Hi everyone, I am trying to revitalise my research once again after a few years out of the regular routine. For many years, and together with some fellow BLAIR family researchers, I have been researching the family of my g-g-g granduncle James BLAIR (b c1817 Liverpool, Lancashire, England), who married Elizabeth CABLE in 1837 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, and migrated to Australia in 1841. In his years spent in Sydney, James BLAIR was, among other things, a timber merchant, shipowner and publican, and held the license for the Bristol Arms Hotel during the 1860s and 1870s, as did his sons. James BLAIR died in 1880 in Sydney. In summary, James and Elizabeth's known children were as follows: James Edwin (1) b 1838 (d 1855) Charles b 1843 (d 1859) Francis b 1845 (m Mary Ann HOPGOOD) Emma b 1847 (m Alexander NICHOLSON) Mary Jane b 1850 (m John DONALDSON) Sydney Richard b 1853 (d 1855) James Edwin (2) b 1855 (m Kitty Mary Ann HORWOOD) Sydney John b 1858 (d 1860) Francis and Mary Ann BLAIR (HOPGOOD) had two children who were stillborn - however, Mary Ann's niece inherited their property and money Emma BLAIR married Alexander NICHOLSON, and they had a daughter Elizabeth (married BOWMAN), but by the mid 1870s, Alexander was off the scene, and Emma went on to have a number of children with Frederick WOOD/S. Mary Jane and John DONALDSON (BLAIR) lived in Sydney until the 1880s, and then emigrated to San Francisco - however, whilst some of their children went with them to California, the remaining DONALDSON children continued to live in Sydney. James Edwin (2) and Kitty BLAIR (HORWOOD) had a number of children, and the family lived in Kent Street, Sydney, then centred around the eastern suburbs and inner west after James Edwin (2) died in 1887 - associated names include LINGARD. If there is anybody on the lists who is researching these families, or knows someone who is researching or descended from these families, I would love to hear from you ! Thanks for taking the time to read my post :) Nick Batley (Sydney, Australia)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PatriciaPerry50 Surnames: Blair, Brantley and Rogers Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/3519.2.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am not the one with James Monroe Blair's bible, but I do know that Samuel Rogers b. abt 1800 was married to Polly Blair b. abt.1804 , they were married 22 Nov. 1820 St. Clair Co., IL.. Polly Blair was a sister to James Blair, their father being George Blair b. abt 1759. There was another sister Sarah "Sally" Blair b. Abt. 1802 who married Joel Holcomb marr. 8 March 1820 St. Clair Co., IL ... Sam Rogers was a Capt in the Black Hawk War, James Blair and Henry Brantley were both under Sam Rogers' command. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jesswilson1914 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/3519.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you have any information on Samuel Rogers, friend of James Blair? You said they served in the Blackhawk War. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BlairMc44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/277.333.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sorry, not a part of my Blair clan, that I know about. Good luck on your search. I've just really gotten into this with my Blair's. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: t42OakGro_DallasCoTX Surnames: BLAIR Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/3653/mb.ashx Message Board Post: BLAIR Jimmie D and Mary Lee I photographed this gravestone in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Irving, Dallas Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your records . This is one of the 227,294 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Dallas), cemetery(Oak Grove) and Surname . If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family . Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Ps thanks for the heads up!! Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Bill Blair <the.blairs@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Greetings to all! I just wanted to make everyone aware that the Old Blair Plantation House near Newberry, SC has been listed for sale. Ed and Kym Jones purchased it a few years ago and have been restoring it. They have come a long way with the project. But Ed has been transferred and they are now selling the house. I would love to have a Blair family member purchase the house. Here is a link to the home sales info. Take care!Bill BlairDeland, FL http://www.forsalebyowner.com/listing/6C304 > > * > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BLAIR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wow, wish I could afford a 2nd home!! Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Bill Blair <the.blairs@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Greetings to all! I just wanted to make everyone aware that the Old Blair Plantation House near Newberry, SC has been listed for sale. Ed and Kym Jones purchased it a few years ago and have been restoring it. They have come a long way with the project. But Ed has been transferred and they are now selling the house. I would love to have a Blair family member purchase the house. Here is a link to the home sales info. Take care!Bill BlairDeland, FL http://www.forsalebyowner.com/listing/6C304 > > * > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BLAIR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Greetings to all! I just wanted to make everyone aware that the Old Blair Plantation House near Newberry, SC has been listed for sale. Ed and Kym Jones purchased it a few years ago and have been restoring it. They have come a long way with the project. But Ed has been transferred and they are now selling the house. I would love to have a Blair family member purchase the house. Here is a link to the home sales info. Take care!Bill BlairDeland, FL http://www.forsalebyowner.com/listing/6C304 *

