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Edwin H. Blair, of Dalmeny, ON

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  1. 1.  Edwin H. Blair, of Dalmeny, ON (son of John Blair and Euphemia Hall).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 2D12F1BF44244BD68614FEBD976365649003


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Blair was born about 1846 in Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (son of Hugh Blair and Mary Christie); died on 7 Apr 1922; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 227850610
    • _UID: C22CE179ACAF4B85A9DC233D45F975EBF67A
    • Census-Household Member: 1861, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1871, Gloucester Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/227850610

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member

    John married Euphemia Hall about 1878. Euphemia (daughter of Hall) was born in 1855 in Manotick Station, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Jul 1942; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Euphemia Hall was born in 1855 in Manotick Station, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Hall); died on 20 Jul 1942; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 227850684
    • _UID: 5CAC318DB6EF4F40A7B6A79FAEF5B302F504

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/227850684

    Died:
    Mrs. John Blair. Many relatives and friends paid their last respects to Mrs. Blair, widow of John Blair of Manotick, when they attended her funeral Wednesday afternoon in the Manotick United church, conducted by Rev. B. Mallalien. assisted by Rev. W. H. Cramm of Ottawa. Burial was in Mcrivale cemetery. She died Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Boyce, in South Gloucester, at the age of 87 years. Mrs. Blair, the former Euphemia Hall, was born and lived all her life In the vicinity of Manotick. where she was a devoted member of the Presbyterian, and later the United church, and was a member of the W.M.S. Predeceased 20 years ago by her husband, she is survived, in addition to her daughter, Mrs. Boyce. by five sons, Edwin H. and Charles W. Blair of Dalmeny, pnt.; David S. Blair of Winchester; J. Lester Blair of Westboro, and Bruce Douglas Blair of Guelph; three sisters, Mrs. J. McArthur of Qu'Appelle, Sask.; Miss Elizabeth Hall of Vancouver, and Mrs. C. Blair of Ottawa; several grandchildren, nephews and nieces.


    The Ottawa Citizen
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    25 Jul 1942, Sat ? Page 2


    Children:
    1. Blair
    2. 1. Edwin H. Blair, of Dalmeny, ON
    3. Charles W. Blair, of Dalmeny ON
    4. David S. Blair, of Winchester ON
    5. J. Lester Blair, Westboro ON
    6. Bruce W. Blair, of Guelph ON


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Hugh Blair was born on 25 Aug 1817 in Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 7 Sep 1817 in Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (son of Lt. William Blair and Catharine Janet Sym); died on 8 Jul 1910 in Manotick, (Rideau Township, Carleton County), Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 203402227
    • Occupation: Rideau View, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster
    • _UID: F42134A82F554A6E9F9AF7012347057B480F
    • Residence: Abt 1850, Manotick, (Rideau Township, Carleton County), Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Lot 18, Rideau Front; Brick house now called "Honey Gables".
    • Census: 1861, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1871, Gloucester Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1891, Russell, Gloucester Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    BLAIR
    HUGH
    WILLIAM BLAIR/CATHARINE SYM FR422 (FR422)
    M
    07/09/1817
    644/2
    20 73
    Gorbals

    Name:?tab?Hugh Blair
    Gender:?tab?Male
    Birth Date:?tab?25 Aug 1817
    Baptism Date:?tab?7 Sep 1817
    Baptism Place:?tab?Gorbals,Lanark,Scotland
    Father:?tab?William Blair
    Mother:?tab?Catharine Sym
    FHL Film Number:?tab?1042981
    Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

    Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

    Christened:
    BLAIR
    HUGH
    WILLIAM BLAIR/CATHARINE SYM FR422 (FR422)
    M
    07/09/1817
    644/2
    20 73
    Gorbals

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203402227

    Hugh married Mary Christie. Mary (daughter of John Christy and Isabella Wright) was born in 1822 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Jul 1920 in Manotick, (Rideau Township, Carleton County), Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Christie was born in 1822 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Christy and Isabella Wright); died on 2 Jul 1920 in Manotick, (Rideau Township, Carleton County), Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 203402280
    • _UID: A1F570E2891C44428A9E29533DEB1F83814C
    • Census-Household Member: 1861, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Wife of Head: 1871, Gloucester Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Wife of Head: 1891, Russell, Gloucester Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203402280

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Wife of Head:
    Role: Wife of Head


    Census-Wife of Head:
    Role: Wife of Head

    Children:
    1. William Blair was born about 1843 in Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1871; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. John Blair was born about 1846 in Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Apr 1922; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Charles Blair was born on 18 Nov 1848 in Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Jan 1927 in Maple Creek, Maple Creek Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried in Maple Creek Cemetery, Maple Creek Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada.
    4. Isabella Wright Blair was born on 18 Aug 1851 in Gloucester Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Mar 1934 in Gloucester Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 27 Mar 1934 in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Hugh Blair was born about 1854 in Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1943 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
    6. James Blair was born about 1857 in Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1884 in Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada.
    7. George Alexander Blair was born on 20 Aug 1859 in Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Feb 1927 in Hellgate Twp, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, United States; was buried in Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, Montana, United States.
    8. Nathaniel Blair was born about 1861 in Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1899; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Calvin Blair was born on 2 Apr 1864 in Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 May 1938 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Johnston's Corners Community Cemetery, Carleton County, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Daniel Blair was born on 10 Aug 1866 in Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Mar 1943 in Billings Bridge, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 11 Mar 1943 in Johnston's Corners Community Cemetery, Carleton County, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Hall

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 4710FF0FB04243849C13F5649AA50C158608

    Children:
    1. 3. Euphemia Hall was born in 1855 in Manotick Station, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Jul 1942; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Hall
    3. Elizabeth Hall, Vancouver BC
    4. Hall


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Lt. William Blair was born in 1778 in Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotand; was christened on 5 Jul 1778 in Monkton & Prestwick Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland (son of Henry Blair and Margaret Anderson); died on 5 Oct 1858 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 372BE79FABDA4A3FA0E83E9AEC96303139F8
    • Land & Property: 1816, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Military Land Grant, Beckwith Twp. Con 3 Lot 22
    • Land & Property: 23 Jul 1816, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Military Land Grant
    • Land & Property: 31 Jul 1817, Oxford-on-Rideau Township, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada; Military Land Grant
    • Immigration: 1820, Canada
    • Immigration: 1820, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; to Bathurst, on Alfred, wife and 2 sons under 12
    • Land & Property: 25 Feb 1821, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Land Grant
    • Census: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Location: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 3 Lot 23 all
    • Location: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 4 Lot 13
    • Occupation: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; farmer

    Notes:

    Christened:
    BLAIR
    WILLIAM
    HENRY BLAIR/MARGARET ANDERSON FR188 (FR188)
    M
    05/07/1778
    606/
    10 284
    Monkton and Prestwick

    Immigration:
    A Dictionary of Scottish Settlers to Canada Before Confederation, Donald White
    #Blair, William, 2779-5 October 1858. From Glasgow. bro. James B. qv. Arrived Quebec on the Alfred, Sep 1820; settled 25 Feb 1821, Lot 21SW, Con 6, Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark Co., ON, m. Catherine Sym, qv. ch: 1 John, d inf; 2 Hugh, 1817-1910; 3 John, b 1820; 4Jane, b 1822; 5 Janet, b 1825; 6 Henry, 1828-1903; 7. James William, 1835-1914. ICS-2; DC 13 Mar 1988.

    Location:
    John Blair is on Concession 5 Lot 6

    William married Catharine Janet Sym on 15 Mar 1815 in Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Catharine (daughter of George Alexander Syme and Agnes Snaddon) was born on 16 Jan 1793 in Polmont Parish, East Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Jan 1793 in Polmont Parish, East Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 2 Aug 1873 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Catharine Janet Sym was born on 16 Jan 1793 in Polmont Parish, East Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Jan 1793 in Polmont Parish, East Stirlingshire, Scotland (daughter of George Alexander Syme and Agnes Snaddon); died on 2 Aug 1873 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: AAFE23D10CA3451EABC845589B5751B3B446
    • Census-Wife of Head: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    (Research):Ted says:
    Catharine Sym was born 29 Jan, 1793, in Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland Parish 573; her Birth is documented in Scotland - Church Registers: Old Parish Registers, She died 14 February, 1815, in Gorbals Scotland; her death is documented in Church Registers: Old Parish Records. They had 7 children.

    Birth:
    Name Catharine Sym
    Gender Female
    Birth Date 16 Jan 1793
    Baptism Date 20 Jan 1793
    Baptism Place , Polmont, Stirling, Scotland
    Father George Sym
    Mother Agnes Snaddon
    FHL Film Number 1041955
    Reference ID 2:17W7PH0
    Household Members
    Name Age
    George Sym
    Agnes Snaddon
    Catharine Sym





    Christened:
    SYM
    CATHARINE
    GEORGE SYM/AGNES SNADDON FR189 (FR189)
    F
    20/01/1793
    487/
    10 366
    Polmont

    Census-Wife of Head:
    Role: Wife of Head

    Notes:

    Married:
    Not found in ScotlandsPeople

    Name William Blair
    Gender Male
    Marriage Date 18 Feb 1815
    Marriage Place Gorbals,Lanark,Scotland
    Spouse Catharine Sym
    FHL Film Number 102941, 1042981, 0990755

    Children:
    1. John Blair was born on 3 Jul 1815 in Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 13 Aug 1815 in Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 1 Jul 1818 in Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
    2. 4. Hugh Blair was born on 25 Aug 1817 in Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 7 Sep 1817 in Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 8 Jul 1910 in Manotick, (Rideau Township, Carleton County), Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John Blair, Sr. was born on 27 Feb 1820 in Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 12 Mar 1820 in Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 3 Feb 1909 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Stephen's Anglican Cemetery, Brooke, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jane "Jeanie" Blair was born in 1822 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1914 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Janet Blair was born on 6 Jan 1825 in Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Oct 1890; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Henry Blair was born on 5 May 1828 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Oct 1903 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. James William Blair was born on 15 Mar 1835 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Aug 1914 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  John Christy

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: F037BCC733284434A4759A8356CD6887C5C8

    John married Isabella Wright. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Isabella Wright

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: B7752C5B38B14A18B1D212237223F095D050

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Christie was born in 1822 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Jul 1920 in Manotick, (Rideau Township, Carleton County), Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Merivale United Cemetery, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.



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