CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE
OF
FRANK DAWSON BLILEY

DATE

EVENT [Notes in red brackets need review and verification.]

AGE

1906, April 29

Born: Erie, Pennsylvania
Parents: Frank Anderson Bliley (41) and Lula Edna Dawson Bliley (31)

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1918

Reputed to be operating his first ham radio station at home. Licenses were not required.

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1921

Moved with father, mother and sister to Boulder, Colorado for the benefit of his father’s health.

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1921, August

First recorded ham radio license: 1802 Grove Street, City of Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado

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1924

Family returns to Erie live in apartment 450 West 9th Street, Erie, PA

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1925

Family to new home 649 West 9th Street, Erie, PA

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1926

Graduated from Erie Central High School (Photo in 1926 yearbook. Why did he graduate from H.S. so late? Lost credits from time in Boulder?)

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1926/27?

Attended University of Pittsburgh college (Attended for just one year?)

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1927–1929

Pratt Institute, New York City, NY. Degree: Bachelors of Industrial Electrical Engineering, May 20, 1929. (Graduated in two years?)

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1929, Fall

Looking for work in the western states. Residing at 126 West Main Street, Florence, Colorado
Leaves Dec. 26 by Model T car to return home to Erie, PA—a 1,500 mile trip. Notifies father by letter.

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1930, Spring

Founded the Bliley Piezo-Electric Company in the basement of his parents home 649 West 9th Street, Erie, PA.

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1931

Established working partnership with Charles Collman (Age: 21). Changed business name to Collman & Bliley, located in Collman’s father’s optical lab.

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1937, May

Formalized partnership with Collman and registered the name of the company as “Bliley Electric Company”.

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1938, Aug. 18

Wed personal secretary, Isabelle Marie Rosenberg (Age: 25).

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1939, Fall

First child born, David Mead Bliley.

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1941, Summer

Second child born: Richard Dawson Bliley.

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1942, Spring

Secured war contracts and forms second business dedicated to wartime production: Bliley Manufacturing Company.

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1942, Winter

Third child born: Jean Marie Bliley

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1945

Mother dies: Lula Edna Dawson Bliley (70)

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1946, Winter

Fourth child born: Charles Arthur Bliley

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1946, Feb. 14

Father dies: Frank Anderson Bliley ( 81)

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1948, Summer

Fifth child born: John Hall Bliley

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1955, May 17

Died—Wife, Isabelle, at his side while vacationing in Ft. Meyers, Florida. (Heart attack.)

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