Deborah Louise Blair

16 June 1848–30 March 1937 (Age 88)
New Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Deborah Louise

When Deborah Louise Blair was born on 16 June 1848, in New Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, David Blair, was 38 and her mother, Deborah Jane Bushnel, was 31. She had at least 2 sons and 4 daughters with Judah Chapman. She lived in Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Cass Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 30 March 1937, at the age of 88, and was buried in Valley View Cemetery, Persia, Harrison, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Judah Chapman
1843–1896
Deborah Louise Blair
1848–1937
Rebecca Jane Chapman
1869–1895
Elizabeth Isabelle Chapman
1870–1873
David Thomas Chapman
1873–1971
James B Chapman
1876–1891
Ella Zedora Chapman
1879–1977
Louise Belle Chapman
1882–1965

Spouse and Children

Children

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Parents and Siblings

Siblings

(4)

World Events (8)

1851
Age 3
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Harrison, Iowa, United States
1854 · The Crimean War
Age 6
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.
1882
Age 34
Historical Boundaries: 1882: Harrison, Iowa, United States

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.

Possible Related Names

Belair

Sources (15)

  • Deborah Chapman, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Deborah Chapman in household of Judah Chapman, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Deborah Louisa Bushnell Blair Chapman in entry for Louisa Belle Chapman, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"

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