James Theophilus Blake

Brief Life History of James Theophilus

When James Theophilus Blake was born on 18 March 1887, in Center Creek, Wasatch, Utah, United States, his father, William Blake, was 38 and his mother, Mary Lake, was 37. He married Emma Percia Bunnell on 4 December 1912, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Vineyard, Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 19 January 1957, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Theophilus Blake
1887–1957
Emma Percia Bunnell
1890–1963
Marriage: 4 December 1912
Max James Blake
1914–2003
Mary Blake
1917–2004
Joseph Thomas Blake
1919–2013
Stephen Blake
1924–1924
Ruth Emma Blake
1925–1999
William Blake
1927–1927
Richard Blake
1931–1931

Sources (51)

  • James T Blake, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Jas T Blake, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • James Theophilus Blake, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1897

Historical Boundaries: 1897: Utah, Utah, United States

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

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.

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Memories of my Father James Theophilus Blake from son Joseph Thomas Blake

My Dad's temperament was more placid than Mom's so they complimented each other well. I never saw him when he wasn't clean shaven, trimmed hair and well groomed. He did sport a mustache while on his …

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