Hi Mary, Any ideas you have in finding my great great grandfather Joseph F. A. Blair would be greatly appreciated. Below are the references I have to Joseph's birth place and where it was found. All except the Birth registration of his first son William have a reference to New York. There were a couple of Joseph Blair's in the Lawrence, MA directory so when I visited Massachusetts a few years ago I checked out Lawence, Massachusetts for his birth and marriage record at their library but could find none and the Joseph Blair's I found there continued appearing in the Lawrence directory for years after I knew that my Joseph was in Stoneham. = = = = Jan 12, 1896 - Lawrence (Birth Registration for son William J. Blair) Aug 12, 1897 - New York (Birth Certificate of son, Augustus Pierce Blair) 1900 Census - Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts he was listed as 36 born in Oct 1863. in New York. His wife Katie Kent (23) Immigrated from Ireland in 1891 and they had been married for 5 years. Feb 4, 1900 - New York, New York (Birth Certificate of daughter Kathleen Blair) Jan 2 1904 - New York, New York (Death Certificate of daughter Kathleen Blair) = = = = It's like this family just appeared out of no where in 1896 and vanished in 1906 when they sold their home in Stoneham and shortly after the two boys were sent to foster families. William was adopted in Holyoke, MA and my Grandfather Augustus went to Lewiston, Maine as a foster child and was never adopted. I have no idea what happened to Joseph and Katie. Thanks for any help you can offer. This has been my brick wall for many years. Val On 29 Jul 2004, at 17:27, Mary Powers wrote: > Val, does your source say New York City? There were many Blairs from > Massachusetts who slipped across into New York State -- upstate New > York > > Mary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Val" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 4:24 PM > Subject: [BLAIR-L] William & Jane in 1860 & 1870 Census > > > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone have a connection to the following Blairs from the 1870 > Census: > > > > New York Ward 10 District 8 (2nd Enum), New York, New York > > Post Office: New York City > > Roll: M593_1025 Page: 290 Image: 25 Year: 1870 > > > > Jane Blair (f) Age in 1870: 50 Estimated Birth Year-1818 > > Birthplace: Scotland > > > > Joseph Blair (f ?) Age in 1870: 8 Estimated Birth Year: 1861 > > Birthplace: New York > > > > Wm Blair (m) Age in 1870: 18 Estimated Birth Year: 1852 > > Birthplace: New York > > > > Adam Blair (m) Age in 1870: 13 Estimated Birth Year: 1857 > > Birthplace: New York > > > > Several curious things with this Census: > > > > There was no young Adam Blair in the 1860 Census in the whole US yet > > this Adam is 13 in 1870 and was born in NY? > > > > Joseph Blair has been recorded as female and also 8 years old > > although > when > > I looked at an image of the original census I feel that the age may > > have > been > > 18 (same as Wm Blair). It is odd that he would be listed first if > > he was > the > > youngest. > > > > I am actually trying to locate a Joseph Blair who I believe was born > > about 1863 or 1864. I have only been able to locate him on the 1900 > > Census in Stoneham, Massachusetts but I have several documents > > stating he was born in NY. I'm hoping someone is connected to this > > Joseph in the 1970 Census and this way I will be able to connect or > > eliminate Joseph from my tree. > > > > Val > > > > > > ==== BLAIR Mailing List ==== > > How long has it been since you posted to the list? A "quiet" list > > will not > help anyone! > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > >