14. | BLAKE, Harlan H was born on 30 May 1895 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (son of BLAKE, John J and STEMPLE, Mary Ann); died on 12 Jun 1926 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Notes:
Buffalo NY Morning Express - 6/13/1926
Niagara Falls, June 12 ("Special) Relatives of Harlan Blake, former city champion wrestler. who was killed in an automobile accident on the boulevard near St. Johnsburg early this morning, claim he was a victim of a hit and run motorist. John J. Blake of No. 858 Fifth street, the young man's father, said today that his investigation showed that his son was working on his car when a large automobile, Falls bound, struck him. Ernest Ward who had been in Blake's car, suffered minor injuries. Authorities have no clue to the identity of the car that is alleged to struck Blake. A. E. Sidney of Buffalo picked up Ward and brought him to the Memorial Hospital here. Blake's body was sent to the Wattengel morgue in North Tonawanda, but was brought here today.
Harlan married LUICK, Martha Auguste Elizabeth on 31 May 1912 in Welland, Ontario, Canada. Martha (daughter of LUICK, George David and STRASBURG, Emma Rose Auguste) was born on 29 Apr 1894 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Mar 1996 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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