Arthur Shirley Blakemore (1877 - 1937)

Born 5 Dec 1877 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Nina Marianne (Burnett) Potts — married 4 May 1905 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Husband of Florence May (Cooper) Blakemore — married 5 Sep 1925 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

Died 8 Dec 1937 at age 60 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

Biography

Arthur Blakemore was born in Staffordshire, England.

Arthur was born on December 5, 1877 in Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire, England ^[1] to Albert Blakemore and Agnes Jenks.

Arthur came to Canada in 1894 and lived with his family in Quebec^[2] before marrying Nina at Vancouver, in 1905. He served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War.^[3]

They parted ways about April 1923 and he went to San Mateo, California, aboard the SS Ruth Alexander.^[4]

Arthur remarried to Florence M Cooper at San Francisco, California, United States on September 5, 1925.^[5] He died at San Francisco, California, United States on December 8, 1937. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ WestEndVancouver, Blog. Burnett, Frank (1852-1930). https://westendvancouver.wordpress.com/biographies-a-m/biographies-b/burnett-frank-1852-1930/ Accessed 10 August 2021.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH5J-49W : 23 February 2021), Arthur S Blakimore in household of Albt Blakimore, Montréal (city/cité), Quebec, Canada; citing p. 6, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
3. ↑ Attestation Papers. 1916. Soldiers of the First World War: 1914-1918 https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=48021Accessed 10 August 2021.
4. ↑ "Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KY27-ZRH : 1 March 2021), Arthur Shirley Blakemore, ; citing Seattle, King, Washington, United States, (1923) NARA microfilm publication M1383, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,266,074.
5. ↑ "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4P-G4FQ : 22 July 2021), Arthur Blakemore and Florence M Cooper, 05 Sep; citing Marriage, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, San Francisco Public Library, California; FamilySearch digital folder 004268526.
6. ↑ "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-5WYW : 23 February 2021), Arthur S Blakemore, 08 Dec 1937; citing 80717, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,048.

See Also:

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XFQ-T54 : 1 October 2014), Arthur Shirley Blakemore, 1878; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Social and Personal, Wedding announcement, Nina Burnett and A.J. Blakemore, Vancouver Province, May 6, 1905, page 6. [Note: this registration for this wedding does not seem to appear in the British Columbia wedding registrations.] https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28718134/front-page-blakemore-burnett/ Accessed 10 August 2021.

• Victoria Daily Colonist, social column, May 7, 1905, page 7: “Two Mainland weddings of the week in which Victoria society takes personal interest were those of Mr. E.H. Grubbe and Miss Bertha Rouleau; and Mr. A.J. [sic] Blakemore and Miss Nina Burnett. Both were celebrated by Rev. Father Le Chesore at the Church of Our Lady.”

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCDC-61J : accessed 11 August 2021), Arthur S Blakemore, Sausalito, Marin, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 1B, line 91, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 177; FHL microfilm 2,339,912.

• "California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXHQ-8QF : 19 February 2021), Shirley Blakemore, 1936; citing San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1410 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,381,116.

• "Canada, British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MR-1S7W : 6 April 2020), Arthur Shirley Blakemore in household of Philip Groves and Nina Francis Joseph Blakemore, 15 Sep 1938; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number , Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm .