Residence by census reports:

1895 Kansas State: Huntsville, Reno Co.
1900 U.S. Census - no change
1905 Kansas State - no change
1910 U.S. Census - no change
1915 Kansas State - Hayes, Reno Co.
1920 U.S. Census - Taloga, Morton, Co., Ks.
1925 Kansas State - Jones, Morton Co.
1930 U.S. Census - Delhi, Merced, Co., Ca.
1940 U.S. Census - no change
1950 U.S. Census - Eden, Alameda Co, Ca.

Claude grew up with Pearl Zina Stone in Plevna, Reno County, Kansas. They married December 20, 1908, in Nickerson. Sons Clarence Hilmar and Harold Roy were born there. In 1913 they moved to a farm in Sylvia, Kansas, where Lucille & Keith Elvin were born. In 1916 they moved to a 160 acre farm, 5 miles west of Elkhart, Meade County, Kansas, where Russell Glenn and Orva, the last two of their six children were born.

Pearl & Claude moved to a farm in Delhi, Merced County, California, in 1926. In 1927, their #2 son, 14 year old Walter Roy Blaine, died of a ruptered appendix at Emanuel Hospital in Turlock. In 1931 Pearl & Claude separated and she moved with the kids to Modesto, Stanislaus County, California. They divorced in about 1934.

After that Claude married another lady named Pearl (can't find any information), then married Emma Josephine (Nelson) Sherman and in 1946 moved to Newman, Stanislaus County, California. Emma passed away in 1947. Claude remained in a small house on his stepson Robert Sherman's property in Newman until shortly before he passed away in 1966.

Obituary from Turlock Journal, Tuesday, September 20, 1966, Page 2:

CLAUDE L. BLAINE

Funeral services are pending at the Allen Mortuary for Claude L. Blaine, 79, who died in a local hospital this morning following a lingering illness.

A native of Kansas, Mr. Blaine moved to Delhi in 1926 and had lived in Newman since 1946 until coming to Turlock a month ago.

Survivors include three sons, Russell and Keith Blaine of Delhi and Hilmar Blaine of Livingston; two daughters, Lucille Tyler and Orva Brittain, both of Walnut Creek; two stepsons, Ray and Bob Sherman of Newman; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Turlock Journal, Wednesday, September 21, 1966, Page 2:

Funeral services for Claude L. Blaine, 79, will be conducted tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Allen Mortuary with the Rev. Glenn Mayhew, pastor of the Delhi Presbyterian Church, officiating.

Interment will be in Hills Ferry Cemetery, Newman.

Mr. Blaine died yesterday in a local hospital following an extended illness.

Claude is buried with his third wife, Emma Josephine (Nelson) Sherman Blaine. He first married Pearl Zina Stone who is the mother of his six children.