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Alfred Goff BLAKE

Alfred Goff BLAKE

Male 1888 - 1973  (84 years)


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  • Name Alfred Goff BLAKE
    Birth 18 Aug 1888  Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Military Pfc, U.S. Army, World War I  [2] 
    Census 1900  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3, 4] 
    Occupation 1940  [5] 
    construction worker 
    Residence 1937, 1949  Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Death 22 Jan 1973  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Burial Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Person ID I32449  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2018

    Father Edward Alva BLAKE,   b. 3 Oct 1857, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1930, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Mother Mary E. MCKEOWN,   b. May 1867, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Apr 1910 (Age ~ 42 years)
    Family ID F23924  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lura Delphia LIPSCOMB,   b. 28 Jul 1900, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1993 (Age 93 years)  [11, 12]
    Marriage 25 Jul 1919  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated in January 1920:
      Alfred Blake, 27, farmer; wife Lura, 19.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
      Alfred Blake, 37, farmer; wife Lura, 29; son Kenneth, 9; son Earl, 7; son Harold, 5; dau Susie, 2 yr 10 mo.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Apr 11 1940:
      Alfred G. Blake, 51, road construction worker; wife Lura, 39; son Kenneth, 19, single, public building construction worker; son Earl, 17, farm worker; son Harold, 15; dau Susie, 12; dau Rosaline, 9; dau Waveline, 5.
    Children 
     1. Kenneth BLAKE,   b. 18 Jun 1920, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1944, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    >2. Earl BLAKE,   b. 3 Oct 1922, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1994 (Age 71 years)
     3. Harold BLAKE,   b. 5 Oct 1924, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1949, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
    +4. Susie Olive BLAKE,   b. 8 May 1927, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 2021, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     5. Delphia Leona BLAKE,   b. 27 Jul 1929, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1929, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    >6. Rosalene Pearl BLAKE,   b. 17 Mar 1931, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 2018, Bowerston, Harrison Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    >7. Wavelene Lula BLAKE,   b. 5 Feb 1935, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Photos
    32449_BLAKE_AlfredG_LuraDLipscomb_FreemanCem_PigginRun_WestUnion_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg    		32449_BLAKE_AlfredG_LuraDLipscomb_FreemanCem_PigginRun_WestUnion_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg
    Family ID F12604  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
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    999999_FirstQuotaCompleted_WW-One_DCRepublican_7Mar1918.jpg    		999999_FirstQuotaCompleted_WW-One_DCRepublican_7Mar1918.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
      The 1900 Census states his age as 13, birth date Feb 1887. But age 28 given at time of July 1919 marriage would put birth in about 1892, and age 27 and 37 in 1920 and 1930 Census would put it about 1893. Birth date given in WW I Draft Registration as Aug 18 1890, and in WW II Draft Registration as Aug 18 1888. Doddridge County birth records show his birth as Aug 18 1888 at Big Isaac.

    2. [S97] Cemetery marker.

    3. [S2035] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    4. [S2042] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S2651] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    6. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    7. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    8. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    9. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    10. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    11. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    12. [S1690] Newspaper anniversary announcement of daughter.

    13. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).