Harrower Family Tree » Edward Blair (1823-1862)

Personal data Edward Blair 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born on January 1, 1823.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • He was christened on January 5, 1823 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 3
    Age: 0
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1851 Tinsmith in Kirkgate, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2
    • before July 7, 1862 Sexton in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 7
    • in the year 1861 Sexton in Cemetery Lodge, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1841 Tinsmith in Kirkgate, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 4
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: Kirkgate, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2
    • in the year 1861: Cemetery Lodge, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1841: Kirkgate, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.Source 4
  • (Newspaper Article) on July 9, 1862 in Cemetery Lodge, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland: 9 July 1862 Alloa Advertiser.Source 8
  • (Newspaper Article) on December 14, 1859 in Alloa Churchyard, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland: Edward & Robert, Brothers Blair - have been improving the amenities of the old burial-ground,.Source 9
  • He died on July 7, 1862 in Cemetery Lodge, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, he was 39 years old.Sources 8, 10
    Age: 39
    Oorzaak: Disease of the Heart
  • A child of Philemon Blair and Jean White

Household of Edward Blair

He is married to Margaret Hart.

They got married on May 3, 1852 at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, he was 29 years old.Source 11


Child(ren):

  1. Philemon Blair  1854-1900
  2. Jean Blair  1858-????


Notes about Edward Blair

1. 1852 BLAIR, EDWARD MARGARET HART (Old Parish Registers of Marriages 465/ 70 500 Alloa)

2. Alloa Advertiser 10 Dec 1859
ALLOA CHURCH YARD.
We are glad to notice that those having the superintendence of the Alloa Churchyard-the brothers Blair - have been improving the amenities of the old burial-ground, where, as well as in the new, there repose dust precious to almost every family amongst us. The improvements are not completed, but what has been done in the way of levelling the ground and improving the pathways, is indicative of a commendable desire on the part of the sextons to render the spot more agreeable to visitors and less of a reproach to us than it has formerly been. One of the more recent tombstones erected in the new cemetery is to the memory of Mr George Walker, surgeon, who, it may be remembered, came to Alloa at once to assist Mr Brotherson, and gain experience in his profession, at a time when Mr B. was laid aside for a few months from typhus fever. Mr Walker, however, in the discharge of his duties, caught the infection himself, and died, after a short illness, in the house of Dr. Brotherson. The following is the inscription, and the lettering is creditable to Robert Blair

3. Alloa Advertiser - Saturday 22 June 1867 FOLK IN ALLOA WHOM I HAVE KNOWN
Philemon Blair, who as grave-digger, and as the manner of the class is, had callously consigned so many of the townsfolk to the narrow house, himself died and was buried, and Edward his son was called to reign in his stead. The careers of Ned, and his brother and successor Robert, are too recent for me particularly to describe. ...

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Edward Blair

Philemon Blair
1764-????
Margaret McGowan
????-
Philemon Blair
1792-< 1862
Jean White
1791-????

Edward Blair
1823-1862

1852

Margaret Hart
1831-1863

Philemon Blair
1854-1900
Jean Blair
1858-????

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    1. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Jean Blair Parish: Alloa; ED: 5; Page: 40; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_75; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for Jean Blair
      Name: Jean Blair
      Age: 60
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Alloa, Clackmannanshire
      Parish Number: 359
      Civil Parish: Alloa
      Town: Alloa
      County: Clackmannanshire
      Address: Kirkgate
      ED: 5
      Page: 40
      Household Schedule Number: 178
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1851_75
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Jean Blair 60
      Edward Blair 28 Tinsmith
      Robert Blair 19 Labourer
    2. 1851 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1851 PRATICE, WILLIAM (Census 465/ 5/ 40) Parish: Alloa 1851 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online. Downloaded from Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/105917225/person/270196884529/media/5db36630-94bd-49d8-a86b-bd4f8ab90804
      Name: William Prentice
      Age: 60
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Alloa, Clackmannanshire
      Parish Number: 359
      Civil Parish: Alloa
      Town: Alloa
      County: Clackmannanshire
      Address: Kirkgate
      Occupation: Labourer
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William Prentice 60
      Catherine Prentice 60
      James Prentice 24
      Jane Prentice 23
      Catherine Simpson 10 Grandaughter

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      Jean Blair Head Widow 60 Alloa
      Edward Blair Son U 28 Tinsmith Alloa
      Robert Blair Son U 19 Labourer Alloa
    3. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1823 Record for Edward Blair 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.
      Record for Edward Blair
      Name: Edward Blair
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 01 Jan 1823
      Baptism Date: 05 Jan 1823
      Baptism Place: Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland
      Father: Philemon Blair
      Mother: Jean White
      FHL Film Number: 1040207
    4. 1841 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1841 BLAIR, PHILIMON (Census 465/ 3/ 19) Parish: Alloa 1841 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
      1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census
      Kirkgate, Alloa (Clackmannan), Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      Household Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.
      First name(s) Last name Sex Age Birth year Birth place
      Philimon Blair Male 45 1796 Sexton Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      Jane Blair Female 50 1791 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      Edward Blair Male 15 1826 Tinsmith Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      Robert Blair Male 15 1826 -
      Catherine Macgowan Female 75 1766 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      James Macbeath Male 70 1771 Scotland
      Jane Macbeath Female 55 1786 Scotland
      James Younger Male 40 1801 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      George Younger Male 45 1796 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      Margaret Younger Female 70 1771 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      William Thomson Male 30 1811 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      Jane Thomson Female 20 1821 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      Hannah Thomson Female 3 1838 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      Jane Thomson Female 1 1840 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      Jane Thomson Female 60 1781 Scotland
      Jane Williamson Female 20 1821 Scotland
    5. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Edward Blair Parish: Alloa; ED: 7; Page: 4; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1861_62 Name: Edward Blair Age: 38 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823 Relationship: Head Spouse's Name: Margaret Blair Gender: Male Where born: Alloa, Clackmannanshire Registration Number: 465 Registration district: Alloa Civil parish: Alloa Town: Alloa County: Clackmannanshire Address: Cemetery Lodge Occupation: Sexton ED: 7 Household schedule number: 27 Line: 23 Roll: CSSCT1861_62 Household Members Age Relationship Edward Blair 38 Head Margaret Blair 30 Wife Philemon Blair 7 Son Jean Blair 3 Daughter
      Record for Edward Blair
      Name: Edward Blair
      Age: 38
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Margaret Blair
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Alloa, Clackmannanshire
      Registration Number: 465
      Registration district: Alloa
      Civil parish: Alloa
      Town: Alloa
      County: Clackmannanshire
      Address: Cemetery Lodge
      Occupation: Sexton
      ED: 7
      Household schedule number: 27
      Line: 23
      Roll: CSSCT1861_62
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Edward Blair 38 Head
      Margaret Blair 30 Wife
      Philemon Blair 7 Son
      Jean Blair 3 Daughter
    6. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1823 BLAIR, EDWARD, (Old Parish Registers of Births 465/ 70 24) Alloa Not downloaded
      BLAIR, EDWARD, PHILEMON BLAIR/JEAN WHITE M 05/01/1823 465/ 70 24 Alloa
    7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1900 BLAIR, PHILEMON (Statutory Registers Death 465/A 149) Alloa (Clackmannan Downloaded from Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/68714567/person/332179453444/media/d1701619-fc92-4546-81f1-f9c957631e0b
      1900 BLAIR, PHILEMON (Statutory Registers Death 465/A 149) Alloa (Clackmannan
      Deaths in the Parish of Alloa in the County of Clackmannan 1900.
      Philemon Blair
      Potter, Single
      1900 July Thirtieth 8h 30m A.M.
      53 Broad Street, Alloa M 45 Years
      Parents: Edward Blair
      Sexton (deceased)
      Margaret Blair
      M.S. Hart (deceased)
      COD: Phthisis Pulmonalis
      As certified by J. Home Hay M.D.
      Inf. Andrew Ross, Cousin Present
      Registered
      1900 August 1st Alloa
      And. Rob. Grant
      Registrar
    8. Newspaper Article, 1862 Edward Blair 9 July 1862 Alloa Advertiser
      Blair, Edward death 9 July 1862 Alloa Advertiser
      At Kirkgate Street, Alloa, on the 8th Instant Mr Edward Blair

