Elizabeth May Embrey

Brief Life History of Elizabeth May

When Elizabeth May Embrey was born on 1 November 1916, in Marburg, Queensland, Australia, her father, Alfred Embrey, was 38 and her mother, Margaret Maria Freeman, was 25. She married Walter Stanley Blake on 6 June 1942, in Rosewood, Queensland, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 15 February 1985, in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, at the age of 68, and was buried in Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery, Willowbank, Queensland, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Walter Stanley Blake
1910–1998
Elizabeth May Embrey
1916–1985
Marriage: 6 June 1942
Walter Daryl Blake
1945–1945
Lynette Faye Blake
1946–

Sources (4)

  • Australia: Queensland, Birth of Elizabeth May Embrey, 1916
  • Elizabeth May Embrey Blake, "Find A Grave Index"
  • E M in entry for Walter Daryl Blake, "Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005"

World Events (7)

1918

Australian troops sent to fight in South African War.

1918

Battle on the Somme. Australian forces capture Mont St. Quentin.

1939

Australia joins Britain in declaration of war on Germany.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Embry 1 and 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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