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John Robert Bliss 1904–1978 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 SEP 1904

Birth Location: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 22 FEB 1978

Death Location: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Joseph Bliss

Mother: Ella Hill

Spouse(s): Dorothy Wallower

Children(s): Jacqueline Bliss

In 1904, John Robert Bliss entered the world in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA, born to Joseph G Bliss And Ella May Hill. In 1910, John Robert Bliss established residence. In 1910, John Robert Bliss established residence. John Robert Bliss married Dorothy Jeanette Wallower, and had children including Carol Louise Bliss, Carrel L Bliss, Jacqueline Lee Bliss. John Robert Bliss passed away in 1978 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1904, John Robert Bliss entered the world in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA, born to Joseph G Bliss And Ella May Hill.
  • In 1910, John Robert Bliss established residence.
  • In 1910, John Robert Bliss established residence.
  • John Robert Bliss married Dorothy Jeanette Wallower, and had children including Carol Louise Bliss, Carrel L Bliss, Jacqueline Lee Bliss.
  • John Robert Bliss passed away in 1978 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Bliss's Ancestors

Self
John Bliss
1904–1978
Birth Place: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
Parents
Joseph G Bliss
1877–1943
Illinois, USA
Ella (May) Hill
1880–1971
Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
Grandparents
John (Lewis) Bliss
1845–1935
Owingsville, Bath, Kentucky, USA
Eliza (Jane) Gatton
1847–1928
Cotton Hill, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
Great-Grandparents
Charles Bliss
1817–1848
Mary Badger
1823–1884
Josephus Gatton
1806–1876
Evaline Husband
1814–1892
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sheldon Bliss
1789–1840
Rebecca Mills
1787–1860
Robert Badger
1799–1848
Eliza Wheeler
1805–1874
Thomas Gatton
1774–1832
Ruth Riggs
1782–1832
Harmon Husband
1791–1848
Sarah Pyle
1790–1876

John Bliss's Descendants

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John (Robert) Bliss (28 SEP 1904–22 FEB 1978) m. Dorothy (Jeanette) Wallower (8 DEC 1912–4 FEB 1987)
  1. 1. Jacqueline (Lee) Bliss 1938–1994

John Bliss's Timeline

31 Records

1904
28 SEP 1904
Birth of John Robert Bliss in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
1910
1910
Age 6
John Robert Bliss resided here
None
1910
1910
Age 6
John Robert Bliss resided here
None
1910
1910
Age 6
John Robert Bliss resided here
None
1910
1910
Age 6
John Robert Bliss resided here
None
1910
1910
Age 6
John Robert Bliss resided here
None
1920
1920
Age 16
John Robert Bliss resided here in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1920
1920
Age 16
John Robert Bliss resided here in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1920
1920
Age 16
John Robert Bliss resided here in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1920
1920
Age 16
John Robert Bliss resided here in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1920
1920
Age 16
John Robert Bliss resided here in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1920
1920
Age 16
John Robert Bliss resided here in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1930
1930
Age 26
John Robert Bliss resided here in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1930
1930
Age 26
John Robert Bliss resided here in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1930
1930
Age 26
John Robert Bliss resided here in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1930
1930
Age 26
John Robert Bliss resided here in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1930
1930
Age 26
John Robert Bliss resided here in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1935
1935
Age 31
John Robert Bliss resided here in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
1935
1935
Age 31
John Robert Bliss resided here in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
1935
1935
Age 31
John Robert Bliss resided here in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
1940
1 APR 1940
Age 36
John Robert Bliss resided here in Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
1940
1 APR 1940
Age 36
John Robert Bliss resided here in Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
1940
1 APR 1940
Age 36
John Robert Bliss resided here in Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
1940
1 APR 1940
Age 36
John Robert Bliss resided here in Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
1940
1 APR 1940
Age 36
John Robert Bliss resided here in Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
1940
1 APR 1940
Age 36
John Robert Bliss resided here in Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
1942
1942
Age 38
John Robert Bliss resided here in Pennsylvania, USA
Pennsylvania, USA
1942
1942
Age 38
John Robert Bliss resided here in Pennsylvania, USA
Pennsylvania, USA
1942
1942
Age 38
John Robert Bliss resided here in Pennsylvania, USA
Pennsylvania, USA
1950
1950
Age 46
John Robert Bliss resided here in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
1978
22 FEB 1978
Age 74
Death of John Robert Bliss in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 SEP 1904
    Event Place: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1940 USA Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4330; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 124-8
    [2] 1910 USA Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Springfield Ward 4, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T624_325; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374338
    [3] 1920 USA Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 3, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_313; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 158; Image: 247
    [4] Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1682-2012
    [5] 1930 USA Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 420; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 116; Image: 166.0; FHL microfilm: 2340155
    [6] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 172-01-5466; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951
    [7] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10161940 - 03311947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 203
    [8] 1910 USA Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Springfield Ward 4, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T624_325; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374338
    [9] 1920 USA Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 3, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_313; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 158; Image: 247
    [10] Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1682-2012
    [11] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 172-01-5466; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951
    [12] 1950 USA Federal Census, USA, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the USA, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Harrisburg, Dauphin

