Family: Walter John Blake / Elsie Rogers (F2650)

• Male Walter John Blake

  
  

  Birth	10 Nov 1890	Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand
  Death	1 Mar 1963	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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  Marriage	17 May 1919  [1]	Worle, Somerset, England  [1]
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  Female Elsie Rogers

  
  

  Birth	2 Dec 1891	Worle, Somerset, England
  Death	12 Mar 1972	Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand
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  Male Gordon John Blake

  
  

  Birth	10 Aug 1925	Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand
  Death	7 Mar 2015	Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand
  Burial	9 Mar 2015	Riverside Cemetery, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand
  Spouse	Sylvia Joyce Pauling | F848
  Marriage	6 Sep 1947	Lansdowne Presbyterian Church, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand

  
  

• Notes

  Married: 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S63] England, Civil Registration Online, Record Type: BDM Indexes, 1919 Worle, Somerset England - Vol 5c Page 1247 - Blake/Drew.