Donald
Leonard
Blake
Born in Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Leonard Allen Blake
and Cora Mae Gray
Brother of
Carrie Mildred Blake, Louise E Blake, Arthur Gardner Blake, Carlton L Blake and Vera Elizabeth (Blake) Cressy
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 13
in Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jun 2022
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Biography
Donald was born in 1905. He was the son of Leonard Blake and Cora Gray. He passed away from scarlet fever in 1918 at the age of 13.
Family lore says that his father returned from sea to find his son laid out on the lawn.
Sources
- Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922; Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Roll Number: 5
- 1910 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: T624_543; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0163; FHL microfilm: 1374556
- Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922; Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll Number: 5
- 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. "
- Find-a-Grave [2]
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