Franklin B Blaisdell

Male1859–14 August 1912

Brief Life History of Franklin B

When Franklin B Blaisdell was born in 1859, in Michigan, United States, his father, James P Blaisdell, was 32 and his mother, Maria Chase, was 22. He lived in Manchester, Manchester Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died on 14 August 1912, in Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 53.

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Family Time Line

James P Blaisdell
1827–1898
Maria Chase
1837–1912
Franklin B Blaisdell
1859–1912
Clara Isabel Blaisdell
1861–1934
Blaisdell
1874–1874

Sources (2)

  • Franklin B Blaisdell in household of James Blaisdell, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Benjamin Franklin Blaisdell, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"

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World Events (8)

1863

Age 4

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

1868 · Louisiana Is Readmitted Into the Union

Age 9

Louisiana was readmitted into the Union.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 16

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

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

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

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