William James Blake

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William James Blake

Birthdate:
Birthplace: England, UK
Death: May 05, 1914 (56)
Rietfontein Chronic Sick Home, Modderfontein Road, Edenvale, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of William Daniel Blake and Mary Anne Blake
Husband of Lydia Blake
Father of William Alfred Blake; Ernest James Blake; May Alice Johns and Ivy Moorcroft Stephens
Brother of Mary Sophia Blake and Alfred John Blake

Occupation: Commercial Traveler and Merchant
Managed by: Private User
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About William James Blake

In 1882 William James Blake joins the Star in the East Masonic Lodge in Queenstown, Eastern Cape

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William James Blake's Timeline

1857
August 26, 1857
England, UK
1859
October 16, 1859
Age 2
St Mary, Rotherhithe, Surrey, England (United Kingdom)
1861
1861
- 1861
Age 30
Millpond Street, Bermondsey, Southwark, Surrey, England (United Kingdom)

Alfred James Blake has not been born yet.William Daniel Blake is recorded as a gardener

1871
1871
- 1871
Age 40
Cambridge Terrace, Victoria Road Court, St Giles, Camberwell, Surrey, England (United Kingdom)

Mary Sophia Blake is not recorded here

1882
May 16, 1882
Age 24

Occupation listed as Clerk

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