I have a line of Blair's from Fairfield Co., SC. I have often wondered if they connect to the Blairs in Newberry Co. If anyone has any information on this line, please contact me. -- Dianne Erwin erwin@suddenlink.net ---- Bill Blair <the.blairs@hotmail.com> wrote: Greetings to all! I just wanted to make everyone aware that the Old Blair Plantation House near Newberry, SC has been listed for sale. Ed and Kym Jones purchased it a few years ago and have been restoring it. They have come a long way with the project. But Ed has been transferred and they are now selling the house. I would love to have a Blair family member purchase the house. Here is a link to the home sales info. Take care!Bill BlairDeland, FL http://www.forsalebyowner.com/listing/6C304 * ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BLAIR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A few weeks ago there was a query re the family of William Newsham Blair. I lost that message before I could reply. Would that person please resubmit.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marybc176 Surnames: Blair Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/3652/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to find the death date and burial place of Samuel G. Blair who died in Los Angeles, California in August of 1930. There was a brief death notice as follows: Los Angeles Times 12 Aug 1930 BLAIR. The funeral services of Samuel G. Blair will be held today at 10 a.m. from the chapel of W.A. Brown, 1815 South Flower Street. If anyone has any information about him, I would appreciate hearing from them. Samuel was born 1888-1889 in Texas. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: 1_thelids Surnames: Blair Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/3651/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi can anyone help? I'm trying to trace Robert Blair born 1906, died 1956 in Birmingham, England. Married in 1936 to Doris May Lewis. There seems some confusion between remaining family members as to where he was born. One said Fort William, Scotland another said Ledbury, Herefordshire?? They also said the family originally came from Glasgow, Scotland and there was some mention of Leddinton, Gloucestershire. We have no idea of the name of his parents, but it has been said that he had a brother Thomas and a sister Margaret, the latter was believed to have emigrated to Australia. Robert is believed to be younger than these siblings. Very confused!!!! Any help would be much appreciated Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: richardbrown444 Surnames: BLAIR Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/1958.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Marion Blair, Painter of the Seward Portraits Taken from: Pioneer Painters of Indiana by Wilbur D. Peat Published in 1954 The man who made the strongest mark as a portrait painter in the village of Bloomington during the Civil War period was Marion Blair. A native of the town, he attended the university, married a local girl, and gradually came to be recognized as the community's resident painter. It appears that he was unschooled in the finer points of painting; if he received any instruction it was probably from itinerants passing through Bloomington or in the studio of one of the artists established in Indianapolis. Blair was born in 1824, the son of Enos and Rachel Blair. When a young man he moved a few miles south of town to a spot called Blair Hollow. His strong inclination toward art, literature, and natural history, coupled with his antipathy for farming or manual labor of any kind, did not make him a good provider for his growing family. His wife, unable to cope with his habits, finally left him and moved to Kansas, taking their children with her. Blair had a number of portrait commissions in Bloomington and apparently in Indianapolis also. Most of his paintings seem to have been made in the 50s and early 60s. During this period he did the portraits of Austin Seward and his wife. His last portrait is said to be of Abraham Lincoln painted after he viewed his body lying in state in the capitol building in Indianapolis. He died in 1901. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LADY_one_12 Surnames: Blair, Stubblefield Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/3642.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello This is all very interesting information on Joseph, but until someone can come up with a picture of Joseph (as he was well known), so I can compare,this is all spectulation. There was another Blair family living in Az at that time, which we were not related to. Uncles always made the comments about "The other Blairs" that aren't related. Also in the 1930 census for Louise look at the children, birth father, states born in Scotland. I know for a fact one of them was my mother and I know for a fact that none of the childrens father were born in Scotland as the census state. Cordie must have family members somewhere, as I have an article where William and Cordelia visited family in Florida. Hers? maybe.. William seemed not to tell the truth about issue. Ok, where can I find pictures of Josephs family? Maybe I can see a similarity. Any pictures of Josephs family. Someone has to have a photo of William and Cordelia together. Until then.. You stated you have some unknown family pictures, scan thesse in, who knows maybe someone can identify them. Keep hunting VR Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JKC837 Surnames: Blair, Dodson, Lujan, Moore, Stubblefield, Wyatt Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/3642.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There are enough similarities between what the message board poster states in this and other posts about her great-grandfather William Blair (May 1863 - 1920) in Arizona, and what is known about Joseph Stubblefield, Jr. (10 May 1862 - 21 Oct 1920), of Grainger County, Tennessee, to make the case that they are the same person. Joseph Stubblefield, Jr., of Grainger County, Tennessee, was born 10 May 1862, according to his death certificate and tombstone. He was the son of Joseph Stubblefield, Sr., (b. c.1831 in Tennessee - d. bef. 1869) and Nancy Blair (b. c.1835 - d. bef. 1900 in Tennessee), who were married in Grainger County, Tennessee, in 1853. The father, Joseph Stubblefield, Sr., died or disappeared before 1869, when his widow Nancy Blair Stubblefield married her cousin Richard F. Wyatt in Grainger County. Joseph Jr. and his older brother J. Rufus, along with two other Stubblefield siblings, appear in the 1870 census in the household of their mother and stepfather in Grainger County, but their surname is incorrectly recorded as their stepfather's name, "Wyatt." I have been unable to locate Joseph Jr. and J. Rufus Stubblefield in the 1880 census. Perhaps this is when they went to Kentucky and Joseph got in trouble with the law and changed his name to his mother's maiden name, Blair. A deed is recorded in Grainger County in which Rufus and Joseph Stubblefield jointly purchase land from Samuel Moore and wife in 1884. (This Samuel Moore is an uncle of Joseph's future wife, Cordelia Moore.) Then in 1886 Rufus sells his half-interest in the land to Joseph. In this second deed, recorded in Deed Book 22, page 419, Rufus and Joseph Stubblefield are "both of the County of Graham Arizona." In December 1889 Joseph sells the land back to Rufus. This third deed is recorded in Deed Book 24, page 358. At that time Joseph was "of Arizona Territory" and Rufus was living in Tennessee. These deeds are proof that Joseph Stubblefield, Jr., as well as his brother Rufus, lived in Arizona. In November 1889, Joseph's brother, J. Rufus Stubblefield, married Martha Eliza Dodson in neighboring Hawkins County, Tennessee. They had three children before Martha died before 1900. The children are living with Dodson relatives in Hawkins County in 1900. By the 1910 census they are living with Dodson relatives in Hill County, Texas, and later in Tarrant County, Texas. In 1897, Joseph Stubblefield, Jr., married Cordelia "Cordie" Moore (niece of the Samuel Moore from whom Joseph and Rufus Stubblefield purchased land in 1884) in neighboring Hamblen County, Tennessee. Joseph and Cordelia are not found in the 1900 and 1910 censuses, when William Blair shows up in the census in Arizona. In the 1900 census, "William Blair" and his wife "Corlie" are enumerated in Graham County, Arizona, with two of his children from his earlier (1888) marriage in Arizona to Beatrice Lujan. According to the census, William and his wife have been married three years. William states he was born May 1863 and that he and his parents were born in Tennessee. In 1901, Joseph's brother, J. Rufus Stubblefield, marries his second cousin Jane "Jennie" Wyatt in Grainger County, Tennessee. They had three children, but only two daughters lived to maturity. In the 1910 census, William and Cordelia Blair are again enumerated in Graham County, Arizona. The census shows William and Cordelia have been married twelve years. Again William states that he and his parents were born in Tennessee. Joseph's brother, J. Rufus Stubblefield, also appears in the 1910 census of Graham County, Arizona, listed as "Reafus Blair." So it seems that when Joseph's brother, J. Rufus Stubblefield, is in Arizona, he also goes by the surname "Blair." There is an Arizona death certificate for nine-month-old Richard Blair, who died in Graham County in December 1910. His parents are listed as Rufus Blair and Jennie Wyatt, both born in East Tennessee. This Richard Blair must be Richard Stubblefield, child of J. Rufus and Jennie Wyatt Stubblefield. Proof of this is found in a County Court case in Grainger County, settling the estate of J. Rufus Stubblefield following his death there in 1923. In the court case, H. R. Wyatt, administrator, vs. Jennie Stubblefield, et al, the following testimony is given regarding the children of J. Rufus Stubblefield: "J. R. Stubblefield had six children, as follows: Richard, who is dead and who died in infancy and without issue . . ." The above-mentioned Arizona death certificate of Richard "Blair" is another proof of Joseph's brother, J. Rufus Stubblefield's going by the surname "Blair" when he is in Arizona. In the 1920 census, when William Blair is no longer found in Arizona, Joseph and Cordelia Stubblefield are in Hamblen County, Tennessee. Joseph died 21 October 1920 in Hamblen County. His death certificate states that the cause of death was "trauma from being thrown from a wagon, runaway team." Census records and Arizona birth records give proof that other Grainger County, Tennessee, relatives of Joseph and Rufus Stubblefield were living in Arizona about the same time. Their