Personal Details

Born	March 5th, 1876
Birthplace	Willimantic, Connecticut, USA
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Died	May 13th, 1912, aged about 36 years
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Burial Place	Willimantic, Connecticut, USA
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Parents

Father	[512]	William Lorin Blish 7
Mother	[512_sa]	Jane (Smith) Blish 7

Spouses, Mates & Children none known

Immediate Family Tree

Gen. 8	Gen. 7	Gen. 6	Gen. 5	Gen. 4
William Arthur Blish	William Lorin Blish	Elisha Blish	Ezra Blish	Sylvanus Blish
				Esther (Way) Blish
			Hannah (Hills) Blish	No Entry
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		Laura (Button) Blish	? Button	No Entry
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	Jane (Smith) Blish	John Smith	No Entry	No Entry
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		Nancy (Douglas) Smith	? Douglas	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1876 to 1912

1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 25 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 3 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from before birth until age 2 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from before birth until age 0 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from before birth until age 2 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 0 1876: American Centennial at age 0 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 0 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 0 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 1 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 1 to age 4 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 2 1879: Zulu war at age 3 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 3 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 5 to age 9 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 5 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 5 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 5 to age 20 1884: 1st subway at age 8 1884: Motorcycle at age 8 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 9 to age 12 1885: Automobile at age 9 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 10 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 11 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 12 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 12 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 13 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 13 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 13 to age 16 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 13 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 13 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 13 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 14 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 14 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 14 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 14 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 15 1893: Movies at age 17 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 17 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 17 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 17 to age 21 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 17 to age 20 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 18 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 18 to age 19 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 20 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 20 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 21 to age 25 1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 22 1899-1902: Boer war from age 23 to age 26 1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 23 until after line end 1900: Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 24 1900: Boxer rebellion in China at age 24 1900: Hawaii organized as a territory at age 24 1901: Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 25 1901: US President William McKinley assassinated at age 25 1901: Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 25 1901: First British submarine launched at age 25 1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 25 1901: Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 25 1901-1908: Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 25 to age 32 1901-1910: Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 25 to age 34 1903: Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 27 1903: Airplane at age 27 1904-1905: Russian-Japanese war from age 28 to age 29 1904: Radar at age 28 1907: Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 31 1907: Plastic at age 31 1908: Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 32 1909: North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 33 1909: Union of South Africa formed at age 33 1909-1912: William Howard Taft president of US from age 33 to age 36 1910: Japan annexes Korea at age 34 1910: Halley's Comet at age 34 1910-1936: Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 34 until after line end 1911: South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 35 1912: Alaska organized as a territory at age 36 1912: Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 36 1912: Titanic sinks at age 36 1912: New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 36

Additional Information

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Ship's Records

Ship's Name: U.S. Philadelphia Ship's Type: Steamship Related Service: Naval Cadet