Hanna Blair

Brief Life History of Hanna

When Hanna Blair was born on 2 February 1840, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Blair, was 40 and her mother, Harriett Helps, was 37. She lived in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Staverton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 25 July 1874, in England, United Kingdom, at the age of 34, and was buried in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

James Blair
1800–1858
Harriett Helps
1803–1860
William Blair
1824–1895
Mary Blair
1826–1830
Sarah Blair
1828–1830
Samuel Blair
1832–
James Blair
1833–
Ruth Blair
1835–1856
Sarah Blair
1836–
Mary Blair
1838–
Hanna Blair
1840–1874
Rhoda Harriet Blair
1842–1885
Samuel Abraham Blair
1845–1900

Sources (9)

  • Hannah Blair, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • Hannah Blair, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Hannah Blair, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"

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World Events (2)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

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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