Blake
This family has been present in Jersey since the 16th century, but it is impossible to trace any family tree back beyond the early 19th century
John Blake, born Jersey 1888, died Capetown 1954
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New records
From August 2020 we have started adding records from non-Anglican churches, and this process will continue as more records, held by Jersey Archive, are digitised and indexed. Our database now includes buttons enabling a search within registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These records will automatically appear within the results of any search made from this page.
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Origins of surname
The derivation of this name is somewhat confusing. It either comes from the old English blac, meaning black, or blaac, meaning white. So the original Blake either had dark hair or fair hair.
Early records
There were Blake marriages in St Saviour from 1543, through the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, but it was not until early in the 19th century that a family became established.
Variants
- Blake
Family records
Family trees
- John Blake: 19th-21st centuries - Reviewed 2024
Church records
- Blake baptisms in Jersey
- Blake marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Blake marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Blake burials in Jersey
Great War service
Occupation records
Family wills
Burial records
Family businesses
Family album
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Florence Blake and her husband Charles Le Cornu -
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A postcard sent to Miss A Blake in 1903. This was Alma Nina Blake (1887- ), living at Hatton Cottage, Elizabeth Street, a boarder in the Renouf houshold at the time of the 1901 census. Very little is known about Alma. Her baptism record shows that she was baptised at St Luke's Church on 16 June 1887, the daughter of another Alma Nina, whose surname was not given. Her father was shown as a mariner called Blake, but his forename was not recorded. One of her godparents was Jane Renouf, who was probably the Jane, wife of Charles, who was the head of household at Hatton Cottage.
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![An unidentified Mr Blake, and probably his two sons, photographed in the mid-19th century by Henry Mullins [1]](/w/images/b/b7/S25MullinsMrBlake2.png)
An unidentified Mr Blake, and probably his two sons, photographed in the mid-19th century by Henry Mullins [1] -
![An unidentified Mr Blake, and probably his two sons, photographed in the mid-19th century by Henry Mullins [1]](/wiki/File:S25MullinsMrBlake2.png)
Occupation permit
![A curfew pass issued to John Blake during the Occupation as a member of the Honorary Police [2]](/wiki/File:H23OccupationCurfewCardBlake.jpg)
Tips
The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.
We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling
The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.
New records
Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form
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Notes and references
- ↑ Mullins was the most prolific of early Jersey portrait photographers. He was in business in the Royal Square from 1848 to 1873. His images now form part of the Société Jersiaise photographic archive. There are over 9,000 catalogued and digitised images in the collection, the vast majority very small thumbnails on contact sheets containing up to 12 portraits. Mullins was the photographer of choice for leading members of Jersey society and successful local and immigrant families. Many of his subjects were officers of the garrison regiments
- ↑ This card is held by Jersey Archive.
