William Blair1,2

M, (circa 1831 - before 1897)
Charts
Martin Scholderer descendants (Remmingsheim, Württemberg)
     William Blair was born circa 1831 at Pennsylvania.3 He married Charlotte Sholder, daughter of Christian August Scholderer and Anna Margareta Lutscher, before 1860.4,2 William Blair died before 1897.
     He was a farmer in 1860 at Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.5

William Blair was listed as the head of household in the Eighth Census for the United States of America, enumerated on 31 July 1860 in the State of Pennsylvania, Lycoming County, Old Lycoming Township as "Wm. Blair," a white male age 29 with an occupation of a farmer, being born in Pennsylvania; he has no value listed for real estate, his personal property was valued at $350, the equivalent of $7,140 in the year 2000. We find Charlotte Sholder resided in the same household, as "Charlotte Blair" age 20 being born in Pennsylvania; and James Blair, a white male age 24 with an occupation of a farmer, being born in Pennsylvania; his real estate was valued at $2800, the equivalent of $57,140 in the year 2000 and his personal property was valued at $400, the equivalent of $8,160 in the year 2000.6 William Blair lived in Armstrong Township, and Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He and Charlotte Sholder appeared on the census of 8 June 1880 at Armstrong Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Last Edited=18 Mar 2010

Citations

  1. [S639] Wm. Blair household, 1860 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Old Lycoming Township, New Berry post office, page 621 stamped, page 155 written, dwelling 1027, lines 25 through 27. Digital image of the microfilm publication series: M653; roll: 1137 from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (Images online; Ann Arbor, Michigan: ProQuest Information and Learning Company) http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, subscription database, accessed 11 March 2006. The entry on line 25 shows his name as Wm. Blair.
  2. [S14] John F Meginness, History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (Baltimore, Maryland: prepared by Lycoming Historical Society; Gateway Press, Inc., 1990 reprint of 1892 original), p. 1135.
  3. [S639] Wm. Blair household, 1860 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Old Lycoming Township, page 621 stamped, page 155 written, dwelling 1027, lines 25 through 27. Online http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, accessed 11 March 2006. The entry on line 25 shows the age of William Blair as 29, making his year of birth circa 1831, being born in Pennsylvania.
  4. [S639] Wm. Blair household, 1860 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Old Lycoming Township, page 621 stamped, page 155 written, dwelling 1027, lines 25 through 27. Online http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, accessed 11 March 2006.
  5. [S639] Wm. Blair household, 1860 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Old Lycoming Township, page 621 stamped, page 155 written, dwelling 1027, lines 25 through 27. Online http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, accessed 11 March 2006. The entry on line 25 shows the occupation for William Blair as a farmer.
  6. [S639] Wm. Blair household, 1860 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Old Lycoming Township, page 621 stamped, page 155 written, dwelling 1027, lines 25 through 27. Online http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, accessed 11 March 2006. This entry shows Wm. Blair age 29, Charlotte Blair age 20, James Blair age 24.