first cousin Reese Blair is in neighboring Pinal County, Arizona, in the 1910 census. After marrying in Grainger County in 1915, Reese returned to Arizona where his son Hubert was born in 1917. Reese's brother Robert Blair is in neighboring Gila County, Arizona, in 1920, and there are Arizona birth certificates for three of his children born in 1915, 1916, and 1921. Rufus' and Joseph's first cousin once removed Newton Stubblefield is in Graham County, Arizona, in 1910. Newton's brother J. Frank Stubblefield's son Kenneth was born in Arizona in 1928 and J. Frank's family appears in the 1930 census in Gila County, Arizona. Other cousins James Arthur and Leslie Howard Stubblefield register for the World War I draft in Greenlee County, Arizona. Though the message board post states that William Blair was born in Scotland, William disputes this when he states that he was born in Tennessee in the 1900 and 1910 censuses. His children by Beatrice Lujan also give his birth as being in Tennessee in later censuses: Rufino "Rufus" Blair in 1920; Mildred Blair Ornales Barrera in 1910 and 1920; and Louise Blair in 1910, 1920, and 1930. Some of the message board poster's assertions about William Blair cannot be answered at this time. No marriage record is found for Joseph Stubblefield, Jr., prior to his 1888 marriage to Beatrice Lujan in Arizona, although it is certainly possible that he was married before that. Joseph Stubblefield had no known relatives in Florida, although it is possible that the people William Blair visited there were relatives of Cordelia's or of his first(?) wife. Finding a photo of Joseph Stubblefield, Jr., to compare to the poster's photo of William Blair, is not likely, as Joseph Stubblefield had no known children living in Tennessee, and his widow Cordelia remarried in 1931 and died childless in 1954. What happened to her personal property is unknown. However, the many similarities between Joseph Stubblefield, Jr., and what the message board poster states about William Blair in this and other posts, lead to the theory that they are the same person: the age, father a Stubblefield, mother's maiden name Blair, lived in Arizona, death in 1920 from a fall from a horse, and the fact that Joseph had a brother J. Rufus Stubblefield, who also went by the surname "Blair" while in Arizona. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ukblairs Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/3650/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Please visit http://blairdna.com/update.html for special offers and the latest status of the Blair DNA Project. If you've thought about joining the Blair DNA Project, now is a good time to do it. Scottish DNA - Better than Life Insurance John ------------------------------------ John A. Blair Haywards Heath, England http://blairdna.com mailto:j_blair@blairdna.com BLAIR DNA Project Administrator Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: 1_michael_blair Surnames: Blair/Goff Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/3649/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone know anything about John Blair (b.before 1765 and appeared in the 1810 Wash. Co. census) who had several sons and daughters. One was named William P and he married Sarah/Sally Goff. The Blairs lived on Beaver Creek about one mile north of the TN border. Thanks, Mike Blair Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wjolinger Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/927.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I just found out that I am the daughter of William Clarence Bair, I was born July 14 1961. I just received my adoption papers Sat. I found out you could get a couple of your adoption papers if you were born after 1944 which started back in November. I thought I was always told that my dad was someone else so I was shocked when I saw his name on my birth certificate and since Sat. I have been trying to find out more about him. I did see that he died in 1997 after I found that I found this on Ancestry. I would love to know more about him and any family I have. I was adopted in 1963 and my real name was Kimberly Rae Blair mothers name Sandra Marie Blair. I live in Cincinnati Ohio. I would like to talk to you my number is 859 653-6907......Hope yo hear from you......Wanda Olinger Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: fredb72712 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/3648.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a Hannah Marie Roberts md Alexander Hamilton Blair 26 Mar 1884. Died 30 Aug 1934 in Spencer,Boyd County, Nebr. Had son Ralph Hamilton Blair B. 6 May 1890 Rockville, Sherman County, Nebr. D. 23 Oct 1960 Chambers, Holt County, Nebr. Sorry I have no info on Hannah's parents. Alexander Hamilton Blair was my 1st cousin 2 times removed. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mystirose Surnames: Roberts, Blair Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blair/3648/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for information on the parents of my gg-grandmother's parents. My gg-grandmother's name is Hannah Marie Roberts, b. Feb 21, 1864 in Dane County, Wisconsin, d. Aug 30, 1934, possibly in Nebraska, but could be Iowa. Her parents are listed as L A Roberts, b. abt 1812 in New York; her mother's name was Mary, maiden name unknown, b. abt 1813. Hannah married Alexander Hamilton Blair Mar 26, 1884 in Council Bluffs, Pottawatamie County, Iowa. I would appreciate any info on this branch of my family. Thanks. Mysti Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.