Biography:
Edith Blake
01/02/1868 –13/06/1945
Edith Blake
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Edith Blake (née Cheal) (1868-1945)
Edith was born 1 February 1868, in Shoreham, Sussex, the daughter and second child of Henry Cheal and Susannah (née Eager). Both her parents had been born in Brighton.
In 1881 when Edith was thirteen the family were living at 187, Ditchling Rise, Preston, Steyning, Sussex. Henry was a plumber employing five men and Edith had four sisters and three brothers. In 1891 they were all at Shaftesbury Road, Preston, Steyning. Her father and brother James were “builder’s travellers”, Edith and her sister Anne were working as telephonists and brothers John and Henry were, respectively, a furniture dealer’s assistant and an iron merchant’s clerk. Eldest daughter Amy was a butcher’s book keeper and the two youngest, Grace and Alice, were at school. In addition there were two female lodgers, both ladies’ outfitter’s assistants. It must have been a lively household!
In 1895 Edith married Frederick Murray Blake, a stationer from Oxford.
For most of their married life Edith and Frederick lived at 92, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead over his stationer and bookseller’s business. They raised two daughters, Violet (b.1896) and Gladys W (b.1898), and a son, Murray (b.1906).
At some point before the 1939 Register they moved to 178, High Street., Berkhamsted where Frederick had a newsagent and stationer’s shop.
Both Edith and Frederick died in 1945 and lie here together.
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Edith Blake (née Cheal) (1868-1945)
Edith was born 1 February 1868, in Shoreham, Sussex, the daughter and second child of Henry Cheal and Susannah (née Eager). Both her parents had been born in Brighton.
In 1881 when Edith was thirteen the family were living at 187, Ditchling Rise, Preston, Steyning, Sussex. Henry was a plumber employing five men and Edith had four sisters and three brothers. In 1891 they were all at Shaftesbury Road, Preston, Steyning. Her father and brother James were “builder’s travellers”, Edith and her sister Anne were working as telephonists and brothers John and Henry were, respectively, a furniture dealer’s assistant and an iron merchant’s clerk. Eldest daughter Amy was a butcher’s book keeper and the two youngest, Grace and Alice, were at school. In addition there were two female lodgers, both ladies’ outfitter’s assistants. It must have been a lively household!
In 1895 Edith married Frederick Murray Blake, a stationer from Oxford.
For most of their married life Edith and Frederick lived at 92, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead over his stationer and bookseller’s business. They raised two daughters, Violet (b.1896) and Gladys W (b.1898), and a son, Murray (b.1906).
At some point before the 1939 Register they moved to 178, High Street., Berkhamsted where Frederick had a newsagent and stationer’s shop.
Both Edith and Frederick died in 1945 and lie here together.
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