William George BLAKE [c.1834-c.1898]

Submitted by David on Thu, 11/17/2016 - 14:26
Names
Given
William George
Family
Blake
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Birthplace (town, state)
Torquay, Devon
Birthplace (country)
England
Died
Date
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)

His name is given in the announcemement of his son's marriage on page 2 of the Hong Kong Telegraph for 2nd Oct 1893:

MARRIAGE

At the R. C. Cathedral, Hongkong, on the 2nd instant, JOHN JOHNSTON, second son of Wm. G. Blake, late H. M.'s Coast Guards, to MARY, eldest daughter of the late Henry Lyons, Esq.

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Parent of
John Johnston BLAKE [c.1870-1925]
William Charles BLAKE [c.1864-1908]
Williamina Rodger Cochrane BLAKE [1876-1957]

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 1871 Census shows him as coast guard boat man age 37 born in Torquay Devon England living in Cairnryan Street Inch Wigtownshire. He is there with three of his children and his wife Jane Margaret Blake nee Evans. She was also born in England in Rochester Kent (1846 - 1908). In 1891 he was a pensioner and officer

Their children were

William Charles Blake 1864 - 1908

 Alice Adelaide Blake 1868 - 1934

John Johnston Blake 1870 - 1926

Emily Sarah Blake   1872 -

Clara Helen Blake 1874 - 1951

Williamina Rodger Cochrane Blake 1876 - 1957

Georgina Mary Ann Blake 1878 - 1918

Charles Joseph Blake 1881 -

Alexander Marshall Horne Anderson Blake 1884 - 1960

George Grimond Watson Blake 1886 - 

Harcourt Morton Davidson Blake 1888 -

Martin Thomas Horton Blake 1891 -

 Jane Margaret married James Farquharson  in 1899 after the death of William George Blake. in 1898