Henri BLAIR

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20 May 1830 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

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abt. 1903 , Greenbush, Mille Lacs, Minnesota USA

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Born: 20 May 1830 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

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Henri married Ellen SNYDER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ellen SNYDER was born 25 December 1834 in Hogansburg, New York, USA. Ellen died 7 June 1916 in Greenbush, Mille Lacs, Minnesota USA.

Henri BLAIR died abt. 1903 in Greenbush, Mille Lacs, Minnesota USA.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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John August BELAIR

Born: 29 September 1872, Dayton, Minnesota, USA
Died: 20 April 1932, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Married: Zoe M GAGNE 21 June 1904

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Birth — 1830
20 May 1830
Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1872 Birth of Child
John August BELAIR was born 29 September 1872, Dayton, Minnesota, USA

Henri was 42 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

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Blair, Henry - Thurs., Aug 18, 1904, Princeton, Mille Lacs. MN USA

Henry Blair, one of the old residents of the town of Greenbush, died at his home on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock after a long illness. He was seventy-four years of age and for the past few years had not been in very good health.

The funeral will be held on Friday forenoon at 10 o'clock at the Greenbush Catholic church.

Mr. Blair was born near Cornwall, Canada, May 20th, 1830 and he came to Minnesota over thirty years ago and first located at St. Paul where he followed his trade, that of a stone mason for some time. Later he moved to Greenbush and took up a farm in section 20 where he has made his home. He leaves a widow and six sons and six daughters.

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