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Lydia Blake (Moorcroft)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Winterberg, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: November 24, 1941 (81)
Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Paralytic ileus following operation)
Place of Burial: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of (James) Alfred Moorcroft and Mary Ann Moorcroft (nee Meats)
Wife of William James Blake
Mother of William Alfred Blake; Ernest James Blake; May Alice Johns and Ivy Moorcroft Stephens
Sister of Sarah Ann Hill; William James Moorcroft; Elizabeth Hartley Saunders (nee Moorcroft); Susannah Staples; Mary Elliot (nee Moorcroft) and 6 others

Occupation: Houseduties
Managed by: Terry Haywood (Gardner)
Last Updated:
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Lydia Blake's Timeline

1860
July 23, 1860
Winterberg, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1887
May 29, 1887
Queenstown, Stormberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Queenstown Free Press
Tuesday, June 14, 1887
BIRTH,- At Queenstown, on May 29th the wife of W.J. BLAKE, of a son.

Transcribed by Sunelia Heath from the original newspapers held at the Queenstown Museum

1889
1889
Queenstown, South Africa
1892
June 10, 1892
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
1898
November 8, 1898
41 Silverdale, Sydenham, District of Lewisham, London, County of London, England (United Kingdom)

Born at 41, Silverdale, Sydenham, County of London
Registration district Lewisham
Father listed as a commercial traveller

1901
1901
- 1901
Age 2
Sydenham, Lewisham, Forest Hill, London, London

Ernest James Blake and May Alice Blake do not appear in this household at the time

1941
November 24, 1941
Age 81
Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa