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THOMAS
C. BLAIR JR. was born in Camden to Edna and Thomas Blair
on November 24, 1925. His parents had been living in
Gloucester City in January of 1920. The 1924 Camden City
Directory, the 1930 Census, and the 1947 Camden City
Directory shows his father, Thomas C. Blair, a
self-employed paperhanger, living at 1034 North 18th
Street in Cramer Hill. This address would remain in the
Blair family through the fall of 1969. When the Census
was taken in April of 1930, the family included two
sisters, Edna, and Dorothy Blair.
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On
February 2, 1944 Thomas C. Blair Jr. joined the United
States Navy. He reached the rank of Aviation Ordnanceman
Third Class before leaving the service.
Thomas
Blair was living at 1918 Pierce Avenue in Cramer Hill
when he was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on
December 30, 1950 and reported for duty on January 1,
1951. He was, in time promoted to Captain and later,
on December 20, 1969, to Battalion Chief. The 1969 and
1970 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directories shows an
address of 467 North 34th Street for Thomas C. Blair
Jr.
By
1977 residence restrictions
had been lifted on Camden fire fighters. Chief Blair and his wife Doris moved to Atco,
New Jersey.
Chief
Blair retired on February 1, 1981, and in time settled
at Bayonet Point, Florida. Last a resident of Hudson,
Florida, he passed away on October 17, 2003. He was
buried at Florida National cemetery in Bushnell,
Florida.
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