Samuel Turner Blake (bef. 1836 - 1897)

Born before 15 Jun 1836 in Newchurch, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hemsted) Blake — married 14 Jan 1862 (to 27 Mar 1897) in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England

Descendants

Died 27 Mar 1897 after age 60 in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England

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Biography

Samuel Turner Blake was born at Ryde on the Isle of Wight, son of brewer, Samuel Blake and his wife, Charlotte Turner.^[1] He was educated at Stubbington House school in Titchfield under headmaster the Reverend William Foster. ^[2] By the time he was 24 he was back at home with his parents, now living in the prestigious Crescent in Alverstoke, and working in the highly lucrative family business. ^[3]

It was at Whitchurch on the 14th of January 1862 that he married Mary Hemsted ^[4] daughter of Tobias Rustat Hemsted and his wife, Mary King. They made their home at Upper South St in Gosport. ^[5][6] By 1891 they were living at Uxbridge House in Anglesey. ^[7]

Samuel died on the 27th of March 1897 and was buried at St Mark's Church in Alvesrtoke.

"Sacred to the beloved memory of Samuel Turner Blake aged 60 years who died on March 27th 1897 from the effects of an accident. And of Mary his beloved wife who passed to her rest Sept 16th 1928 in her 91st year" ^[8]

Research Note

He was executor of the estate of Mary Hemsted of Bath in 1891 ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ 1841 Census of England
   Newchurch, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Samuel	Blake	-	-	Male	30	Brewer	Hampshire
   Charlotte	Blake	-	-	Female	30	-	Hampshire
   Samuel	Blake	-	-	Male	5	-	Hampshire
   Frederick	Blake	-	-	Male	2	-	Hampshire
   George	Turner	-	-	Male	55	Draper	Not in Hampshire
   Charlotte	Turner	-	-	Female	55	-	Hampshire
   Jane	Speed	-	-	Female	20	FS	Hampshire
   Ann	Martin	-	-	Female	25	FS	Not in Hampshire

2. ↑ 1851 Census of England
   Stubbington House, Titchfield, Hampshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   William	Foster	Head	Married	Male	48	Clergyman not having a cure of souls. Teacher and farming 50 acres employing 4 labourers	Leeds, Yorks
   Samuel	Blake	Pupil	-	Male	14	Scholar	Ryde, Isle of Wight

3. ↑ 1861 Census of England
   1 Anglesey Crescent, Alverstoke, Hampshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Samuel	Blake	Head	Married	Male	50	Brewer master	Gosport, Hants
   Charlotte	Blake	Wife	Married	Female	52	-	Portsea
   Samuel	Blake	Son	Unmarried	Male	24	Brewer master	Ryde, Isle of Wight
   Maria G	Burrows	Visitor	Unmarried	Female	38	Clergyman's daughter	Droxford, Hampshire
   Alfred	Turner	Visitor	Married	Male	36	Solicitor	Portsea, Hants
   three	servants	-	-	-	-	-	-

4. ↑ Marriage record Whitchurch (14 January 1862 Samule Turner Blake married Mary Hemsted) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
5. ↑ 1871 Census of England
   Upper South St, Alverstoke, Hampshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Samuel Turner	Blake	Head	Married	Male	36	Master Brewer employing 20 men	Ryde, Isle of Wight
   Mary	Blake	Wife	Married	Female	32	-	Whitchurch, Hampshire
   Edith	Blake	Daughter	-	Female	7	Scholar	Gosport, Hampshire
   Charlotte	Blake	Daughter	-	Female	5	Scholar	Gosport, Hampshire
   Fredk	Blake	Son	-	Male	3	-	Gosport, Hampshire
   Mabel	Blake	Daughter	-	Female	1	-	Gosport, Hampshire
   4	servants	-	-	-	-	-	-

6. ↑ 1881 Census of England
   Portland House, Upper South St, Alverstoke, Hampshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Samuel T	Blake	Head	Married	Male	44	Brewer	Ryde, Isle of Wight
   Mary	Blake	Wife	Married	Female	42	-	Whitchurch, Hampshire
   Alice M	Blake	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	17	Scholar	Gosport, Hampshire
   Mabel	Blake	Daughter	-	Female	11	Scholar	Gosport, Hampshire
   Rustat	Blake	Son	-	Male	9	Scholar	Gosport, Hampshire
   Herbert	Blake	Son	-	Male	8	Scholar	Gosport, Hampshire
   Dorothy	Blake	Daughter	-	Female	7	Scholar	Gosport, Hampshire
   Tobias R H	Blake	Son	-	Male	7mo	-	Gosport, Hampshire
   Elizabeth	Wheeler	Servant	Unmarried	Female	27	Domestic, cook	Micheldever, Hampshire
   Agnes	Butler	Servant	Unmarried	Female	19	Housemaid	Gosport, Hampshire
   Ellen	Cooper	Servant	Unmarried	Female	18	Parlor maid	Romsey, Hampshire
   Martha	Ford	Servant	Unmarried	Female	36	Nurse	Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

7. ↑ 1891 Census of England
   Uxbridge House, Anglesey, Alverstoke, Hampshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Samuel T	Blake	Head	Married	Male	54	Brewer	Ryde, Isle of Wight
   Mary	Blake	Wife	Married	Female	51	-	Whitchurch, Hampshire
   Edith N	Blake	Daughter	Single	Female	27	-	Gosport, Hampshire
   Alice M	Blake	Daughter	Single	Female	27	-	Gosport, Hampshire
   Charlotte	Blake	Daughter	Single	Female	25	-	Gosport, Hampshire
   Mabel	Blake	Daughter	Single	Female	21	-	Gosport, Hampshire
   Rustat	Blake	Son	-	Male	19	At College Cambridge University	Gosport, Hampshire
   Tobias R H	Blake	Son	-	Male	10	Scholar	Gosport, Hampshire
   Marguerite	Blake	Daughter	-	Female	8	Scholar	Gosport, Hampshire
   Alice	Howard	Visitor	Single	Female	39	-	Portsmouth, Hampshire
   Six	domestic	servants	-	-	-	-	-

8. ↑ Monumental inscriptions, St Mark, Alverstoke
9. ↑ The London Gazette January 27th 1891 Page 526