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933
Deacon David Blish 8 [m]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born April 8th, 1841
Birthplace Jay, county of Essex, New York, USA
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Occupation(s) Schoolteacher,worked in the sash and door business, government worker, flour and feed store owner, town clerk.
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Parents
Father [613]Daniel Blish, Jr. 7 No Image On File
Mother [613sa]Mary Houghton (Bruce) Blish 7

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[933sa] - Elizabeth (Hickok) Blish 8

Married by: No Entry
Married at: Jay, county of Essex, New York, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [1216]+ Daniel William Blish 9 b. January 2nd, 1867 c. April No Image On File
II [1217]+ Earnest Blish 9 b. November 2nd, 1877 c. February No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 8 Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4
Deacon David BlishDaniel Blish, Jr.Colonel Daniel BlishDeacon David BlishDavid Blish, (***)
Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish
Lucy (Wilcox) BlishObadiah Wilcox
Sarah (Talcott) Wilcox
Beulah (Wilcox) BlishEleazur WilcoxNo Entry
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Mary (Mack) Wilcox? Mack
? (?) Mack
Mary Houghton (Bruce) BlishJoseph BruceBenjamin BruceNo Entry
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? (?) BruceNo Entry
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Rebecca (Houghton) Bruce? HoughtonNo Entry
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? (?) HoughtonNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1841 to 1941
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 10
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 19
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from before birth until age 1
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 60
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from before birth until age 1
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 0 to age 3
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 1
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 3
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 4 to age 7
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 4
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 4
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 4 to age 8
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 5
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 5 to age 7
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 7
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 7
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 7
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 7 to age 15
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 8
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 8 to age 11
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 9
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 9
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 9
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 9
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 9
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 10
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 11 to age 18
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 12
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 12 to age 15
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 13
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 13 to age 15
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 13
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 16 to age 19
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 16
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 16 to age 25
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 17
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 17
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 18
1859:
Oil Well at age 18
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 18
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 19
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 19
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 20
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 20
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 20
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 20
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 20
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 20
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 20
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 20 to age 24
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 20
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 20 to age 24
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 20 to age 24
1862:
US Homestead act at age 21
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 22
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 22
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 22 to age 38
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 22
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 22
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 22
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 23
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 23
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 24
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 24
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 24
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 25
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 25 to age 27
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 26
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 26
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 26
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 26
1867:
Dynamite at age 26
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 27 to age 37
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 28
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 28
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 28
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 28
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 28 to age 35
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 29 to age 30
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 29
1870:
US black men can vote at age 29
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 30
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 32 to age 37
1873:
Color Photographs at age 32
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 35
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 35
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 35
1876:
American Centennial at age 35
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 36
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 36 to age 39
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 37
1879:
Zulu war at age 38
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 38
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 40 to age 55
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 40 to age 44
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 40
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 40
1884:
Motorcycle at age 43
1884:
1st subway at age 43
1885:
Automobile at age 44
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 44 to age 47
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 45
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 46
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 47
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 47
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 48
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 48
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 48
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 48
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 48 to age 51
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 48
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 49
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 49
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 49
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 49
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 50
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 52
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 52 to age 55
1893:
Movies at age 52
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 52 to age 56
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 52
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 53 to age 54
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 53
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 55
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 55
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 56 to age 60
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 57
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 58 to age 61
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 58 to age 82
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 59
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 59
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 59
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 60
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 60
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 60
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 60
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 60
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 60
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 60 to age 67
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 60 to age 69
1903:
Airplane at age 62
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 62
1904:
Radar at age 63
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 63 to age 64
1907:
Plastic at age 66
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 66
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 67
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 68 to age 71
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 68
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 68
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 69 to age 95
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 69
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 69
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 70
1912:
Titanic sinks at age 71
1912:
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 71
1912:
Alaska organized as a territory at age 71
1912:
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 71
1913-1920:
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 72 to age 79
1914-1919:
World War I from age 73 to age 78
1914:
The Bra at age 73
1915:
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 74
1916:
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 75
1916:
Sonar at age 75
1917:
US enters WWI at age 76
1917:
Russian revolution at age 76
1918-1933:
Prohibition from age 77 to age 92
1918-1920:
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 77 to age 79
1919:
Shortwave Radio at age 78
1919:
League of Nations instantiated at age 78
1920:
Palestine established at age 79
1920-1929:
Roaring 20's from age 79 to age 88
1920:
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 79
1921-1924:
Warren G Harding president of US from age 80 to age 83
1922:
Insulin made available to diabetics at age 81
1925-1928:
Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 84 to age 87
1925:
Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 84
1926:
Sound in Movies at age 85
1927:
1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 86
1927:
Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 86
1928:
Television at age 87
1928:
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 87
1928:
Video Recordings at age 87
1928:
Geiger Counter at age 87
1929-1939:
Great Depression from age 88 to age 98
1929-1932:
Herbert Hoover president of US from age 88 to age 91
1929:
Stock Market Crash at age 88
1930:
Pluto Discovered at age 89
1931-1933:
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 90 to age 92
1933:
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 92
1933:
Radio Astronomy at age 92
1933:
Soviet communist party purge at age 92
1933-1945:
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 92 until after line end
1934:
Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 93
1935-1936:
Abyssinian war from age 94 to age 95
1935:
Dustbowl at age 94
1936:
Helicopter at age 95
1936:
Spanish Civil War at age 95
1936-1952:
Reign of King George VI (Windsor) from age 95 until after line end
1936:
Reign of King Edward VIII (Windsor) at age 95
1937-1945:
Chinese-Japanese war (3) from age 96 until after line end
1937:
Nylon (by DuPont) at age 96
1938:
Germany annexes Austria at age 97
1939-1945:
World War II from age 98 until after line end
1939:
Digital Computer at age 98
1939:
Aircraft Jet Engine invented (by Ohain) at age 98
1940:
1st black general in US army at age 99
1940:
Color Television at age 99
1941-1945:
Manhattan Project from age 100 until after line end

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