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Mary Seymour BARNES

Female 1922 - 2006  (83 years)


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  • Name Mary Seymour BARNES 
    Birth 16 Jul 1922  Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 3 Feb 2006  Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Carpenter Cemetery, Guilford, Windham, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Siblings 1 sister 
    Person ID I14108  bmds
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2017 

    Father Kenneth Seymour BARNES,   b. 19 Jun 1893, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1944, Toronto, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Dorothy Louise LOCKE,   b. 3 Aug 1887, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1976, Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Family ID F5757  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Sutherland BLAIR,   b. 18 Sep 1917, Glasgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 2000, Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 1945  Seaford, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Mary : ~ 22 years old | William : ~ 27 years old. 
    Children 1 son and 3 daughters 
     1Female. Fiona Seymour BLAIR,   b. 23 Sep 1945, Glasgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 2014, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     2Male. Colin C. BLAIR,   b. 23 Sep 1945 (Age 79 years)
    +3Female. Sheila S. BLAIR,   b. 26 Nov 1948, Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     4Female. Dr. Felicity Duncan BLAIR,   b. 25 Sep 1952, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1979, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     
    Family ID F5760  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Jul 1922 - Montreal, Quebec
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1945 - Seaford, Sussex, England
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Feb 2006 - Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Carpenter Cemetery, Guilford, Windham, Vermont
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  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Obituary.
      PETERBOROUGH, N.H.Mary S. Blair, 83, died peacefully in her sleep on Friday, February 3, 2006 at her home at RiverMead in Peterborough, NH. The daughter of Kenneth Seymour Barnes and Dorothy Locke, she was born on July 16, 1922 in Montreal, Canada. As a graduate of McGill University, she met William S. Blair on a train returning from Vancouver when she had escorted British children escaping from the Blitz and he was serving in the Canadian Army. They were married in Seaford, England in February 1945. At the end of the War, they moved first to Montreal and then to Old Greenwich, Connecticut, where she was a social worker and earned her Master’s degree at the Columbia School of Social Work in New York. In 1965 the family moved to New York and also bought an old farm in Guilford, VT. Mary continued social work until 1973 when the couple moved full-time to Vermont where her husband started the magazine Blair and Ketchums Country Journal. In 2000 she and her husband moved to Peterborough, and he died shortly thereafter. Mary and Bill entertained regularly throughout the years, mixing guests from all walks of life and all over the globe.
       Her love of cooking led to Mary Blair’s Hors d’Oeuvre Cookbook: A Complete Guide to Hors d’Oeuvre Cookery and Festive Menus, published in New York in 1985. In addition to recipes, her book was laced with her advice on living. She was active in a wide variety of civic, social and cultural affairs. She served on the board of the National YWCA from 1955 to 1967, and she worked for Planned Parenthood all her adult life. A longtime supporter of the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, she recently stepped down from the board of the Sharon Arts Center. She was very active in local Guilford affairs, including the library, the school and the fire department. As one of her oldest friends commented, “She had a lot of good innings.”
       She is survived by her sister, Anne Hodgson and her brother-in-law, Dr. Harvey Beardmore, both of Morin Heights, Quebec, three children – Colin C. Blair of Arlington, MA, Fiona S. Blair of Brattleboro, VT, and Sheila S. Blair of Richmond, NH – as well as two grandchildren, Felicity and Oliver Bloom of Richmond, and numerous nieces and nephews.he is predeceased by her youngest daughter, Felicity, and two sisters, Perks Ross and Frances Beardmore.
       In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, 89 South Main Street, West Lebanon, NH 03784, or the Felicity Blair Memorial Fund, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755. Her remains will be buried in the family plot on Carpenter Hill in Guilford. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
      The Montreal Gazette, Feb 8, 2006.

    2. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 154303795.