      Death register states Seventh.

      https://www-britishnewspaperarchive-co-uk.nls.idm.oclc.org/viewer/bl/0001604/18661222/075/0004
    9. Newspaper Article, 1859 Edward & Robert Blair Alloa Advertiser 10 Dec 1859 https://www-britishnewspaperarchive-co-uk.nls.idm.oclc.org/viewer/bl/0001604/18591210/049/0004
      Alloa Advertiser 10 Dec 1859
      ALLOA CHURCH YARD.
      We are glad to notice that those having the superintendence of the Alloa Churchyard-the brothers Blair - have been improving the amenities of the old burial-ground, where, as well as in the new, there repose dust precious to almost every family amongst us. The improvements are not completed, but what has been done in the way of levelling the ground and improving the pathways, is indicative of a commendable desire on the part of the sextons to render the spot more agreeable to visitors and less of a reproach to us than it has formerly been. One of the more recent tombstones erected in the new cemetery is to the memory of Mr George Walker, surgeon, who, it may be remembered, came to Alloa at once to assist Mr Brotherson, and gain experience in his profession, at a time when Mr B. was laid aside for a few months from typhus fever. Mr Walker, however, in the discharge of his duties, caught the infection himself, and died, after a short illness, in the house of Dr. Brotherson. The following is the inscription, and the lettering is creditable to Robert Blair
    10. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1862 BLAIR, EDWARD (Statutory Registers of Deaths 465/ 116) Alloa (Clackmannan) Downloaded from Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/68714567/person/332178183729/media/1d7acf7e-d348-4399-940e-4bc42ce9d7ec?_phsrc=hTf1887&usePUBJs=true
      BLAIR, EDWARD (Statutory Registers of Deaths 465/ 116) Alloa (Clackmannan)
      Deaths in the Parish of Alloa in the County of Clackmannan 1862.
      Edward Blair, Sexton
      Married to Margaret Hart
      1862 July Seventh 3h 45m A.M. M 39 Years
      Parents: Philimon Blair
      Sexton (Deceased)
      Jane Blair
      M.S. White
      COD: Disease of the Heart
      Several years
      As Certified by John Allan,
      Surgeon, Menstry
      Inf. Margaret Blair, Widow, Present
      Registered
      1862 12th July, Alloa
      Rob. D Bruce
      Registrar
    11. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1852 BLAIR, EDWARD MARGARET HART (Old Parish Registers of Marriages 465/ 70 500 Alloa) Not downloaded
      1852 BLAIR, EDWARD MARGARET HART 03/05/1852 465/ 70 500 Alloa

    Historical events

    Birthday January 1, 1823

    • The temperature on January 1, 1823 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1823: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 11 » Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.
      • July 24 » Afro-Chileans are emancipated.
      • July 24 » In Maracaibo, Venezuela, the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla defeats the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia.
      • August 25 » American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota.
      • September 22 » Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
      • December 2 » Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.

    Christening day January 5, 1823

    • The temperature on January 5, 1823 was about -7 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder winderig. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1823: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 11 » Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.
      • July 15 » A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
      • July 24 » Afro-Chileans are emancipated.
      • July 24 » In Maracaibo, Venezuela, the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla defeats the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia.
      • August 25 » American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota.
      • December 2 » Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.

    Day of marriage May 3, 1852

    • The temperature on May 3, 1852 was about 4.4 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • January 17 » The United Kingdom signs the Sand River Convention with the South African Republic.
      • August 20 » Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.
      • September 11 » Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
      • September 19 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
      • September 24 » The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27km) from Paris to Trappes.
      • December 2 » Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.

    Day of death July 7, 1862

    • The temperature on July 7, 1862 was about 18.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
      • July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
      • September 1 » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
      • September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
      • September 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
      • December 13 » American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.
    

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