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Peter Blair
Male 1806 - 1888


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  • Birth  27 Apr 1806  Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  19 Mar 1888  Goshen Gore (Stannard), VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Stannard Cemetery, Stannard, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I001  My Blair Family Tree
    Last Modified  19 Nov 2009 

    Father  Peter Blair,   b. Bef 14 Apr 1763, Kippen, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth Bell,   b. 14 Oct 1764, Kippen, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1 Jun 1788  Kippen, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F003  Group Sheet

    Family  Elizabeth Rodger,   b. 29 Dec 1801, Neilston, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1891, Goshen Gore (Stannard), VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  29 May 1835  Lowell Middlesex MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    >1. Elizabeth Blair,   b. 21 Apr 1836, Lowell, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1910, Goshen Gore (Stannard), VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. William Blair,   b. 22 Sep 1837, Goshen Gore (Stannard), VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1927, North Waden, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. Agnes Blair,   b. 12 Oct 1840, Goshen Gore (Stannard), VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1924
    >4. Peter Blair,   b. 9 Nov 1842, Goshen Gore (Stannard), VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1930
    Family ID  F002  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Peter Blair was a weaver in Scotland, weaving Paisley shawls. When work became scarce, he came to America at the request of his uncle Robert who lived in Barnet Vermont.

      After spending some time with his uncle in VT, he went to Lowell MA, where he continued his trade as a weaver for a time. There he met and married Elizabeth Rodger. Finally they came to Goshen Gore and settled on a place where there was a log house and about four acres of cleared land. That place was where the Cargills lived just above your home (Peter Blair & Etta Pratt).

      Just below where you lived was a cousin of our Grandfather's (Andrew Blair who had come from Barnet on the place now owned by Sternburg).

      On the ship that Peter came to America on was William Rodger who went to Greensboro. William told his mother (Agnes) and sister (Elizabeth) that when he got settled in America he would send for them. Tired of waiting for the word, they went to America to find William. When they got to Greensboro William had already moved to Lowell MA where Peter also was. Elizabeth and her mother followed William to Lowell and Peter and Elizabeth met. Elizabeth did not know Peter in Scotland but she has said that when she was waiting to see her brother leave on the ship, she remembers seeing Peter leaning against the ship eating a biscuit.

      Caledonia & Essex Gazelter 1887 - Peter Blair, road 13, retired farmer, age 80

      1850 Goshen Gore Census - Peter - Born Scotland


 
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