Bertha Myers and Oscar Newton Blair

REV. OSCAR NEWTON BLAIR, son of MALINDA JANE CARTRIGHT and REV. HENRY JAMES BLAIR, was born August 31, 1876 in Kansas,⁴⁷⁹⁴ and died May 12, 1962 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.⁴⁷⁹⁴ He is buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.⁴⁷⁹⁴

He married BERTHA MYERS in 1899. She was born July 23, 1881 in Pennsylvania,⁷⁹⁰⁵ and died October 2, 1945 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.^{876, 5512} She is buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.⁵⁵¹²

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Oscar N. Blair)

Children of BERTHA MYERS and REV. OSCAR NEWTON BLAIR:

1. BERNICE BLAIR, b. December 29, 1899, Oregon;⁵⁶ m. (1) HUGH CALDWELL BOWERMAN on May 31, 1918 in Multnomah County, Oregon²⁵⁹⁸, m. (2) LOY ROSEBORO on June 13, 1948 in Multnomah County, Oregon²⁵⁹⁸; d. January 27, 1991.⁵⁶
2. HAROLD J. BLAIR, b. October 20, 1901, Coburg, Lane, Oregon;^{5508, 876} m. DOROTHY MARION WOOD on April 25, 1925 in Chehalis, Lane, Washington^{5510, 5217}; d. March 4, 1980, Washington County, Oregon.⁸⁷⁶
3. DR. GLENN MYERS BLAIR, b. 1909, Oregon; m. RUTH VIRGINIA VAN NESS on June 22, 1934 in Seattle Pacific College, Seattle, King, Washington⁵²¹⁷; d. September 3, 1994, Fairlawn, Summit, Ohio.⁹⁷⁸²
4. DR. EDWARD PAYSON BLAIR, b. December 23, 1910, Woodburn, Marion, Oregon;⁹⁴⁵⁴ m. VIVIAN ELIZABETH KRISEL on September 13, 1934 in Dundee Presbyterian Church, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska⁹⁹³³; d. October 7, 2008, Snohomish County, Washington.⁷⁵⁶
5. DONALD S. BLAIR, b. December 29, 1912, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon;⁴⁵³² m. MARGUERITE WILSON BROWN; d. December 26, 2001, King County, Washington.^{4532, 756}



Personal Information

• Oscar Newton Blair was a member of the Methodist Church. ⁴⁷⁹⁴

Work History

Obituaries

Oregonian, October 5, 1945⁵⁵¹²

BLAIR—Oct. 2, Bertha M., aged 64 years of 9702 Se Knight; beloved wife of Oscar N.; mother of Mrs. Bernice Bowerman and Harold J. Blair, Portland; Dr. Glenn M. Blair, Urbana, Ill.; Dr. Edward P. Blair, Evanston, Ill.; Donald S. Blair, Seattle, Wash.; also 2 brothers, 3 sisters and 8 grandchildren. Funeral services Friday, Oct. 5, at 2:30 PM, at the Central Free Methodist church, NE 55th and Flanders. Interment Lincoln Memorial Park. Arrangements in care of Miller & Tracey, SW 20th place and Morrison, BR 2601.

Oregonian, May 13, 1962⁴⁷⁹⁴

OSCAR N. BLAIR

Oscar Newton Blair, 85, a minister, teacher and student of ancient languages, died Saturday at a Portland nursing home. He lived at 9704 SE Knight St.

He was born Aug. 31, 1876 in Kansas, the son of a pioneer minister. He came to Oregon in 1889 and taught school in Linn and Clackamas counties. He was ordained a minister in the Free Methodist Church.

Survivors are a daughter, Bernice Bowerman; and four sons, Harold J., Portland, Dr. Glenn M., professor of educational psychology at University of Illinois; Dr. Edward P., professor of New Testament Interpretation at Garrett Theological Seminary, Evanston, Ill., and Donald S., assistant superintendent of schools, Placer County, Calif.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday from the Jacobson Family Funeral home, with burial in Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 16, 18804793	Culver, Ottawa, Kansas	Henry James Blair Malinda Jane Cartright Laura Belle Blair Anna Blair Oscar Newton Blair Mary Blair
June 4, 19005486	Salem, Marion, Oregon	Oscar Newton Blair Bertha Myers Bernice Blair
April 26, 19105487	Woodburn, Marion, Oregon	Oscar Newton Blair Bertha Myers Bernice Blair Harold J. Blair Glenn Myers Blair
January 13, 1920902	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon	Oscar Newton Blair Bertha Myers Harold J. Blair Glenn Myers Blair Edward Payson Blair Donald S. Blair
April 4, 1930991	Seattle, King, Washington	Oscar Newton Blair Bertha Myers Glenn Myers Blair Edward Payson Blair Donald S. Blair
April 2, 19402679	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon	Oscar Newton Blair Bertha Myers