Lloyd Franklin Blunden (1882 - 1968)

Born 3 Aug 1882 in Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Athena Vida (Hardy) Blunden — married 14 Jan 1911 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Died 17 May 1968 at age 85 in Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Lloyd was born in 1882. He was the son of Albert Blunden and Emma McMullen.

Lloyd lived with his parents and two sisters in Sarnia Town, Lambton West, Ontario, Canada. In 1896 he and his family emigrated to the United States.

US Census Date 1910: Living with his parents, sister Lucy and four Roomers in Detroit Ward 3, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Aged 26.

At the age of about 28 he married 21 year old Athena Hardy on 14 January 1911 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.^[1]

They had at least one daughter; Vida.

Lloyd was drafted into both the 1st and 2nd World Wars.

In 1930 he and his family were recorded in Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey, United States.

He passed away in 1968 at the age of 85. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3KT-FXC : 10 March 2018), Lloyd F. Blunden and Athena V. Hardy, 14 Jan 1911; citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, v 5 p 184 rn 75594, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,695.
2. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPHM-7YJ : 26 November 2014), Lloyd F Blunden, 17 May 1968; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8RC-M52?1=1&parents=L8RH-19T_L8RH-1QC

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKY-W8W : 13 March 2018), Lloyd Franklin Blunden, 1917-1918; citing Howard County, Indiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,503,900.

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DW-8JR : 8 November 2017), Lloyd Franklyn Blunden, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Census Records

• "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWL8-HVM : 3 August 2016), Lloyd Blunden, Sarnia Town, Lambton West, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148150.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLTN-ZTL : accessed 7 May 2018), Lloyd F Blunden in household of Albert S Blunden, Detroit Ward 3, Wayne, Michigan, United States

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4DC-KNY : accessed 7 May 2018), Lloyd Blunder, Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey, United State