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Dwight Frank Blish 8 [m]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born May 7th, 1847 No Image On File
Birthplace Willimantic, Connecticut, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Died April 10th, 1910, aged about 63 years
Died at... Willimantic, Connecticut, USA
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Burial Place Willimantic, Connecticut, USA
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [514]Henry "Frank H." Francis Blish 7 No Image On File
Mother [514_sa]Sarah (Freeman) Blish 7 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[881sa] - Wilhelmine (Graff) Blish 8

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Children by this spouse:
I [1194]+ Frank Dwight Blish 9 b. August 9th, 1873 c. November No Image On File
II [1195] Harry Graff Blish 9 b. November 25th, 1881 c. February No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 8 Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4
Dwight Frank BlishHenry "Frank H." Francis BlishRobert Stiles BlishEzra BlishSylvanus Blish
Esther (Way) Blish
Hannah (Hills) BlishNo Entry
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Dorothy "Dolly" (McCall) BlishElisha McCallNo Entry
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? (?) McCallNo Entry
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Sarah (Freeman) BlishCharles FreemanNo EntryNo Entry
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Betsey (Tisdale) Freeman? TisdaleNo Entry
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? (?) TisdaleNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1847 to 1910
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 4
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 13
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 54
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from before birth until age 2
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from before birth until age 1
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from before birth until age 1
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 1
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 1
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 1 to age 9
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 1
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 2
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 2 to age 5
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 3
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 3
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 3
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 3
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 3
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 4
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 5 to age 12
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 6 to age 9
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 6
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 7
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 7 to age 9
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 7
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 10 to age 13
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 10
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 10 to age 19
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 11
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 11
1859:
Oil Well at age 12
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 12
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 12
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 13
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 13
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 14
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 14 to age 18
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 14
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 14
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 14
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 14
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 14 to age 18
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 14
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 14
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 14
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 14 to age 18
1862:
US Homestead act at age 15
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 16
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 16
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 16
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 16
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 16
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 16 to age 32
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 17
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 17
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 18
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 18
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 18
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 19 to age 21
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 19
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 20
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 20
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 20
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 20
1867:
Dynamite at age 20
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 21 to age 31
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 22
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 22
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 22
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 22 to age 29
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 22
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 23
1870:
US black men can vote at age 23
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 23 to age 24
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 24
1873:
Color Photographs at age 26
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 26 to age 31
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 29
1876:
American Centennial at age 29
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 29
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 29
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 30
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 30 to age 33
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 31
1879:
Zulu war at age 32
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 32
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 34 to age 49
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 34
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 34
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 34 to age 38
1884:
Motorcycle at age 37
1884:
1st subway at age 37
1885:
Automobile at age 38
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 38 to age 41
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 39
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 40
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 41
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 41
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 42 to age 45
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 42
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 42
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 42
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 42
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 42
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 43
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 43
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 43
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 43
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 44
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 46
1893:
Movies at age 46
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 46
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 46 to age 50
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 46 to age 49
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 47
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 47 to age 48
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 49
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 49
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 50 to age 54
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 51
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 52 to age 55
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 52 until after line end
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 53
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 53
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 53
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 54
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 54
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 54
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 54 to age 63
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 54 to age 61
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 54
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 54
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 54
1903:
Airplane at age 56
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 56
1904:
Radar at age 57
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 57 to age 58
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 60
1907:
Plastic at age 60
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 61
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 62
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 62
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 62 until after line end
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 63
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 63 until after line end
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 63

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