Gladys Blake

Gladys Kathleen Blake 

Born: 20 February 1888, Camberwell

Baptised: 3 September 1891, East Dulwich 

Father: George William Beaver Blake (b. 1859)

Mother: Alice Rose Blake (b. 1861)

Brothers: Cedric Markes Blake (b. 1893)

Sisters: Stella Mae Blake (b. 1885), Flora Irene Blake (b. 1890)

Marriage:        7 February 1914, East Dulwich

Husband:         Frank Douglas Butler 

                        b. 15 August 1883 

                        Bank Manager 

Issue – 

#1 Kathleen Alice Butler (b. 17 November 1914)

#2 Cedric Field Butler (b. 2 January 1917) 

#3 Aline Seton Butler (b. 1921) 

In 1891 – 

She is at Oakhurst Grove, Camberwell. Her father is listed as ‘Bank Clerk’. Gladys, her mother and sisters, Stella and Flora, are unlisted. There are two lodgers, and both are ‘School Masters’: Walter Raybould (b. 1862) and William E Catlow (b. 1864). There is a servant, Helen Gibbs (b. 1873). 

In 1901 – 

She is at 57 Oakhurst Grove, Camberwell. Her father is listed as ‘Bankers Clerk’. Gladys, her mother and siblings (Stella, Flora and Cedric) are unlisted. Her cousins, Edward S Linscott (b. 1871), an ‘Insurance Clerk’, and Alfred R Linscott (b. 1882), a ‘Merchant’s Clerk’, are present. 

In 10/07 – 

PT at Adys Road School, E. Dulwich

Qualification: Pass

In 04/10 – 

Appointed to London County Council. Assistant.

Address is 57 Oakhurst Grove, East Dulwich, London, S.E. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 57 Oakhurst Grove, Camberwell, London. Her father is listed as ‘Bank Clerk’. Her mother is unlisted. Her sister, Flora, is listed as ‘Private Schoolmistress’. Her brother, Cedric, is listed as ‘Mechanic Typing Machines’. Gladys and her sister, Stella, are listed as ‘Assistant School Mistress’.

In 04/14 – 

Marries Frank Douglas Butler on 07.02.14 in East Dulwich. Add: Riseholme, Woodwarde Road, Dulwich.

In 04/15 – 

Birth to Kathleen Alice on 17.11.14 at Riseholme, 66 Woodwarde Road, Dulwich.

In 10/17 – 

Birth to Cedric Field on 02.01.17 at Riseholme, Woodwarde Road, East Dulwich.

In 1921 – 

She is at 66 Woodwarde Road, Camberwell. Her husband is listed as ‘Bank Accountant’. Gladys and her children, Kathleen, Cedric and Aline are unlisted. There is a servant, Mary May Lucas (b. 1895).

In 1939 – 

She is at 20 Rotherwick Road, Golders Green, Hendon. Her husband is listed as ‘Bank Manager’. Gladys is unlisted. There is a closed record. 

d.         1 January 1959, Greenwich 

BUTLER, Gladys Kathleen of The Old Cloth Hall, Biddenden, Kent (wife of Frank Douglas Butler) died 01 January 1959 at Brook General Hospital, Shotters Hill, London, S.E.18. Probate Nottingham 23 January to the said Frank Douglas Butler, retired bank manager and Cedric Field Butler, solicitor.