James
Blake
Born in Over, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of [father unknown] and Sarah (Blake) Royle
Brother of
Jessie Royle [half], Harry Royle [half], Clara Royle [half], Lily Royle [half] and Sarah Ellen (Royle) Capper [half]
Husband of
Frances (Nield) Blake
— married
1911 in Bucklow, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
Louisa (Blake) Gill, Florence (Blake) Hart, Annie (Blake) Clarke, [private son (1920s - unknown)], [private daughter (1920s - unknown)] and [private son (1920s - unknown)]
Died
at about age 70
in Bucklow, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Oct 2020
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Biography
James Blake was born in Whitegate, Cheshire, England.
James Blake, illegitimate son of Sarah Blake (a domestic servant of Lea Green, Church Minshull) was born on 17th July 1889 at Bradford Wood, Over, Cheshire, England, and the birth registered by her on the 10th September at Over subdistrict in the Northwich registration district of Cheshire [1][2]. James was baptised at Whitegate, Cheshire on 14th September 1889 [3]
In 1891 James, aged two, was living with his grandparents Thomas Blake (46), Martha Blake (44) and his uncles Thomas (21), John (9), Noah (7) and Joseph (3) and aunts Betsy (11), Mary (5) and Martha (4 months) at Bradford Wood Cottages, Winsford, Cheshire [4]
In 1901 the family was still living at Bradford Wood Cottages, and now comprised Thomas (a saltmaker) and Martha, and Joseph (12), Martha (10) and James (11) [5].
James married Frances Nield in the December quarter of 19 11[6].
In 1911 James was a waggoner on a farm, living with his brother Samuel Blake (abt.1879-) (32) and his wife Eliza (31) and their children Gertrude (9), Percy (7), Leslie (4), Margaret Noreen (2) and Martha Eliza (3 months) [7].
In 1939 James was a Roadman, working for Cheshire County Council. He was living with his wife, Frances, and his children (Annie, James, Lucy and two redacted) at Green Lane Cottage, Bucklow, Cheshire. Annie's married name was Clarke [8].
James' death in the September quarter of 1960 was registered in the Bucklow district of Cheshire [9].
Research notes
James may have the same father as Ted Grey.
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If you are related to James, have you had, or would you be willing to have, a DNA test? I'm trying to find descendants of the ancestors of Vincent Joseph Maurice Morris Gill (1904-1975) and his wife Louisa (Blake) Gill (1911-1978) as their descendents' DNA show a close relationship with my grandfather John Edward Grey (1887-1944). If you are descended from James, and I could compare your DNA to my mother's, we could find out whether the Blake family (or his unknown father's family) contained her grandfather.
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Annie's married name was Clarke [10].
1891 census: Bradford Wood Cottages had 2 dwellings, the other occupied by Eliza Norris (living alone, but married, aged 47).
James may have served in the RAF during WW1 - but name is Charles James, not used elsewhere[11]
No probate (searched 3 Jan 2020)
Sources
- ↑ The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/4078H viewed on Ancestry 17/10/2020
- ↑ GRO Birth certificate viewed 8th January 2021
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Cheshire, England, Parish Registers, 1538-1909 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT. USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Original data
- ↑ he National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 2840; Folio: 87; Page: 10; GSU roll: 6097950 Viewed on Ancestry 17 Oct 2020
- ↑ Class: RG13; Piece: 3343; Folio: 91; Page: 9 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1901 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Viewed 17/10/2020
- ↑ GRO Marriage index, Bucklow volume 8a page 401 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=QyTFFAhH%2BicAND8pNGO9cA&scan=1
- ↑ Class: RG14; Piece: 21578 Edit Source Source Information Title 1911 England Census Author Ancestry.com viewed 17/10/2020
- ↑ The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/4078H viewed on Ancestry 17/10/2020
- ↑ GRO death registration indices Bucklow, volume 10a, page 117 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=oejIjM5gfW0T6qK7j%2BnYRQ&scan=1
- ↑ The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/4078H viewed on Ancestry 17/10/2020
- ↑ The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England; Kew, Surrey, England; Air Ministry: Air Member for Personnel and Predecessors: Airmen's Records; Series Number: AIR 79 Edit Source Source Information Title UK, Royal Air Force Airmen Records, 1918-1940 Author Ancestry.com
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