Anna M Blair

Brief Life History of Anna M

When Anna M Blair was born on 4 April 1876, in Northville, Wayne, Michigan, United States, her father, William Blair Sr, was 43 and her mother, Maria Susan Gillette, was 37. She married Frederick Alanson Fry on 9 August 1899. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Detroit Ward 10, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1910 and Detroit Ward 12, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 14 April 1968, at the age of 92, and was buried in Northville, Wayne, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Alanson Fry
1876–1963
Anna M Blair
1876–1968
Marriage: 9 August 1899
James Arthur Fry
1900–
Fry
1903–1903
Cecil Keith Fry
1906–1993
Duncan Blair Fry
1914–1987

Sources (22)

  • Anna Fry, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Anna Blain, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
  • Anna M. Blair, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

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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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