When Thelma Blake was born on 23 February 1911, in Globe, Gila, Arizona, United States, her father, Samuel Henry Blake, was 25 and her mother, Annie Matilda Bevan, was 29. She married George Wise Cropper on 2 December 1938, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Vineyard, Utah, Utah, United States in 1930 and Deseret Election Precinct, Millard, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 9 November 1995, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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English and Scottish (England and central Scotland): variant of Black 1, meaning ‘swarthy’ or ‘dark-haired’, from a byform of the Old English adjective blæc, blac ‘black’, with change of vowel length.
English: nickname from Middle English blak(e) (Old English blāc) ‘wan, pale, white, fair’. In Middle English the two words blac and blāc, with opposite meanings, fell together as Middle English blake. In the absence of independent evidence as to whether the person referred to was dark or fair, it is now impossible to tell which sense was originally meant.
English (Norfolk): nickname from Middle English bleik, blaik>, blek(e) (Old Norse bleikr) ‘pale or sallow’ (in complexion).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesFrom my earliest recollection, Thelma has been there when I needed her. She has been my pal, my teacher and I have always been proud of her. Thelma is 3-1/2 years older than I and it was she that en …
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