The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Donald Blair (1856-1925)

Personal data Donald Blair 

  • He was born in the year 1856 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 1
  • Occupations:
    • from 1881 till 1925 Leather Merchant.Source 2
    • in the year 1925 13 Spoutmouth, Glasgow, Scotland as a Leather Merchant.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: 107 Cumberland Street, Govern, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
      Name: Donald Blair Age: 5 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856 Relationship: Son Father's Name: Donald Blair
      Mother's Name: Mary Blair Gender: Male Where born: Govan, Glasgow Registration Number: 644/10
      Registration district: Hutchesontown Civil parish: Glasgow Govan County: Lanarkshire
      Address: 197 Cumberland Street ED: 16 Household schedule number: 67 Line: 9 Roll: CSSCT1861_112
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Donald Blair 35 Head
      Mary Blair 32 Wife
      Mary Jane Blair 10 Daughter
      Donald Blair 5 Son
      Isabella Blair 3 Daughter
      Duncan Blair 1 Son
    • in the year 1871: 4 Grey Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
      Name: Donald Blair Age: 15 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856 Relationship: Son Father's Name: Donald Blair
      Mother's Name: Mary Blair Gender: Male Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire Registration Number: 644/8
      Registration district: Anderston Civil parish: Glasgow Barony County: Lanarkshire Address: 4 Gray Street
      Occupation: Scholar ED: 94 Household schedule number: 71 Line: 4 Roll: CSSCT1871_138 Household Members Age Relationship
      Donald Blair 47 Head
      Mary Blair 46 Wife
      Mary Jane Blair 20 Daughter
      Donald Blair 15 Son
      Isabella Blair 3 Daughter
      Duncan Blair 11 Son
      Sarah Blair 9 Daughter
      Janet Blair 7 Daughter
      James M Blair 6 Son
      John Blair 3 Son
      Ann Murray 20 Servant
    • in the year 1881: 99 St. Andrews Road, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
      Name: Donald Blair Age: 26 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855 Relationship: Visitor Gender: Male
      Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire Registration Number: 644/13 Registration district: Tradeston Civil parish: Glasgow Govan
      County: Lanarkshire Address: 99 St. Andrews Rd Occupation: Leather Merchant ED: 42 Household schedule number: 76
      Line: 7 Roll: cssct1881_249 Household Members Age Relationship
      Nicol N A McPherson 27 Head
      Donald Blair 26 Visitor
      Jane Neil 18 Servant
    • in the year 1891: 99 St. Andrews Road, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
      Name: Donald Blair Age: 35 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856 Relationship: Head Spouse's Name: Jane B Blair
      Gender: Male Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire Registration Number: 644/13 Registration district: Tradeston Civil parish: Glasgow Govan County: Lanarkshire Address: 99 St Andrews Road Occupation: Leather Merchant
      ED: 37 Household schedule number: 38 Line: 7 Roll: CSSCT1891_296 Household Members Age Relationship
      Donald Blair 35 Head
      Jane B Blair 31 Wife
      John W Blair 7 Son
      Sarah W Blair 5 Daur (Daughter)
      Mary M Blair 4 Daur (Daughter)
      James B Blair 2 Son

      Name: Donald Blair Residence Year: 1890 Address: 99 St. Andrew's road Residence Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
      Parliamentary Division: Glasgow Occupation: Leather merchant
    • in the year 1901: Machrins, Colonsay and Oronsay, Argyll, Scotland. (Staying with a cousin).
      Name: Donald Blair Age: 46 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855 Relationship: Cousin Gender: Male
      Where born: Glasgow Registration Number: 539/2 Registration district: Colonsay and Oronsay Civil parish: Colonsay and Oronsay County: Argyll Address: Machrins Occupation: Leather Merchant ED: 1 Household schedule number: 2
      Line: 19 Roll: CSSCT1901_183 Household Members Age Relationship
      John Mcneill 58 Head
      Mary A Mcneill 52 Wife
      Mary M Pherson 21 Niece
      Donald Blair 46 Cousin
      Jane B Blair 42 Cousin
      William Gardiner 32 Servant
      Mary Mcphee 15 Servant
      Neil Mcinnes 61 Servant
    • from 1911 till 1925: 14 Montgomerie Terrace, Mount Florida, Glasgow, Scotland.
      Name: Donald Blair
      Residence Year: 1911
      Address: 14 Montgomery terrace, Mount
      Residence Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
      Parliamentary Division: Glasgow
      Occupation: Leather merchant
  • He died on August 1, 1925 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, he was 69 years old.
  • Probate on November 23, 1925 naar Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
    SEE PHOTO
  • This information was last updated on June 14, 2022.

Household of Donald Blair

He is married to Jane Bucknell Thomas.

They got married about 1885.


Child(ren):


Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Donald Blair?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!

Ancestors (and descendant) of Donald Blair

Donald Blair
1856-1925

± 1885

Jane Bucknell Thomas
1858-> 1911

Sarah Douglas Winifred Blair
1886-1951

With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

  • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
  • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
  • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).


Visualize another relationship

Sources

  1. 1891 Census Scotland
  2. From Marriagae Cert, From Marriagae Cert

Historical events

Day of death August 1, 1925

  • The temperature on August 1, 1925 was between 8.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
    • May 15 » Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded.
    • May 30 » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
    • July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
    • October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
    • November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Blair

  • View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Blair.
  • Check the information Open Archives has about Blair.
  • Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Blair.

The The Orys and Cook Family Tree publication was prepared by .contact the author
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Brian Peter Orys, "The Orys and Cook Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-orys-and-cook-family-tree/I882.php : accessed May 10, 2025), "Donald Blair (1856-1925)".