Walter John Blake

1890 - 1963  (72 years)

• Name	Walter John Blake
  Birth	10 Nov 1890	Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand   [1]
  	Parents: Charles Blake & Charlotte Jane Loader
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Mar 1963	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [2]
  	Ashes buried in RSA at Archers St, Masterton.
  		BLAKE W J RSA Archer St Masterton
  AAA Last Date	16 Jul 2022
  Person ID	I8216	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Family	Elsie Rogers,   b. 2 Dec 1891, Worle, Somerset, England d. 12 Mar 1972, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	17 May 1919	Worle, Somerset, England   [3]
  	On marrying cousin Elsie Rogers DREW, Walter gained two Stepsons, whom he insisted kept their DREW name in honour of their dead father Fred Drew, killed in Ypres WWI 16 Aug 1917, story told by Elsie to Reta Blake who I interviewed in 2007 Elsie was previously Married to Fred Drew, had two sons, and was a Widow
  Children	1. Gordon John Blake,   b. 10 Aug 1925, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand d. 7 Mar 2015, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F2650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 17 May 1919 - Worle, Somerset, England Death - 1 Mar 1963 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1890 NZ Online Database: 1890/14641. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1963 NZ Online Database: 1963/36346 - aged 72. [S63] England, Civil Registration Online, Record Type: BDM Indexes, 1919 Worle, Somerset England - Vol 5c Page 1247 - Blake/Drew.