John Blake 1812 : Short Biography

John Blake 1812

County Clare

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Place of migration

Migrated to /Born in Canada

Folklore has it that John Blake and his first wife sailed from Ireland to New York, however because of prevailing winds ended up at Gosse Island Quebec Canada . His first wife did not survive the voyage or died shortly after arriving. How much truth there is to this no body knows.

After John moved in with his cousin Patrick Blake family in Walpole Township Ontario Canada he also had a cousin James Blake family on a ajoining farm Cenus of 1847 . So his two cousins had come to Canada before my Great Great Grandfather with their families

I have no idea where he cam from in Ireland however my grandfather thought maybe County Clare The value Obit which stated he was 77 years old in December of 1889 and his marriage on July 1 1855 in LaSalette Ontario said he was 44 so we must assume he was born between the months of July 1 and Dec 17

Dennis Blake

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Date of Birth	1st Jan 1812
Date of Death	1st Dec 1889

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Hi Dennis:

I note that you do not know where John Blake may have come from in County Clare. If you check out the list of surnames from the Tithe Applotment Books (taken between 1823-37), you will note that most of the Blake families in County Clare were from the West Clare area. It might be worth llooking at the parish registers that are associated with those areas: Kilfearagh, Kilballyowen, Kilmurry Clonderlaw, Killard and Moyarta. The Clare Library is a good resource to use. The link is here:

http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm

All the best,

Jane