Identity area
Type of entity
Family
Authorized form of name
Blackburn Family
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
fl. 1837-1949
History
The Blackburn family were farmers in Shubenacadie and Milford, Nova Scotia. John Alexander was born in 1867 to Joseph J. Blackburn and Margaret Wardrap. He married Emily Walker in 1895. Thomas A. Blackburn, born in Shubenacadie in 1865 and possibly a cousin to John Alexander, was the son of Thomas Blackburn and Louisa Ellis.