Caroline
Placide
Born about in Charleston, South Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alexandre Bussart Placide
and Charlotte Sophia (Wrighten) LaFolle
Wife of
Leigh Waring
— married
23 Jun 1814 in New York County, New York, United States
Wife of
William Rufus Blake
— married
25 Aug 1826 [location unknown]
Mother of
Anna Duff (Waring) Blake
Died
at about age 84
in Long Branch, Onondaga, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Oct 2015
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Biography
Caroline Placide was the eldest child of Alexandre Placide, entertainer and theatre manager in Charleston, SC and his English actress wife Caroline Wrighten. In 1807 she made her first appearance at the Park Theatre, Charleston at the age of nine in the ballet Pantomine Love’s Stratagem.
Light comedian Leigh Waring played at the New York Park, as Rover in "Wild Oats," on May 20, 1812. Two years after, on 23 June 1814, he married Caroline Placide, and their daughter Anna Duff Waring was born 11 April 1815. Mr. Waring died in Charleson 6 March 1816.
Caroline Placide, Mrs. William R. Blake (b.1798) http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/21111
In 1820 Caroline married the actor William Rufus Blake, eldest child of an Irish couple William Blake and Charlotte Herring. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and baptised on 5 December 1802 at the same place.
Mrs. Blake made her Philadelphia debut as Lady Teazle at the Chestnut Street Theatre in 1840.
The Blakes lived in 4th Division 9th Ward, New York, NY in the 1860 census with Lewis W. and Margaretta C. Blake.
On 21 April 1863, while playing Sir Peter Teazle, in the Boston Theatre, W.R. Blake was suddenly taken ill, and died the next day.
Caroline living with son inlaw Wallack and daughter Anna in NJ in 1870 census. Widow living with daughter Margaretta C Blake at Ocean, Monmouth, NJ in 1880 census. T9 0792.
Burial: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), NY Plot: Section 180 Lot 15136
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32242659/caroline-blake: accessed 16 September 2023), memorial page for Caroline Placide Blake (Apr 1797–21 May 1881), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32242659, citing Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by BKGeni (contributor 46895980).
- Caroline Placide Blake, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Placide_Waring_Blake
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