George Blake

Brief Life History of George

When George Blake was born on 19 February 1851, in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, his father, Benjamin Frederick Blake Sr., was 35 and his mother, Harriet Hollis, was 30. He lived in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 11 November 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 2, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Frederick Blake Sr.
1815–1884
Harriet Hollis
1820–1908
Frederick Blake
1842–1916
Mariah Sophia Blake
1843–1847
Caroline Lucy Blake
1845–1893
Edward Blake
1847–1848
Elizabeth Jane Blake
1849–1908
George Blake
1851–1853
Emma Blake
1853–1874
Benjamin Blake
1855–1933
Jane Blake
1857–1947
Harriet Blake
1860–1926
Ann Eliza Blake
1862–1863
Henry Blake
1864–1865
Isaac Blake
1866–1866

Sources (5)

  • George Blake in household of Benjamin Blake, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • George Blake, "Find A Grave Index"
  • George Blake, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"

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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