Theodore Martin Blank (1882 - 1918)

Born 10 Sep 1882 in Longton, Elk, Kansas, United States

Husband of Mabel Catherine (Coffin) Blank — married 1908 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

Died 15 Apr 1918 at age 35 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

Biography

Theodore Martin Blank was born on Sep. 10, 1882 to Franklin John Blank and Jane "Jennie" Regina Butcher.

He was employed as a druggist at the time of his enlistment on May 28, 1902 in the U. S. Army where he served in the hospital corps. He was discharged on Feb. 15, 1908.^[1]

He married Mabel Catherine Coffin in 1908. They became the parents of two sons, Eugene George and Virgil Franklin.

Theodore died at the age of 35 years from suicide on Apr. 15, 1918 in San Francisco, California.^[2][3][4] He is buried at the San Francisco National Cemetery in San Francisco, California.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, database, FamilySearch: Theodore M Blank, 15 Feb 1908; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
2. ↑ California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979, database with images, FamilySearch: Theodore M Blank, 15 Apr 1918; citing funeral home J.S. Godeau, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, record book Vol. 22, p. 1-408, 1918, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History and Archive Center.
3. ↑ California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997, database with images, FamilySearch: Theo M Blank, 15 Apr 1918; citing Death, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, San Francisco Public Library, California; FamilySearch digital folder 004878974.
4. ↑ California Death Index, 1905-1939, database with images, FamilySearch: Theo M Blank, 1918; citing 14665, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,044.
5. ↑ Find A Grave Index, database, FamilySearch: Theodore M Blank, 1918; Burial, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, San Francisco National Cemetery; citing record ID 3520999, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch: Theodore Blank in household of John Blank, Louisburg Township Elk town, Montgomery, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 141, sheet 18B, family 391, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,491.

• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch: Theodore M Blank, San Francisco Assembly District 41, San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 274, sheet 2B, family 40, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 101; FHL microfilm 1,374,114.