Benjamin Frederick Blake
Birth Date
On 1815 March 12 (Born)
Death Date
On 1884 March 9 (Died)
Gender
Male
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His travel to Utah in 1853 is also confirmed by the obituary of his son Frederick.
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Born
1815 March 12
Date Details
Occurred On 1815 March 12
Traveled in
Jacob Gates Company (1853)
1853 June 3 – September 26 (Age 38)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Caroline Lucy Blake (Age 7)
Elizabeth Blake (Age 4)
Harriet Hollis (Age 33)
George Blake (Age 3)
Frederick Blake (Age 11)
Emma Blake (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1853 June 3
Joined Company
Ended On 1853 September 26
Company Arrived
Died
1884 March 9 (Age 68)
Media
Benjamin Frederick Blake (1815 - 1884) Profile
Sources
Person
1860 United States Census
1860 United States Census.
Saints By Sea
"Benjamin Frederick Blake. ID: 9545", Saints By Sea.
Saints by Sea: Latter-day Saint immigration to America
Saints by Sea: Latter-day Saint immigration to America.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"Jacob Gates Company report", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, (11 September 1853), Page 1-4.
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913), Page 285.
Washington County News
"Frederick Blake Dead", Washington County News, (10 February 1916), Page 1.
Youngberg, Florence C., ed., Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers (Salt Lake City: National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers, 1999)
Youngberg, Florence C., ed., Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers (Salt Lake City: National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers, 1999), Vol. 1, Page 314.
