John Hannibal Blair

Brief Life History of John Hannibal

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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Family Time Line

John Hannibal Blair
1882–1966
Ruth Aline Mears
1899–1974
Marriage: 24 December 1919
John Marvin Blair
1921–2013
Margaret Mae Blair
1923–2013
Lloyd Edward Blair
1926–2008

Sources (34)

  • John H Blair, "United States 1950 Census"
  • John H Blair, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • John H Blair, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1889

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

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

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.

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Occupation

According 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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