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If any one can help with locating a Birth or Baptism record for this person that would be great.
Maurice Blake born 22nd January 1896 Upper Burma India. On the 1911 Census he is at the Ealing Grammar School, Ealing Park, Middlesex England with his Brother Patrick, who was also born in Upper Burma about 1895. Maurice died in 1978 in Sussex England. Thank you Pam

Nothing on Ancestry or FamilySearch, I'm afraid.

Not seeing anything on Find My Past either.

Have you got him in 1939 - on own at address

26 Biggin Hill, Croydon C.B., Surrey, England(1 person)
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Maurice Blake 22 Jan 1896 Male Civil Service Clerk (Customs Service) Married 270 1
Ref: RG101/1282A/017/24 Letter Code: CLCW

Not what you're looking for but I was wondering if this was him coming back from India, could be just a coincidence of course:-

Name: Maurice Blake
Arrival Age: 50
Birth Date: abt 1897
Port of Departure: Bombay, India
Arrival Date: 29 Dec 1947
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Bombay
Ship Name: Strathmore
Shipping Line: Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 164521

Address in the Uk:- "Fairfield" N°1
Occupation: Retired

also on same boat:
Name: Herbert Blake
Arrival Age: 13
Birth Date: abt 1934
Port of Departure: Bombay, India
Arrival Date: 29 Dec 1947
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Bombay
Ship Name: Strathmore
Shipping Line: Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 164521

UK Address:- Hoole Park, Chester
Occupation: Student

Did he marry, if so his marriage cert. could give you his father's name and occupation?

Just for reference - Ancestry's transcription of 1939 mis-spells his name, though it's Blake on the image:

Maurice Blacke
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Maurice Blacke
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 22 Jan 1896
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 26
Residence Place: Croydon, Surrey, England
Occupation: Civil Service Clerk (Customs & Excise)
Schedule Number: 270
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: CLCW
Registration district: 39-1
Household Members:
Name
Maurice Blacke

According to that, he's married, Catherine.

I am waiting for his marriage certificate. Thanks for all your help. He married in 1930 Doris E Taylor in East Preston Sussex. Pam

? Doris with her family in 1939

Doris E Blake's life in 1939
De Walden Court Cottage Fairfield Road, Eastbourne C.B., Sussex, England

Taylor household
(4 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Thomas Taylor 30 Apr 1868 Male Retail Chemist (Retired) Married 265 1
Florence E Taylor 19 Jun 1872 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 265 2
Doris E Blake 02 Jul 1902 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 265 3

The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?

Ref: RG101/2463E/005/17 Letter Code: EHAC

Pam -
Is Herbert in the 1947 travel record your Maurice's son?

If so, apparently not born in UK - don't see a Herbert Blake/Taylor birth c1934 in England/Wales. (EDIT: not Scotland either.)
The travel record does say "Country of Last Permanent Residence: India" - for both of them.

Don't know if coincidence or not -
in 1939 Doris is living in Fairfield Road in Eastbourne, and in 1947 the address Maurice and Herbert are going to is a house called "Fairfield", although in Chester.

1939 register -

Co incidence ?
A Patrick Blake b 1894 shows up in Cheshire

Children born various place, mmn Mahoney or O"Mahoney but not seeing a marriage
England/Wales or Scotland

31 Owley Wood Road, Northwich R.D., Cheshire, England

Blake household
(10 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Patrick Blake 23 Mar 1894 Male Wacthman Chemical Wor Married 217 1
Eden Blake 09 Jun 1896 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 217 2
The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?
Margaret P Cultram (Blake) 31 Jan 1926 Female At School Widowed 217 4
Gerald L Blake 02 Apr 1928 Male At School Single 217 5
The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?
The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?
The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?
Thomas P Blake 13 Jul 1936 Male Under School Age Single 217 9
Noreen M Macpherson (Blake) 03 May 1931 Female - Single 217 7

