Thomas Elmer Blair and Bertha May Carner

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Husband Thomas Elmer Blair ¹

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           Born: 19 Apr 1871 - Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1957 2
         Buried:  - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: William Marion Blair (1851-1916) 4 5 6
         Mother: Eleanor Amanda Henderson (1851-1895) 4 5 6

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       Marriage: 25 Dec 1894 - Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 7

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   Other Spouse: Tuna Foster (1868-1921) 1 - 21 May 1903 - Bullion, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 8

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Etta Carner (1883-1964) 9

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Wife Bertha May Carner ²

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           Born: 9 Mar 1873 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Feb 1901 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: Eli Carner (1834-1901) 10 11
         Mother: Sarah Ann Latchaw (1845-1916) 10 11

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Children

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1 M William Earl Blair ¹²

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           Born: 10 May 1896 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Feb 1978 - Grove City, Mercer Co, PA 12
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 13

         Spouse: Kathryn Lena Yard (1895-1978) 14
           Marr: 9 Jul 1919 - ? Venango Co, PA 14

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2 M Lloyd C. Blair ²

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           Born: 26 Aug 1898 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Aug 1900 2
         Buried:  - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Arthur C. Blair ²

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           Born: 13 Sep 1900 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Dec 1900 2
         Buried:  - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Elmer Blair

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It is difficult to understand this man's marital history. When wedding Bertha Carner he stated that he had not been married before. When wedding Tuna Foster he stated that his previous wife had died in 1891, before his marriage to Carner.

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Notes: Marriage

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They were married at her parents' residence.
On their marriage license application, it states that he had not been married before. On the application for a marriage license for his second marriage, it states that his previous wife had died March 14, 1891. It seems strange that only two years after the death of his first wife he would give a death date for her so wildly inaccurate.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 865.

2 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 62.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 150.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 993.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1035.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 325.

7 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #2885.

8 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #6047.

9 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 34.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 919.

11 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 33.

12 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 88.

13 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 11.

14 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 35.