When Cecil Blake was born on 23 April 1917, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, his father, Benjamin Blake, was 61 and his mother, Rosena Eliza Blickenstorfer, was 41. He married Virginia May Latimer on 12 July 1939, in St. George Utah Temple, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Washington, Washington, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 30 April 2016, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
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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 NamesThis is taken for the Book title "Cecil Blake Family" Compiled by Diane Blake Imlay Cecil Blake entered this world on Monday, 23 April, 1917 in the back bedroom of his home with the aid of a mid …
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