Thomas Blake is shown aged 25 living in Woolwich, London. He was described as a ships fireman and stated as born in St. Austell, Cornwall.
Reference to the 1881 census shows Thomas Blake aged 5, the son of Guy Blake (gardener) and Harriet. At that date Thomas was the youngest child, his elder siblings were Charles (b.1868), Frederick (b.1870) and Beatrice (b.1873) all the family are shown as born in St Austell, Cornwall but at the census date were living in the Somerset village of High Littleton near the town of Midsomer Norton.
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