Personal Details

Born	June 3rd, 1849
Birthplace	No Entry
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	Architect
Died	October 21st, 1914, aged about 65 years
Died at...	Highland Park, New Jersey, USA
Cause of Death	No Entry
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Parents

Father	[474]	Captain Samuel Blish, ship master 7
Mother	[474_sa]	Mary H. (Calder) Blish 7

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [857sa] - Jennie Emma (Brown) Blish 8 Married by: No Entry Married at: East Vassalboro, Maine, USA Children by this spouse: I [1183] Elsie B. Blish 9 b. July 3rd, 1873 c. October II [1184] Edward A. Blish 9 b. February 25th, 1875 c. May III [1185] Alfred A. Blish 9 b. June 10th, 1876 c. September IV [1186] Samuel F. Blish 9 b. June 28th, 1878 c. September V [1187] Hester C. Blish 9 b. June 14th, 1883 c. September

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 8	Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4
John Arthur Blish	Captain Samuel Blish, ship master	John Blish	Stacey "grey eagle" Blish	John Blish
				Mary (Goodspeed) Blish
			Mary (Barker or "Baxter"?) Blish	? Barker or "Baxter"?
				Mary (Stacy) Barker or "Baxter"?
		Sarah (Farnsworth) Blish	? Farnsworth	No Entry
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			? (?) Farnsworth	No Entry
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	Mary H. (Calder) Blish	Sameuel Calder	No Entry	No Entry
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		Eliza (?) Calder	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1849 to 1914

1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 2 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 11 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 52 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from before birth until age 0 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from before birth until age 7 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 0 to age 3 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 0 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 1 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 1 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 1 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 1 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 1 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 2 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 3 to age 10 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 4 to age 7 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 4 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 5 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 5 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 5 to age 7 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 8 to age 11 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 8 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 8 to age 17 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 9 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 9 1859: Oil Well at age 10 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 10 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 10 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 11 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 11 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 12 to age 16 1861-1865: Civil War from age 12 to age 16 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 12 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 12 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 12 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 12 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 12 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 12 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 12 to age 16 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 12 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 12 1862: US Homestead act at age 13 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 14 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 14 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 14 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 14 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 14 to age 30 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 14 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 15 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 15 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 16 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 16 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 16 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 17 to age 19 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 17 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 18 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 18 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 18 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 18 1867: Dynamite at age 18 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 19 to age 29 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 20 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 20 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 20 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 20 to age 27 1869: Suez canal opened at age 20 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 21 to age 22 1870: US black men can vote at age 21 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 21 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 22 1873: Color Photographs at age 24 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 24 to age 29 1876: American Centennial at age 27 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 27 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 27 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 27 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 28 to age 31 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 28 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 29 1879: Zulu war at age 30 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 30 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 32 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 32 to age 47 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 32 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 32 to age 36 1884: 1st subway at age 35 1884: Motorcycle at age 35 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 36 to age 39 1885: Automobile at age 36 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 37 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 38 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 39 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 39 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 40 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 40 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 40 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 40 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 40 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 40 to age 43 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 41 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 41 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 41 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 41 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 42 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 44 1893: Movies at age 44 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 44 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 44 to age 48 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 44 to age 47 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 45 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 45 to age 46 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 47 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 47 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 48 to age 52 1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 49 1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 50 until after line end 1899-1902: Boer war from age 50 to age 53 1900: Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 51 1900: Hawaii organized as a territory at age 51 1900: Boxer rebellion in China at age 51 1901: Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 52 1901: US President William McKinley assassinated at age 52 1901: Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 52 1901: First British submarine launched at age 52 1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 52 1901-1910: Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 52 to age 61 1901-1908: Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 52 to age 59 1901: Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 52 1903: Airplane at age 54 1903: Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 54 1904: Radar at age 55 1904-1905: Russian-Japanese war from age 55 to age 56 1907: Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 58 1907: Plastic at age 58 1908: Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 59 1909-1912: William Howard Taft president of US from age 60 to age 63 1909: North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 60 1909: Union of South Africa formed at age 60 1910: Japan annexes Korea at age 61 1910: Halley's Comet at age 61 1910-1936: Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 61 until after line end 1911: South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 62 1912: Alaska organized as a territory at age 63 1912: Titanic sinks at age 63 1912: New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 63 1912: Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 63 1913-1920: Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 64 until after line end 1914-1919: World War I from age 65 until after line end 1914: The Bra at age 65

Additional Information

John Arthur Blish died on October 21, 1914 at his home at 58 Harrison Avenue, Highland Park, New Jersey. He was 66 years old. He is survived by two daughters Mrs. Thomas Conway and Miss Elsie Blish. He was one of the organizers of the New Brunswick Gun Club. He is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in New Brunswick, next to his wife. John Arthur Blish was an architect with the New Brunswick, NJ architectural firms of George K. Parsell and then Alexander Merchant & Son. A 1913 New Brunswick City directory lists him as living at 58 Harrison Avenue in Highland Park along with Elsie B. Blish. The above information comes courtesy of the Highland Park borough historian, Jeane Kolva.