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Luther Blodgett Nye

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• • Great-grandfather of Bill Nye — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Jonas Ward Nye 
  • Mother:
  • Polly Blodgett   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Jan 1840 
  • Birth Location:
  • Elba, Genesee, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • Dec 1911 
  • Death Location:
  • Washington, D.C. 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Helen Sophia Puffer
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Sep 1864 
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  • Child:

  Luther Bertram Nye (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for Luther Blodgett Nye

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A110097.
  • ² Federal Census, District of Columbia, 1910, Washington, Precinct 2, E.D. 16, Sheet 14B, Image 27 of 30.
  • ³ Federal Census, District of Columbia, 1900, Washington, E.D. 65, Sheet 14B, Image 28 of 33.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, District of Columbia, 1880, Washington, E.D. 27, p. 25, Image 25 of 45.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, District of Columbia, 1870, Washington, Ward 3, p. 245, Image 246 of 393.
  • ⁶ Federal Census, District of Columbia, 1860, Washington, Ward 3, p. 150, Image 150 of 236.
  • ⁷ Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, and Death Announcements, 1851-2003, 1926, The Washington Post, Obituary for spouse Sophia Nye.
  • ⁸ Nye, George Hyatt and Frank E. Best, et. al., A Genealogy of the Nye Family, Cleveland, Ohio: The Nye Family of American Association (1907), 208, 322.
  • ⁹ Thompson, Bradley Deforest and Franklin Condit Thompson, Blodget-Blodgett Descendants of Thomas of Cambridge, Concord, New Hampshire: Typed manuscript (1955), 332.