Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyGeorge Charles Blake, Jr.

Parents

FatherGeorge Charles Blake (18 May 1899 - )
MotherMargaret Eleanor Voelker (19 May 1903 - 14 January 2004)

Personal Information

Record Created: 26 April 2015; Last Edited: 10 May 2015 
Person ID7963
NameGeorge Charles Blake, Jr.
GenderMale
Born 20 July 1920 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey1, 2, 3, 4
Married 23 June 1940 to Mary Elizabeth Donaldson1
Married 17 June 1989 to Estelle Rose ‘Stella’ Kohley1
Died 16 October 19992, 5
Buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey5

Biography

George was a fireman in East Orange, NJ, for 31 years. He and Stella had no children together.1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyMary Elizabeth Donaldson
Born 4 April 1923
Married 23 June 1940 to George Charles Blake, Jr.
Died June 1986
  
Children of George Charles Blake, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Donaldson:
  
1.FamilyThomas Blake
Born 1942
  
2.FamilyDebra Blake
Born 1947
  
3.FamilyJames Blake
Born 1949
  
4.FamilyBarry Blake
Born 1954
  
+5.FamilyMary Elizabeth Blake
Born 30 November 1959
Married to Eric G. Schrade
  
6.FamilyPamela Blake
Born 1962
  
7.FamilyJudith ‘Judy’ Blake
Born 1964
  
Spouse 2FamilyEstelle Rose ‘Stella’ Kohley
Born 9 June 1922 in Illinois
Married 17 June 1989 to George Charles Blake, Jr.
Died 10 August 2009
  

Sources

  1. Record of visit between Lee Gazlay and Margaret (nee Voelker) Blake, George and Stella Blake, Spring 1996, in which Margaret, George, and Stella provided numerous details about the Voelker family and families that Voelker women married into.
  2. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). George C. Blake, died: 16 October 1999; born: 20 July 1920; last place of residence: Lakewood, Ocean [County], New Jersey.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New Jersey, Essex County, East Orange City, Enumeration District 7-362, Sheet No. 2A, family of George Blake (30, New Jersey, first married age 20, chauffeur, tailoring); wife Margaret Blake (25, New Jersey, first married age 17); son George Blake (9, New Jersey); son Norman Blake (3, New Jersey).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, New Jersey, Essex County, East Orange, Enumeration District 7-88, Sheet No. 5A, family of George Blake (40, New Jersey, chauffeur, municipal govt); wife Margaret Blake (36, New Jersey); son George Blake, Jr. (19, New Jersey, marker, shipping, dept. store); son Norman Blake (13, New Jersey).
  5. Find a Grave (website). Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, George C. Blake, born: unknown; died: October 1999.