Oliver Blair Sr.
(1905-1979)
Jane Dermitt
(1905-1967)
Oliver Blair Jr.
(1930-1997)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Virginia McIntosh Beecher

Oliver Blair Jr. 1 2 3

  • Born: 27 Jun 1930, Asheville, Buncombe, NC 2 4
  • Marriage (1): Virginia McIntosh Beecher on 10 May 1951 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 1
  • Died: 17 Aug 1997, Houston, Harris, TX, USA at age 67 5

   FamilySearch ID: LKSC-7YM.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 4 The 1940 census recorded at 5479 Forbes Street: Oliver Blair, coin machine manufacturer, 35, living with wife Jane D., 35; son Oliver, 9; daughter Mary, 4; and a servant, Zora Collins, 39, born in North Carolina. All others were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Newspaper: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Virginia Beecher and Oliver Blair Jr. Wed in Chapel, 11 May 1951, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 1 Virginia Beecher, and Oliver Blair Jr., Wed in Chapel
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The marriage of Virginia McIntosh Beecher, daughter of Mrs. McIntosh Beecher of Denniston Avenue and Walter McAleese Beecher to Oliver Blair, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Blair of Ligonier, was solemnized yesterday afternoon at 4:30 in the chapel at Pennsylvania College for Women.
The ceremony was performed by the Reverend W. Bruce Wilson of the Sunset Hills United Presbyterian Church.
The bride was graduated from the Winchester-Thurston School and attended PCW.
Joanne Roush attended the bride and Abram Packer Hays, Jr., was best man.
Mr. Blair is a graduate of Billard Academy and attended Lafayette College. He is now stationed at Lowry Field at Denver with the Army Air Force.
They will live in Denver, Col.


Oliver married Virginia McIntosh Beecher, daughter of Walter McAleese Beecher and Virginia Mary McIntosh, on 10 May 1951 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA.1 (Virginia McIntosh Beecher was born on 7 Feb 1928 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA,6 7 8 died on 22 Mar 1992 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 7 8 9 and was buried on 28 Mar 1992 in Sharpsburg: Greenwood Cemetery, Allegheny, PA, USA 7.)


Sources


1 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), 11 May 1951, page 10. Marriage of Virginia Beecher and Oliver Blair Jr.

2 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHKZ-CVG Oliver Blair Jr., 27 Jun 1930.

3 Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 28 Jan 1988, page 18. Obituary of Virginia Mcintosh Beecher.

4 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQW8-8PL Oliver Blair, Ward 14, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 69-400, sheet 1A, family 4.

5 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRH7-32Z Oliver Blair Jr, 17 Aug 1997.

6 1930 United States Census, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCCC-RYT Walter M Beecher, Pittsburgh (Districts 1-250), Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0223, sheet 29A, family 511.

7 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115527360.

8 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2WN-N4H Virginia B Blair, 22 Mar 1992.

9 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), 28 Jan 1988, page 8. Obituary of Virginia M. Beecher.



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