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• Residence: 2006, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire

Notes:

The flowering of Islam has been brought to the historical and cultural forefront of the modern world by a team of gifted flowers who bloom in the cultural garden of Richmond, NH. Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom, who have lived on Old Homestead Highway since 1987, and where they raised two children, Felicity and Oliver, have emerged as two of the most well known and respected scholars in the field of Islamic art. Among their many books and writings is Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power, the companion reading to the acclaimed PBS documentary, Islam: Empire of Faith.

Born in Montreal, Sheila grew up in Connecticut. She attended Tufts, and later majored in Fine Arts and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard. Jonathan grew up in New York, went to Harvard College, took an MA at the University of Michigan, and began his PhD at Harvard where he met Sheila. They both graduated with PhDs having traveled and researched throughout the Middle East and Central Asia.

Family/Spouse: Jonathan M. BLOOM. Jonathan was born on 7 Apr 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Felicity BLOOM was born on 23 Jun 1988.
2. Oliver D. BLOOM was born on 5 Feb 1990.

William married Mary Seymour BARNES in 1945 in Seaford, Sussex, England. Mary (daughter of Kenneth Seymour BARNES and Dorothy Louise LOCKE) was born on 16 Jul 1922 in Montreal, Quebec; died on 3 Feb 2006 in Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was buried in Carpenter Cemetery, Guilford, Windham, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1901, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick

Kenneth married Dorothy Louise LOCKE. Dorothy was born on 3 Aug 1887 in Quebec; died on 22 Mar 1976 in Montreal, Quebec; was buried in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1901, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick
• Census: 1921, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick

Notes:

Joseph Pope Barnes est né en 1866 et a amorcé sa carrière au sein de l’entreprise Daniel and Boyd lorsque son père était un partenaire de cet établissement. Il est devenu plus tard un membre de la mercerie Barnes & Murray. Barnes était bien en vue dans les secteurs de la vente en gros et au détail de la mercerie et avait été pendant un certain nombre d’années un vendeur itinérant pour d’importantes entreprises de vente en gros. Barnes était considéré comme une autorité en matière de mercerie et figurait comme l’un des chefs de file de la Commercial Traveler’s Association des Maritimes. Barnes a quitté cette propriété en 1895 et est décédé en 1933. (Source: Historical Places of Saint John, New Brunswick).

Joseph married Agnes Wallace WHITE on 3 Sep 1889 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick. Agnes (daughter of John WHITE and Matilda Eliza SKINNER) was born on 25 Sep 1868 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 1 Sep 1953 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1881, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick
• Census: 1901, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick
• Census: 1921, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick
• Residence: 1944, East Riverside, Kings, New Brunswick