Robert Blake (1805-1873)
Born: Abt 1805, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England
Died: 23 April 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania
Parents: Charles Blake and Ann Hawkins
Spouse:
Mary Bowden (1818-1861)
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ROBERT BLAKE, son of Charles Blake and Ann Hawkins.
b: abt 1805, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England; bap: 19 May 1805, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England; d: 23 Apr 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania; bur: 27 Apr 1873, Public Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania.
Spouse - MARY BOWDEN, daughter of Edward Bowden and Diana Ayres.
b: 8 Nov 1818, Stow Bedon, Norfolk, England; bap: 29 Nov 1818, Stokesby With Herringby, Norfolk, England; m: 17 Nov 1835, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 26 Jul 1861, Bothwell, Tasmania; bur: aft 26 Jul 1861, Public Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania.
Children of Robert Blake and Mary Bowden:
Louisa Blake - b: 23 Jan 1834, Bothwell, Tasmania; bap: 17 Nov 1835, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 26 Jul 1860, Bothwell, Tasmania; bur: aft 26 Jul 1860, Wesleyan Chapel Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania. Spouse - Benjamin Smith, son of Benjamin Smith and Ann Hammond, b: 9 Aug 1835, Elmdon, Essex, England; bap: 9 Aug 1835, Elmdon, Essex, England; m: 15 Aug 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 1 May 1927, Priory, Tasmania; bur: 3 May 1927, St Helens Cemetery, Tasmania.
Maria Blake - b: abt 1837, Tasmania; d: 15 Oct 1865, Bothwell, Tasmania; bur: 19 Oct 1865, Public Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania. Spouse - Job Geard, son of Samuel Geard and Elizabeth Schumack, b: abt 1837, place unknown; m: 17 Nov 1859, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 24 May 1914, Zeehan, Tasmania, bur: 26 May 1914, Pioneer Cemetery, Zeehan, Tasmania.
Mary Annie Blake - b: Aug 1838, Tasmania; d: 13 Mar 1908, Sandy Bay, Tasmania.
Isaac Blake - b: 2 Mar 1840, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 28 May 1906, Bagdad, Tasmania.
Charles Blake - b: 6 Dec 1841, Bothwell, Tasmania; bap: 2 Jan 1842, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 4 Jul 1884, Hobart, Tasmania; bur: 6 Jul 1884, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania. Spouse - Elizabeth Mary Babington, daughter of John Alcock Babington and Jemima Mary Goulding, b: 20 Aug 1846, Launceston, Tasmania; m: 5 Sep 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 8 Aug 1920, Hobart, Tasmania; bur: 10 Aug 1920, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania.
Joseph Blake - b: 17 Nov 1843, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 18 May 1911, Bothwell, Tasmania.
Eleanor Blake - b: 10 Jun 1845, Bothwell, Tasmania; bap: 25 Mar 1846, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 26 Jul 1919, Ross, Tasmania. Spouse - Henry Isaac Davis, b: abt 1841, place unknown; m: 25 Jan 1864, Oatlands, Tasmania; d: 7 Aug 1927, Ross, Tasmania; bur: 9 Aug 1927, Methodist Cemetery, Ross, Tasmania.
Robert Edward Blake - b: 20 Oct 1847, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 29 May 1928, Bothwell, Tasmania.
George Blake - b: abt 1849, Tasmania, Australia.
William Jonathan Blake - b: 30 Apr 1850, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 22 Dec 1934, Bothwell, Tasmania.
Alfred James Blake - b: 3 Nov 1853, Cove Point, Tasmania; d: 26 Jan 1940, Bothwell, Tasmania.
Eliza Harriet Blake - b: 29 May 1856, Bothwell, Tasmania; bap: 20 Jul 1856, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 7 Nov 1918, Oatlands, Tasmania; bur: 10 Nov 1918, Ross, Tasmania. Spouse - Charles Brown Knowles, b: abt 1857, place unknown; m: 29 Jun 1881, Campbell Town, Tasmania; d: 4 Jun 1931, Campbell Town, Tasmania; bur: 6 Jun 1931, Methodist Cemetery, Ross, Tasmania.
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