Albert Blair

1862 - 1944  (81 years)

• Name	Albert Blair
  Birth	3 Nov 1862	Osgoode, Russell Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1871	Osgoode, Russell Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member Name:?tab?John Blair Gender:?tab?Male Marital Status:?tab?Married Widowed:?tab?M Origin:?tab?Irish Age:?tab?58 Birth Date:?tab?1813 Birth Place:?tab?Ireland Residence Place:?tab?Osgoode, Russell, Ontario District Number:?tab?76 Subdistrict:?tab?g Division:?tab?02 Religion:?tab?Weslyan Methodist Occupation:?tab?Farmer Family Number:?tab?142
  Census-Household Member	1881	Osgoode, Russell Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  Census	1911	Metcalfe, Osgoode Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Canada
  Location	1918	Osgoode Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada
  	Concession 6 Lot 18
  Census	1921	Osgoode, Russell Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Canada
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	119588922
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119588922
  Occupation	17 Oct 1944	Metcalfe, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada
  	Farmer
  _UID	E8DE5FC2D5A7419492870739C043238F469B
  Death	17 Oct 1944	Nepean Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada
  	Cause: cerebral haemorrhage and pneumonia; senelity/surgery of tumor of knee on Oct 12 1944
  	Civic Hospital Albert Blair METCALFE, Oct. 18 (Special) Albert Blair of Metcalfe died on Tuesday in an Ottawa hospital. Mr. Blair was born In Osgoode township in 1862 and spent his lifetime on the farm on which he was born. For many years he took an active part in the affairs of the comunity, giving much time to educational and community improvement. As a senior elder of the United church and. before church union, in the Methodist church, he was widely known throughout the Ottawa Valley in the councils of that denomination. For upwards of 30 years, Mr. Blair was superintendent of the Sunday school in the former Blair church, and until recently was a regular attendant at meetings of Ottawa Presbytery and the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church. Mr. Blair was for upwards of 40 years a school trustee, and for many consecutive terms a director of the Osgoode Stock Society and of the board of the Metcalfe fair. He married Annie Gibson of Osgoode, who predeceased him in 1918. He leaves two sons, Willard G. Blair, a member of the teaching staff of Glashan public school, Ottawa, and Carman, at home; also two daughters, Mrs. Ralph MacDougall of Granum, Alta., and Mary, deaconess in Queen street church, Toronto. There are also six grandchildren. The funeral will be held from the Blair home on Thursday afternoon, and the service will be held in the United church, Metcalfe, fct two o'clock. Burial will be in the Union cemetery. The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 18 Oct 1944, Wed  ?W  Page 5
  Burial	19 Oct 1944	Metcalfe Union Cemetery, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I22944	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	John Blair,   b. 1 Feb 1813, Ireland d. Abt 1889, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Margaret Wilson,   b. 1 Feb 1823, Ontario, Canada d. 22 Nov 1900 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1860
  Family ID	F7839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Margaret Gibson,   b. 8 Apr 1863, North Gower Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Sep 1918, Osgoode Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1893
  Children	1. James Howard Blair,   b. 1884, Osgoode Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Jul 1885, Osgoode Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 1 year) + 2. Alice Margaret Blair,   b. Apr 1896, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada d. 14 Nov 1993, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age ~ 97 years)   3. Willard Gibson Blair,   b. 6 Jul 1898, Osgoode Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada d. 1976 (Age 77 years)   4. Albert Carman "Carmon" Blair,   b. 13 Dec 1899, Osgoode, Russell Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Sep 1976, Osgoode, Russell Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)   5. Mary Grace Blair,   b. 27 Apr 1902, Osgoode, Russell Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Nov 1862 - Osgoode, Russell Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1871 - Osgoode, Russell Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1881 - Osgoode, Russell Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada Location - Concession 6 Lot 18 - 1918 - Osgoode Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1921 - Osgoode, Russell Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 17 Oct 1944 - Metcalfe, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada Death - Cause: cerebral haemorrhage and pneumonia; senelity/surgery of tumor of knee on Oct 12 1944 - 17 Oct 1944 - Nepean Twp, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] Book, History of the County of Peterborough, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: C. Blackett Robinson, 5 Jordan Street, publisher, 1884.), accessed 11 Nov 2021), John Blair household; Year: 1871; Census Place: Osgoode, Russell, Ontario; Roll: C-10013; Page: 48; Family No: 142., 971.363 H39 BR C.1. (Reliability: 3). [S164] Ontario., Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869, (Digital images., Family Search.org . https://www.familysearch.org.), accessed 11 Nov 2021), John Blair family; Year: 1881; Census Place: Osgoode, Russell, Ontario; Roll: C_13229; Page: 18; Family No: 77. (Reliability: 3). [S183] England, England & Wales, Marriages 1837-2005 Transcription, ( Findmypast . findmypast.com), district 118, sub-district 5, Osgoode Township, p. 6, dwelling 64, family 59, Albert Blair household; FHL microfilm Year: 1911; Census Place: 46 - Osgoode Township, Metcalfe Village, Russell, Ontario; Page: 6; Family No: 49 (Reliability: 3). [S205] Family Search, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 (A), ((Ancestry.ca : 2014)), accessed 22 Nov 2021), Albert Blair household; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 85; Census Place: 85, Russell, Ontario; Page Number: 17. (Reliability: 3).