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 172-01-5466; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951
    [2] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 172-01-5466; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1930 USA Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 420; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 116; Image: 166.0; FHL microfilm: 2340155

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1682-2012
    [2] Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1682-2012

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 FEB 1978
    Event Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Social Security Death Index (CD ROM)
    [2] Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1682-2012
    [3] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 172-01-5466; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951
    [4] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Database online. Number: ; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951.
    [5] Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1682-2012
    [6] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 172-01-5466; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951
    [7] Social Security Death Index (CD ROM), Database online. Number: ; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951.
    [8] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Database online. Number: ; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951.
    [9] Social Security Death Index (CD ROM)

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1920 USA Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 3, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_313; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 158; Image: 247

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Record Source: 1910 USA Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Springfield Ward 4, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T624_325; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374338

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1940 USA Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4330; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 124-8

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 APR 1940
    Event Place: Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 USA Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4330; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 124-8

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 APR 1940
    Event Place: Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 USA Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4330; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 124-8

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1930 USA Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 420; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 116; Image: 166.0; FHL microfilm: 2340155

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1920 USA Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 3, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_313; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 158; Image: 247

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Record Source:
    [1] 1910 USA Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Springfield Ward 4, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T624_325; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374338
    [2] 1910 USA Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Springfield Ward 4, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T624_325; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374338

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1942
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10161940 - 03311947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 203

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Record Source: 1910 USA Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Springfield Ward 4, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T624_325; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374338

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1920 USA Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 3, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_313; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 158; Image: 247

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1920 USA Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 3, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_313; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 158; Image: 247

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1930 USA Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 420; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 116; Image: 166.0; FHL microfilm: 2340155

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1930 USA Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 420; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 116; Image: 166.0; FHL microfilm: 2340155

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1940 USA Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4330; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 124-8

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 APR 1940
    Event Place: Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 USA Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4330; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 124-8

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 APR 1940
    Event Place: Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 USA Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4330; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 124-8

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1942
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10161940 - 03311947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 203

    Genealogy Event 25
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1950 USA Federal Census, USA, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the USA, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Harrisburg, Dauphin

    Genealogy Event 26
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1920 USA Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 3, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_313; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 158; Image: 247

    Genealogy Event 27
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Record Source: 1910 USA Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Springfield Ward 4, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T624_325; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374338

    Genealogy Event 28
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1940 USA Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4330; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 124-8

    Genealogy Event 29
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 APR 1940
    Event Place: Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 USA Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4330; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 124-8

    Genealogy Event 30
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 APR 1940
    Event Place: Winchester, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 USA Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4330; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 124-8

    Genealogy Event 31
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1930 USA Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 420; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 116; Image: 166.0; FHL microfilm: 2340155

    Genealogy Event 32
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1920 USA Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 3, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_313; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 158; Image: 247

    Genealogy Event 33
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Record Source: 1910 USA Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Springfield Ward 4, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T624_325; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374338

    Genealogy Event 34
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1942
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10161940 - 03311947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 203

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