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Cora Rebecca <I>Bailey</I> Blakelock

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Cora Rebecca Bailey Blakelock

Birth
Greenpoint, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
9 Feb 1950 (aged 92–93)
Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA
Burial
Colonie, Albany County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.7417908, Longitude: -73.8314097
Plot
Garden of Devotion, 80-A, Space 4
Memorial ID
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Excerpt from the obituary of her husband, Ralph Albert Blakelock, in the Monday, August 11, 1919 issue of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

"Mr. Blakelock married Miss Cora R. Bailey, of Brooklyn, on February 22, 1876, and they had nine children. His family is living at Catskill, N. Y."
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A divorcee named [Mrs.] R. A. Blakelock along with her children, Marian, Ruth, Allen and Douglass, and her business partner, Roger Short, operated a boarding house in Hunter, Greene County, New York in 1910. At that time 8 of her 9 children were still living.
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Their children were:

Carl Emile (#175234100) - born 6 Jul 1877 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; died 24 Aug 1967 in Catskill, Greene County, New York; married Violet E. Reeve.

Marian (#116776522) - born 2 Jan 1880 in Manhattan, New York County, New York; died 3 Jan 1930 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York.

Ralph Melville (#188115144) - born 11 May 1884 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; worked as a clerk for the General Electric Company and lived at 150 Front Street in Schenectady, New York when he registered for the draft on 12 Sep 1918; died 12 Jun 1918 at Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New York and was survived by his widow, Lois (Cassidy) Blakelock whom he married in 1905 at Catskill, Greene County, New York.

Mary Florence - born 14 Dec 1886 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; married 6 Jun 1909 to Henry Martin Vedder at Catskill, Greene County, New York; died in May 1973. Henry was the son of Henry and Jessie (Van Vechten) Vedder. Jessie was the first Greene County Historian. The Vedder Research Library in Coxsackie, New York is named in her honor.

Louis Roy (#188115862) - born 3 Nov 1889 in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey; married 20 Sep 1913 to Augusta F. Kastelberg at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York; died 21 Mar 1952 at Schenectady, New York.

Ruth W. (#143867956) - born 24 Feb 1893 in Manhattan, New York County, New York; died 21 Jan 1982; married James G. Austin.

Allen Osborne (#86653873) - born 19 Jan 1897 in Manhattan, New York County, New York; died 1 Feb 1979 in Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington.

Douglas A. - born 12 Sep 1899 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; died in Nov 1980.

unknown gender - date of birth unknown; died before 1910.
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Excerpt from the obituary of her husband, Ralph Albert Blakelock, in the Monday, August 11, 1919 issue of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

"Mr. Blakelock married Miss Cora R. Bailey, of Brooklyn, on February 22, 1876, and they had nine children. His family is living at Catskill, N. Y."
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A divorcee named [Mrs.] R. A. Blakelock along with her children, Marian, Ruth, Allen and Douglass, and her business partner, Roger Short, operated a boarding house in Hunter, Greene County, New York in 1910. At that time 8 of her 9 children were still living.
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Their children were:

Carl Emile (#175234100) - born 6 Jul 1877 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; died 24 Aug 1967 in Catskill, Greene County, New York; married Violet E. Reeve.

Marian (#116776522) - born 2 Jan 1880 in Manhattan, New York County, New York; died 3 Jan 1930 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York.

Ralph Melville (#188115144) - born 11 May 1884 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; worked as a clerk for the General Electric Company and lived at 150 Front Street in Schenectady, New York when he registered for the draft on 12 Sep 1918; died 12 Jun 1918 at Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New York and was survived by his widow, Lois (Cassidy) Blakelock whom he married in 1905 at Catskill, Greene County, New York.

Mary Florence - born 14 Dec 1886 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; married 6 Jun 1909 to Henry Martin Vedder at Catskill, Greene County, New York; died in May 1973. Henry was the son of Henry and Jessie (Van Vechten) Vedder. Jessie was the first Greene County Historian. The Vedder Research Library in Coxsackie, New York is named in her honor.

Louis Roy (#188115862) - born 3 Nov 1889 in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey; married 20 Sep 1913 to Augusta F. Kastelberg at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York; died 21 Mar 1952 at Schenectady, New York.

Ruth W. (#143867956) - born 24 Feb 1893 in Manhattan, New York County, New York; died 21 Jan 1982; married James G. Austin.

Allen Osborne (#86653873) - born 19 Jan 1897 in Manhattan, New York County, New York; died 1 Feb 1979 in Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington.

Douglas A. - born 12 Sep 1899 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; died in Nov 1980.

unknown gender - date of birth unknown; died before 1910.
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