William Henry BLAIR
Born: August 19, 1877, Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Died: May 08, 1940, Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Died: May 08, 1940, Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Married: Eliza Jane FERGUSON
Joshua
BLAIR
Born
abt. 1858
,
Brockville, Leeds, Canada West
Died
2 July 1906
,
Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
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Joshua BLAIR married 
Isabella HARPER
Marriage date: abt. 1877
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Isabella HARPER was the child of William Henry HARPER and Margaret MUNROE
Isabella HARPERMarriage date: abt. 1877
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Isabella HARPER was the child of William Henry HARPER and Margaret MUNROE
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1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1877 Birth of ChildWilliam Henry BLAIR was born August 19, 1877, Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
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Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery Brockville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
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Death — 19062 July 1906
Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
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Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery Brockville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
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