Jacob Archibald Blaker (1888 - 1961)

Born 20 Aug 1888 in Barneston, Gage County, Nebraska

Ancestors

Son of Jakub Blecha and Mary (Kubick) Blaker

Husband of Bessie (McDonald) Blaker — married 22 Dec 1915 in El Campo, Wharton, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1961 at age 73 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

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Biography

Jacob was born August 20, 1888 in Barnstown, Nebraska. ^[1]. He was the son of Jakub (Jacob) Blaker (Blecha) and Mary Kubick. ^[2]He passed away in September 9, 1961 in Harris County, Tx. ^[3][4]

Excerpt from clayblaker.today:

My grandparents on my dad’s side, Granny and PawPaw Blaker, had one of the first television sets in Almeda, the little town south of Houston where we grew up. Everyone in our family and my dad’s brother Jack’s family, who lived next door, would all go to Granny and PawPaw’s to watch TV. PawPaw was full-blooded Bohemian, Bohemia being an area in the western part of what was then known as Czechoslovakia. PawPaw loved to watch the Yankees on TV mainly because of their shortstop at the time, Tony Kubek. PawPaw told us that Tony was also Czech and that he was our third cousin on his mother’s side. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HC-Q3B : 20 February 2021), Jacob A Blaker, 09 Sep 1961; citing certificate number 52194, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,792.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2SQ-Z3D : accessed 4 February 2023), Jacob Blaker, Justice Precinct 4, Jackson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 107, sheet 5B, family 92, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1567; FHL microfilm 1,375,580.
3. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ6T-6JM : 5 January 2015), Jacob A Blaker, 09 Sep 1961; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 52194, Harris, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44839150/jake-archibald-blaker: accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Jake Archibald Blaker (20 Sep 1888–9 Sep 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44839150, citing Garden of Memories, El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Kathleen McQueen Dochtermann Boyd (contributor 47131333).
5. ↑ Blaker, Clay.Take Me Out to the Ballgame — My Love Affair with Baseball and the Houston Astros, 8 Nov 2017, https://clayblaker.today/category/blog/

DNA statement

Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between McDonald Blaker, grand uncle of Blaker-184 and his 1st Cousin 1x removed, Carole Valeska; descendant of Barbara Blaker. Their most-recent common ancestors are is Jacob Blaker and Mary Kubick, Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st Cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 304 cM across 13 segments.