William Blair and Margaret Vance

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Husband William Blair ¹

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           Born: 1792 - County Antrim, Ireland 1
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Wife Margaret Vance ¹

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         Father: Squire John Vance (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Eleanor Neal (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M John Blair ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Aug 1828 - near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Barnes (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1856 1

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2 M James V. Blair ^{1 3}

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         Spouse: Sarah Hurst (      -Aft 1906) 3

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3 F Eliza J. Blair ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M William W. Blair ¹

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         Spouse: Martha Wray (      -      ) 1

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5 F Eleanor Blair ¹

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         Spouse: Robert McGuire (      -      ) 1

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6 F Mary Margaret Blair ¹

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         Spouse: Frank Hurst (      -      ) 1

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7 F Sibbet Blair ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 M Samuel N. Blair ¹

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General Notes: Husband - William Blair

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He was reared and educated in his native land, and in 1819, at the age of twenty-seven years, emigrated to America to make for himself a new home amid new surroundings. He first located in the Dominion of Canada, and not having sufficient capital to pay his expenses from there to Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he had friends, walked the entire distance, working at odd jobs along the way and arriving with five dollars in his pocket. He farmed there for some time, then secured employment in a distillery, later purchased property upon which he erected his own distillery, and in the spring of 1838 sold all his holdings at Mount Pleasant and purchased a farm near Irwin, which he operated until his death. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, and a Democrat in politics.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 580.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 654.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 382.