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Offline Del 80

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The Rev. Tom Blake
« on: Tuesday 08 April 14 08:47 BST (UK) »
Does anyone have any information on the Reverend Tom Blake, and his wife Mary ? they lived for many years at Hallow, Worcestershire, he died in 1990, she died, I believe in 2000, Mary's maiden name was Ayto, I am trying to fill in gaps in my family tree, any info. appreciated.......Del.
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Re: The Rev. Tom Blake
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 08 April 14 09:26 BST (UK) »
It would help if you could tell us what you already have, so we dont duplicate.  Lots can be found  easily on sites like freebmd,
For example, have you already found their marriage - here it is:

Oct/Nov/Dec 1949
Pontefract
Ref 2c 1109
Mary Ayto / Thomas H Blake

Have you got their marriage cert to find names of their fathers?

What age were they when they died?  Freebmd has a birth in 1915 of a Mary Ayto, mothers maiden name Ward - is that a possibility?

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Re: The Rev. Tom Blake
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 08 April 14 09:51 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the reply, I have some information on them, Thomas was born I think in 1911, but where I don't know, I am also trying to establish where he was the vicar of........he and Mary are buried at St Phillip & St James church at Hallow, but was he the vicar there ?...........Del.
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Re: The Rev. Tom Blake
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 08 April 14 10:25 BST (UK) »
This could be his death?

November 1990
Worcester district     vol 29, page 839

Blake, Thomas Herbert      age 78    date of birth 9th December 1911


Possible birth:
March qtr 1912
Barnet district    vol 3a, page 805

Blake, Thomas H     Mother's maiden name: Harding
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Re: The Rev. Tom Blake
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 08 April 14 11:34 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that, it could well be him, Harding....something to go on........Del
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Re: The Rev. Tom Blake
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 08 April 14 12:03 BST (UK) »
If he was a C of E minister, looking up a relevant Crockford's Clerical Directory would give you a wealth of information!

The latest online version (that I can find!) is 1932 - that's too early for Thomas.

Maybe your local library has a copy?
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Re: The Rev. Tom Blake
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 08 April 14 12:27 BST (UK) »
Hi

I think you will need the marriage certificate, to confirm his fathers name and occupation, this should then enable you to pick up the family, on the 1911 census, it may be worth considering, that Thomas may have been married before, as 37 was a bit long in the tooth, for a first marriage  in those times ???

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Re: The Rev. Tom Blake
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 08 April 14 13:11 BST (UK) »
Hello, Yes 37 does seem fairly old for a first marriage, Mary would have been 34, also quite old, but anything is possible.....I know that Mary had a brother, Henry, who went to Rhodesia, and possibly a sister, who also went to South Africa.........Del.
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Re: The Rev. Tom Blake
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 08 April 14 14:45 BST (UK) »
There is a complete run of Crockford's in the Library at the National Archives, and an incomplete but very useful run at SoG. A big public library might have back issues into the 1990s and before. If you can locate your man in a relatively recent edition, it will give you a mini-biography: university, theological college, ordination, appointments, and (then current) address.

Just a thought - it's likely his name was Thomas, known as Tom, and it's therefore worth searching the full name too.
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