
BLANK FAMILY
Charlie Blank donated the land on which St Andrew's Convent & School were built. The Seniors Complex is built where
the Blank home used to be.
Descendants of John Blank
1 John Blank b: 1837 in Hamburg, Germany (Prussia) d: Nov 01, 1893 in Plymouth, England
. +Rosanna Cleary aka: Anna b: Mar 1842 in Eastern Passage, NS d: Sep 05, 1927 in Eastern Passage, NS
m: Nov 19, 1862 in St Peter's RC, Dartmouth, NS Father: Malachi Cleary Mother: Elizabeth Susanna DeYoung
........ 2 Frederick W Blank b: Aug 27, 1864 in Eastern Passage, NS d: Aug 13, 1893
........ 2 Jane Elizabeth Blank b: Sep 18, 1867 in Eastern Passage, NS d: Nov 18, 1929 in Dartmouth
............ +Robert Porteous b: Abt. 1864 in Scotland d: May 13, 1904 in 202 1/2 Argyle St, Halifax, NS m: Abt. 1895
................... 3 Marguerite Porteous b: 1903 d: Jul 02, 1904 in 202 1/2 Arglye St, Halifax, NS
................... 3 William F Porteous b: Abt. 1896 d: Aug 25, 1916
................... 3 Hilda M Porteous
....................... +Unknown Kerr
........ *2nd Husband of Jane Elizabeth Blank:
............ +Edward Winterburn b: Abt. 1873 in Yorkshire, England m: Nov 26, 1908 in Halifax, NS Father: Richard
Winterburn Mother: Mary Ann Unknown
................... 3 Mary M Winterburn b: May 17, 1910 d: May 17, 1910
........ 2 John Alexander Blank b: Dec 06, 1869
............ +Melita Shrum m: 1894 in St Peter's RC, Dartmouth, NS Father: William Henry Shrum Mother:
Isabella Eliza Greenough
........ 2 Charles H Blank b: Dec 12, 1870 d: 1951
............ +Margaret Morrissey m: Nov 21, 1893 in St Peter's RC, Dartmouth, NS Father: John Morrissey
Mother: Jane Unknown
................... 3 Frederick Blank b: Aug 1894
................... 3 Ivan Blank b: Oct 1896
................... 3 Marian Blank b: 1898
................... 3 Annie Victoria Blank b: 1900 in Eastern Passage, NS d: Feb 25, 1997 in Northwood Manor, Halifax, NS
....................... +Harold Wade d: Bef. 1997
........ 2 Margaret Cecelia Blank b: Oct 25, 1871 in Eastern Passage, NS d: May 04, 1934
............ +Alfred James Keddy b: Nov 15, 1869 in Chocolate Lake, NS d: Feb 1951 m: 1889 in St Peter's RC, Dartmouth,
NS Father: James Keddy Mother: Elizabeth
Unknown
................... 3 Frederick Blank Keddy b: Jan 1909
....................... +Jane Unknown
................... 3 [2] Walter Cyril Keddy b: Apr 28, 1895 d: Dec 30, 1991
....................... +[1] Alice Agnes Maud Simmons aka: Jim b: Jul 11, 1894 Father: Alfred William Simmons Mother: Anne Laura Blank
................... 3 Beatrice Alvira Keddy b: Nov 14, 1899 d: Jul 22, 1982
....................... +Aberdeen Charles West
................... 3 Jeanne M Keddy b: Abt. 1908 in Burnside, Dartmouth, NS d: Jun 01, 1997 in Armview Estates, Halifax, NS
....................... +Alvin W Sargent d: Bef. 1997
................... 3 Arthur Keddy b: Abt. 1910 in Dartmouth, NS d: Nov 13, 1998 in Windsor, NS
....................... +Esty Louise Butler
........ 2 Anne Laura Blank b: Jun 09, 1873 in Eastern Passage, NS d: Feb 18, 1959 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England
............ +Harry William Taylor b: in Valetta, Malta d: in Royal Hospital, Chelsea, England
........ *2nd Husband of Anne Laura Blank:
............ +Alfred William Simmons b: 1865 in Aston, Birmingham, England d: May 02, 1905 in 29 Cardiff Rd, North End,
Portsmouth, England m: Jan 30, 1893 in St Luke's RC, Halifax, Nova