Margaret b Portsmouth, has a twin (both O'Mahoney on freebmd)
Gerald b Andover
Thomas b Wirral
Noreen b Warrington

Possibly other births Devonport 1921, Warrington 1923, 1924 (and 1934 (O'Mahoney))

Not the East Grinstead births there was a marriage there 1924 - William and Sarah

Original for Patrick a closed record
Eden is ELLEN on original
Margaret's twin Timothy J is an open record but Margaret is closed - he is No. 3
Gerald is a closed record on original No 5
Rosaline 1 Sep 1934 is also an open record on the original No. 8

That 1939 doesn't show up at all on Ancestry.

I know the names of the 2 children of Maurice and it is not Herbert. Thanks for your help. I will await the marriage certificate for Maurice. Pam

Do you know what happened to his brother Patrick please ?

Dea x

You could try this site:-

https://www.angloburmeselibrary.com/

.........but you have to subscribe, it costs £30 for the year.

Probable death of the Patrick shown earlier on the 1939 register from
https://www.freebmd.org.uk (free to search)

Deaths Mar 1956 (>99%)
Blake Patrick 62 Warrington 10f 923

Probable probate record of that person from
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk (also free to search)

BLAKE Patrick of 203 Walnut Avenue, Weaverham, Cheshire died 23 March 1956 at The General Hospital, Warrington. Administration Chester 27 April to John Christopher Blake hairdresser and Rosaline Ellen Blake spinster.

The death and probate record tie in together and the probate record ties that Patrick to 2 of the births shown to be to the Blake / Mahoney marriage as they are named on the probate record.

BUT nothing to say it's "your" Patrick.
I posted that 1939 record and said

Co incidence ?
A Patrick Blake b 1894 shows up in Cheshire
and will add here -
(no births on freebmd 1892 -1896 of a Patrick Blake in England/Wales)

Hopefully the marriage certificate for Patrick may give the same Father's details that are on that of Maurice

Thank you for all the additional information. I will follow up Pam

Thanks GG - that is the Patrick I was looking at too. I can't explain why but I really do not think that the Maurice who married Doris E is in any way connected to Cheshire !!

I think they are 2 different people.

I am not even convinced that the Maurice and Patrick (brothers) who we have on 1911 are the correct family.

Other than the 1911, do you actually know that 'your' Maurice had a brother called Patrick?

I admit that I could well be proved completely wrong in this but I am really looking forward to seeing what info there is on that marriage cert.............

Dea x

Surely this one is more likely to be the one who arrived here in 1947 with Herbert, going on to an address in Cheshire ?

Name: Maurice Moreau Blake
Death Age: 76
Birth Date: 19 May 1897
Registration Date: Apr 1974
[May 1974]
[Jun 1974]
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Chester and ellesmere Port
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume: 35
Page: 0207

Deaths Jun 1974 (>99%)
BLAKE MAURICE MOREAU 19MY1897 CHESTER/E P 35 207


This is the one who we are saying is 'ours' ??
Deaths Mar 1978
BLAKE MAURICE 22JA1896 CUCKFIELD 18 2144

Dea x

Maurice who died in Chester in 1974 was apparently married in India :


Name:
Maurice Morean Blake
Birth Date:
1898
Age:
25
Spouse's Name:
Bessie Bwyl
Spouse's Birth Date:
1903
Spouse's Age:
20
Event Date:
20 Feb 1923
Event Place:
Delhi, Bengal, India
Father's Name:
Herbert Alexander Long Blake
Spouse's Father's Name:
Willie Bwyl
Marital Status:
Single
Spouse's Marital Status:
Single
Images Available

I can't just find the ref I had and I have to go out very soon but I believe he was also born in Burma??

Dea x

Can't stay either, but if any help folks, below FMP, and some items google search for him...(Maurice Moreau Blake)

Chris :)

British India Office Marriages Delhi, Bengal
Blake Maurice Morean — — 1923 British India Office Marriages Delhi, Bengal