Captain
Leonard
Allen
Blake
Born about in Boothbay, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Leonard M Blake
and Emily Jane Tibbets
Brother of
Ada Jane Blake, William G Blake, Warren P Bryer [half], Roscue Selden Bryer [half], Sumner Gordon Bryer [half], Hiram E Bryer [half], Leora M Bryer [half], Cora B Bryer [half], Zetta May Bryer [half], Dernell Bryer [half] and Benjamin Morril Bryer [half]
Husband of
Cora Mae Gray
— married
7 Feb 1903 in Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Carrie Mildred Blake, Donald Leonard Blake, Louise E Blake, Arthur Gardner Blake, Carlton L Blake and Vera Elizabeth (Blake) Cressy
Died
at about age 59
in Boothbay, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jun 2022
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Biography
Leonard was born about 1859. Two of his sons died from scarlet fever - family lore says that he came home from a sea voyage to find the bodies of his sons, Carlton and Donald, laid out on the front lawn (October 1918.) He passed away after contracting influenza in November 1918.
He was buried in Oceanview Cemetery, Boothbay, Maine. His wife and two young sons share his headstone.
Sources
- Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922; Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 9
- 1860 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: M653_442; Page: 999; Image: 653; Family History Library Film: 803442
- 1900 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: 595; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0162; FHL microfilm: 1240595
- 1880 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: 483; Page: 387A; Enumeration District: 119
- Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937; Maine State Archives; Augusta, Maine, USA; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll #: 5
- 1910 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: T624_543; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0163; FHL microfilm: 1374556
- The Flu Epidemic of 1918, Part II, by Barbara Rumsey, Boothbay Region Historical Society; Mon, 03/30/2020 [1] "A month after the flu epidemic hit Boothbay in September 1918, scarlet fever came to town. By October 25, it carried off Donald and Carlton Blake of Back Narrows, seven and fourteen; and their father Leonard died two weeks later of flu. "
- Family information.
- Find-a-Grave [2]
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