Scotia Father: Alfred William Simmons Mother: Theresa Hill
................... 3 Mary Elizabeth Dolerita Simmons b: Jun 09, 1893 in Halifax, NS d: 1977 in Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex, England
....................... +William Gorst Nancollas b: Jan 12, 1891 in Gillingham, Kent, England d: Jun 13, 1967 in West Middlesex Hospital,
Isleworth, Middlesex, England m: Jul 26, 1916 in St Mary's
RC, Gillingham Green, Kent, England
................... 3 [1] Alice Agnes Maud Simmons aka: Jim b: Jul 11, 1894
....................... +[2] Walter Cyril Keddy b: Apr 28, 1895 d: Dec 30, 1991 Father: Alfred James Keddy Mother: Margaret Cecelia Blank
........ 2 William Blank b: Sep 08, 1874 d: Jul 06, 1931
................... 3 William Gerald Blank b: 1900 d: Apr 13, 1900 in 355 Barrington St, Halifax, NS
........ 2 Mary Frances Blank b: May 28, 1876 d: Feb 26, 1918
............ +John Henry Thorne aka: Jack b: in Plymouth, England d: Abt. 1968 m: Mar 01, 1906 in Halifax, NS
................... 3 Pamela Thorne
................... 3 Kathleen Thorne
....................... +Albert Cocks
........ 2 Jeremiah Blank b: Sep 28, 1877 in Eastern Passage, NS d: Dec 1965 in Dartmouth, NS
............ +Winnifred Marie Keating aka: Minnie b: Jan 27, 1879 d: 1953 m: Apr 08, 1901 in St Peter's RC, Dartmouth, NS Father:
James Keating Mother: Mary O'Leary
................... 3 Eileen M Blank b: Feb 24, 1902 d: Bef. 1994
....................... +Clifford L Preeper d: Apr 1965 in Lake Echo, NS
................... *2nd Husband of Eileen M Blank:
....................... +Unknown Crooks
................... 3 Gerald C Blank b: Mar 21, 1906 in Eastern Passage, NS d: Jan 05, 1994 in Dartmouth General Hospital, Dartmouth, NS
....................... +Bessie G Nauss d: Feb 1992 in Dartmouth, NS Father: Lendlie Nauss Mother: Agnes Mitchell
................... 3 Maurice James Blank b: Feb 02, 1908 in Dartmouth, NS d: Jun 1961 in Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, NS
....................... +Marble Neary d: in In childbirth
................... *2nd Wife of Maurice James Blank:
....................... +Doria Monica Neary b: 1916 d: 1970 Father: Joseph Neary Mother: Kathleen Woodsworth
................... 3 Helen F Blank b: Jan 02, 1912
....................... +George Earl Dowell aka: Earl b: Abt. 1913 in Musquodoboit, NS d: Jul 03, 1996 in Camp Hill Medical Centre, Halifax,
NS Father: George Dowell Mother: Edna Unknown
................... 3 Theresa Margaret Blank b: Jan 01, 1916 in Lawlor's Island, NS d: Jul 04, 1998 in VG Site, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS
....................... +John Stanley Baker
................... *2nd Husband of Theresa Margaret Blank:
....................... +Maurice Rooney aka: Buster b: Abt. 1911 in Halifax, NS d: Jan 08, 1997 in QEII Health Science Centre, VG Site,
Halifax, NS Father: William Rooney Mother: Clemence Gaetz
........ 2 Walter Blank b: Sep 28, 1877
............ +Blanche Alice Wells b: Feb 14, 1880 m: Sep 26, 1898 in St Peter's RC, Dartmouth, NS Father: William James Wells Mother:
Sarah Elizabeth Whynock
................... 3 Hilda Blank b: Jun 1901
................... 3 Stella Blank b: Oct 1905
................... 3 Edith Blank b: Mar 1910
........ 2 Bridget Grace Blank b: Apr 30, 1882
............ +William McKean m: Jun 27, 1899 in St Peter's RC, Dartmouth, NS Father: James McKean Mother: Jean Unknown
................... 3 Evadney McKean b: Jul 1900
