Individual Details
George Stuart Blakeney
(28 Apr 1899 - 25 Jun 1956)
12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Card
George Stuart Blakeney of Bonham, Texas, was 19, born 28 Apr 1899. He was a student at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. B. G. Blakeney was his nearest relative. Description: tall, slender, gray eyes, Lt. brown hair. Note on back has "Inducted"
George's Texas death certificate show his address in Dallas as 1002 Galloway. He was a bookkeeper at a wholesale drygoods business. It does give his parents as B. G. Blakeney and Olive Haden. The informant's signature was Mrs. Virginia Blakeney. He was listed as married, so presumably that was his wife. His death was self-inflicted; he took strychnine. He was found dead at home - the inquest was held on the same day as his death - 25 Jun 1956. George was buried Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas.
George's brother Thurman also committed suicide.
1930 Census. Dist. 34, Dallas, Dallas Co, TX, Sheet 18B, Hh 306
George S. Blakeney, age 30, b. TX, father b. AL, mother b. MO. Clerk at a lumber Co. He lived alone, probably in an apartment building.
George is buried Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas. His wife is there as Virginia F. Blakeney, born 1896, died 1976.
Events
Families
Father | Benjamin Franklin Blakeney (1859 - 1947) |
Mother | Olive Marian "Ollie" Haden (1855 - 1924) |
Sibling | Joe Ben Blakeney (1883 - 1971) |
Sibling | Grace Blakeney (1886 - 1945) |
Sibling | Thurman Allen Blakeney (1888 - 1933) |
Sibling | [Daughter] Blakeney (1890 - 1890) |
Sibling | Mary Alice Blakeney (1892 - 1958) |
Sibling | Myrtle Blakeney (1895 - ) |
Endnotes
1. US Census 1920 TX Fannin County (LDS Microfilm #1821803; NA T-625; Roll 1803), Bonham City, Ward 1; Household 102.
2. US Census 1900 TX, Fannin Co (LDS Microfilm #1241633 & #1241632), Bonham City, ED62; p.91b, Household 158.