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BLAIR FAMILY OF BLANDFORD
The Blandford Massachusetts Historical Society plans to honor Mary Powers, a Blair descendant and author of the “THE BLAIR FAMILY OF NEW ENGLAND REVISITED, BLANDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 2008” during our town’s 4-day 2025 Labor Day Fair. Given the fact that at least 30 early New England Blair family settlers are buried in our town’s cemeteries- including several Revolutionary War veterans, The Blandford Historical Society is willing to assist any members of the Blair family who might be interested in organizing some sort of Labor Day Weekend family reunion. Our Society owns Blandford’s 1822 iconic White Church building which is on the National Register. Several years ago, this building was the venue for extraordinarily successful reunions for the local Wyman and Hart families, with several hundred visitors attending from all over the country. This location can be viewed at “thewhitechurch.org”. Please follow this link to respond to the Blair Family Reunion |
Bel Canto Opera atThe White Church
30th Annual Bel Canto Opera Saturday, July 26, 2025, at 7:30 PM What began as a fundraising effort has continued to bring spectacular up-and-coming opera talent to the hilltowns each year. Eve Queler, Music Director Emerita of Opera Orchestra of New York and part-time Blandford resident, is the force behind this longstanding event. Please join us for this enjoyable à la carte performance – a wonderful taste of opera. thewhitechurch.ticketspice.com/summer-concerts |
PresentationsBlandford Historical SocietyTuesday, April 29, 7:00 p.m.
Dennis Picard will be back at the Blandford Historical Society with a talk about early methods of transportation. How would your ancestors have gotten from Blandford to Westfield? How long a trip would it have been? Tuesday, May 13, 7:00 p.m. at The Blandford Historical Society Building... Dr. Nicholas Aieta will give a talk on the Western Mass response to the “1775 Lexington Alarm”. Dr. Aieta is the author of 'The White Church Of Blandford.' Saturday, August 2, the Cromwell CT Historical Society President and professional musician will bring his harpsichord to perform a program entitled “What A Glorious Crash They Made”… rebel music from the Revolutionary War. No pre-performance tickets for this event are required, with donations in support of the White Church maintenance requested at the door. |
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Blandford Family ReunionsBlandford Family Reunion? It's time to think about a 2025 Family Reunion at the White Church of Blandford. The Wymans did it in 2017 and 2022. They timed it to coincide with the Labor Day Weekend Blandford Fair, but any time in the Summer of 2025 would work. It can be as simple as your family doing the organizing and renting the church from us, or we can help in many ways; finding and contacting distant cousins, planning presentations, making reunion T-shirts and maybe even cookbooks. Let us know if you are interested and how we can help. There have been so many families that have been in Blandford for generations...Ackley, Blair, Boise, Burr, Campbell, Cook, Deane, Fowler, Haight, Hayden, Healy, Herrick, Knox, Loomis, Nye, Oatley, Peebles, Pease, Ripley, Robbins, Smith, Taggert, Tiffany, Watson, Wood, Wyman, and many, many more. All it takes is a few cousins to get it started. |
Historic DocumentsWe have taken advantage of a digitizing project at the Boston Public Library and here are links to three of the documents that they have digitized for us. Proceedings of the Blandford Lyceum Society and the Young Men's Literary Association [1829-1950] Address delivered before the Literary Association, Blandford, Mass., Sept. 21, 1850, upon the history of that town By Wm. Gibbs. It includes a substantial amount of early Blandford biographical material. “The Christian warriour: a sermon preach'd at the French Meeting House in Boston”, [actually the Old South Meeting House] March 17th, 1744,5 by Wm. McClenachan, [the 1st Pastor of Blanford, MA] |
Blandford Historical Society Board 2024 - 2025
President - Chips Norcross
Nancy Ackley
Linda Barnard
Chuck Benson
Melissa Hamm
Nashelle Harris
Gary Hart
Mary Hull
Robert Kidd
Mary Kronholm
Peter Langmore
Judith MacKinnon
Mary Martin
Pamela Rideout
Jane Rohman
President - Chips Norcross
Nancy Ackley
Linda Barnard
Chuck Benson
Melissa Hamm
Nashelle Harris
Gary Hart
Mary Hull
Robert Kidd
Mary Kronholm
Peter Langmore
Judith MacKinnon
Mary Martin
Pamela Rideout
Jane Rohman
Contact Us
Contact us:
Phone: 413-848-0108
Email: [email protected]
Mail: P.O. Box 35, Blandford, MA, 01008
Street: 1 North Street, Blandford, MA 01008
Phone: 413-848-0108
Email: [email protected]
Mail: P.O. Box 35, Blandford, MA, 01008
Street: 1 North Street, Blandford, MA 01008
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