Today I took a trip to visit the East Lawn Cemetery in East Haven, CT. I had only been there one other time - many years ago when I first found out about my grandmother. I couldn't recall if any other relatives may have been there. But I wanted to go to see. Glad I did - here are my great-grandparents - Frederick C. Blake (b. 1877 Canada, d 1952 East Haven, CT) and Annie Blehl Blake (b. 1878 New York, NY, d. 1971, East Haven, CT). Now that I have these dates I can do some more digging on their familes and will know I should be working with the correct dates!
I was also able to find my grandmother, Valerie Blake (b Jan 1917 New Haven, CT, d. Nov 1970 Southbury, CT), close by.
And, right next to her, is her sister, my great-aunt, Myrtle Blake Wright (b 1913 New Haven, CT, d 1998 Clinton, CT) and her husband.
We looked in the area but couldn't easily find any more family members. Not sure if they would have been lucky enough to have been close together - it seems like a very "busy" part of the cemetery.
The other brothers and sisters (my great-aunts and uncles) I currently have listed in the family tree are:
Viola (Edna) Morseburg
Earl Blake
Adeline Sanborn
Florence Gartland
Ray Blake
Frances Blake
Claire Maloney
Irene Blake
Ruth Shea
I recently became aware of one other sister that, tragically, died as a child due to a trolley accident. So that puts all the brothers and sisters at 12 - 2 boys and 10 girls. So I had started exploring Annie Blehl's family members. But I think I'll take a step back and try to see what I can find out about each of the Blake children first - let's try to keep this somewhat organized.... Shall we?
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