Fannie Isabelle Blaisdell

23 May 1859–1 April 1907 (Age 47)
Clearfield, Juneau, Wisconsin, United States

The Life of Fannie Isabelle

When Fannie Isabelle Blaisdell was born on 23 May 1859, in Clearfield, Juneau, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Isaac Smith Blaisdell, was 36 and her mother, Rebecca Soule, was 38. She married William Sheldon Swaney on 1 October 1879, in Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Milton, Van Buren, Wisconsin Territory, United States in 1907. She died on 1 April 1907, in Milton, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 47.

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Family Time Line

William Sheldon Swaney
1845–1910
Fannie Isabelle Blaisdell
1859–1907
Marriage: 1 October 1879
Hazel M Swaney
1887–1964
Sheldon W. Swaney
1891–1947
Earl S. Swaney
1895–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1 October 1879
Rock, Wisconsin, United States
children

(3)

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(7)

    James R Blaisdell

    Male1842–1900Male

    George Isaac Blaisdell

    Male1845–1916Male

    Melissa Blaisdell

    Female1848–1918Female

    William Wallace Blaisdell

    Male1850–1935Male

    Franklin Alonzo Blaisdell

    Male1852–1932Male

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World Events (8)

1863

Age 4

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The First Successful Typewriter is Invented

Age 8

A patent was filed on October 11, 1867, on a new direct action typewriter. The patent was filed by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule who had invented the prototype in Milwaukee.
1872 · The First National Park

Age 13

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

English (Cumbria and Lancashire): habitational name from a place in the Lake District named Blaisdell, from the Old Norse byname Blesi (from blesi ‘blaze’, ‘white spot’), or from the same word used in the sense of a white spot on a hillside, + Old Norse dalr ‘valley’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Fanny Blaisdele in household of Smith Blaisdele, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Fanny I Swaney in household of Wm S Swaney, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Fanny Blaisdell in household of S I Blaisdell, "United States Census, 1860"

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