When John Hannibal Blair was born on 2 June 1882, in Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, United States, his father, William Shirrell Blair, was 28 and his mother, Harriet ¨Hattie¨ Louisa Jones, was 22. He married Blanche Elizabeth Traynor on 30 October 1904, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 50 years. He died on 3 November 1966, in Malibu, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Matsu Nakasone BIRTH unknown DEATH 1889 BURIAL Forest Lawn Memorial Park Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA PLOT Columbarium of Valor, Lot 0, Space 64430 MEMORIAL ID 185379511 · View Source
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Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places in Scotland called Blair, named with Scottish Gaelic blàr (genitive blàir) ‘plain, field’, especially a battlefield (Irish blár). There were families of this name in the Middle Ages taking their names from any of the places called Blair in Dysart parish Fife, Dalry parish Ayrshire, and Blairgowrie in Perthshire.
Americanized form of French Belair and Blais .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAccording to his sister, Lila Mae Blair Yingling, John was a builder. He was a master craftsman. He built his sister's house on Regent street in Los Angeles. He had the "hands of a hard worker"
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