Geraldean Janatta Blair

Brief Life History of Geraldean Janatta

When Geraldean Janatta Blair was born on 24 June 1931, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, her father, Floyd William Blair, was 28 and her mother, Sylvia Rachel Hibdon, was 14. She lived in Warren, Tennessee, United States in 1935 and Civil District 5, Cannon, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 15 January 2021, in Woodbury, Cannon, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Cannon, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Coubert W Duke
1925–2010
Geraldean Janatta Blair
1931–2021

Sources (2)

  • Geraldean Blair in household of Floyd W Blair, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Geraldean Janatta Blair Duke, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

1942 · Atomic Energy Plant at Oak Ridge

The atomic energy plant that was built in Oak RIdge, Tennessee. The land was acquired secretly by the government in order to help with the Manhattan Project. The Uranium for the project was housed in the facility.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

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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