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John Blake

Wedding of John Blake and Aileen Lane, 1912.
Courtesy of Yann Blake.
See full size.

John Blake,
born 9 Aug 1877.
He was a butcher, in Westgate, Thurles, Co.Tipperary. (His parents' business.)
At mar he is "victualler", living Thurles.
He mar 1912 to Aileen Lane [born 18 Dec 1888].
They had issue:

1. Anna Blake,
   Johanna Mary Blake, born 28 Sept 1913, Holles St Hospital, Dublin.
   "Anna Blake" wit the mar of Mona Lane in 1932.
   She mar --- Finn.

   
   

2. John Blake, born 1914.
   Lived in "Rosendale", Friar St, Thurles.
   He died 1998.

3. Nora Blake.

4. Angela Blake, born 1917.
   Lived "Rosendale" for a time.
   She died 2011.

5. Patrick Blake.

   
   

6. Maurice Blake,
   born 18 Jan 1921, Thurles.
   Lived "Rosendale" for a time.
   He died 7 Jan 2000, Rathdown.
   He had issue:
   1. Vincent Blake,
      had issue:
      1. Yann Blake.
         Researching family tree.

Four generations photo, c.1915.
Margaret Foley (bapt 1837), her daughter Joanna McGrath (born 1865), her daughter Aileen Lane (born 1888), her daughter Anna Blake (born 1913).
See full size. From Yann Blake. Posted here.

Westgate, Thurles, around the early 1950s.
From here. Also here.
The building on far left was John Blake's butchers. And his father's before him.
Now a mobile phone shop. See street view.

"Rosendale", Friar St, Thurles (Blake house).
For sale in 2020. It has an extensive garden behind it.
See street view.