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Charles Blair (1776 - 1820)

Charles Blair
Born in Winterbourne Whitchurch, Dorset, Englandmap
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Died at about age 43 [location unknown]
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Biography

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Charles Blair was born in Dorset, England.

Charles Blair was born on 12 November 1776 & baptized on 1 January 1777 at the Church of St. Mary in Winterbourne Whitechurch, Dorset, England. His parents were recorded as Charles & Lady Mary Blair. [1] [2]

Charles Blair married Charlotte Unknown around 1800 & had 2 children together:

  • Mary 4 February 1801 Kingstone, Dorset
  • Thomas Richard Arthur 19 December 1802 Kingstone, Dorset

"Charles Blair Sr. (1743-1820) had been a rich man, an owner of plantations and slaves in Jamaica, who had married into the aristocracy; but his fortune had dwindled away by the time his tenth and last son was born."

-- George Orwell: A Life by Bernard Crick

Sources

  1. "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDC-ZD2P : 7 December 2017), Charles Blair, 01 Jan 1777; Christening, citing Winterborne-Whitchurch, Winterborne-Whitchurch, Dorset, England, Record Office, Dorchester; FHL microfilm 2,427,608.
  2. https://www.opcdorset.org/WinterborneFiles/W.Whitchurch/W.WhitechurchBapsPR1700-1790.htm 1776

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Parents ages are too young to give birth.
posted by Fowler Jones III

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