before birth until age 2
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from before birth until age 1
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 0
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 7
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from before birth until age 6
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 1
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 1
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 1 to age 5
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 3
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 4
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 4
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 4
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 5
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 5 to age 13
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 5
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 6
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 6 to age 28
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 7 to age 14
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 7 to age 37
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 7
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 9
1833:
Telegraph at age 10
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 10
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 11
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 12
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 12
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 12 to age 19
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 13
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 13
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 13
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 14 until after line end
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 14
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 14 to age 17
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 14
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 15 to age 16
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 16 to age 19
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 18 to age 21
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 19
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 21
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 22
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 22 to age 25
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 22 to age 26
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 22
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 23
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 23 to age 25
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 25 to age 33
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 25
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 25
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 25
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 26 to age 29
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 26
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 27
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 27
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 27
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 27
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 27
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 28
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 29 to age 36
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 30
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 30 to age 33
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 31 to age 33
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 31
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 31
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 34
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 34 to age 37
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 34 until after line end
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 35
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 35
1859:
Oil Well at age 36
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 36
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 36
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 37
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 37
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 38 until after line end
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 38
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 38
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 38
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 38 until after line end
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 38 until after line end
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 38
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 38
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 38
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 38
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 38
1862:
US Homestead act at age 39
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 40
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 40
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 40
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 40 until after line end
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 40
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 40

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