Emmet B Blue

Brief Life History of Emmet B

When Emmet B Blue was born on 2 January 1858, in Champaign, Ohio, United States, his father, James R. Blue, was 26 and his mother, Nancy Ann Kelly, was 18. He married Frances Martha Boblett on 16 September 1898, in Springfield, Clark, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 8 November 1920, in Springfield Township, Clark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Springfield Township, Clark, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Emmet B Blue
1858–1920
Frances Martha Boblett
1876–
Marriage: 16 September 1898
Clarence E Blue
1900–1901
Forrest L Blue
1904–1919

Sources (22)

  • Emmett B Blue, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Emmett B. Blue, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Emmet Blue, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"

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World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic MacGhilleghuirm ‘son of the blue lad’.

English: variant of Blew 2.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Blau ‘blue’ and of the French cognate Bleu. Compare Blew .

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

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