It started with a search, on Sarah Frost (BFA #2B-6),which lead to
an application for SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) and a new cousin
Laurence Calvin Blunt Sr. (BFA#2B-6d-7A-1a). On his application, the
family line lead back to my 7th Great -Great Aunt, Mary Bolles (BFA #2). With a
little further digging, I was able to develop leads on Laurence's family and
finish for that day on Aug 8th of this year.
As I try to do, on a day I get to do some
more research, or as my family says, play with our dead relatives, I look to
see whose birthday it is that day and see if additional documents or sites can
be found to our research. For yesterday, Sept. 7th, Laurence Calvin Blunt Jr.
(BFA #2B-6d-7A-1a-1) would have been 112 years old. With that in hand, I began
to dig and dig and dig so more. Before you knew it I had a wealth of new
details on Laurence Jr. and family.
He was born, 6 Sept. 1904 in Denver,
Denver, Colorado, from what I have found most of his life. At age 5, he lived
on 606 Williams Street, Denver, with parents Laurence Sr. and Ruth Esther
(Howe) Blunt. Ten years later while living at 1329 Adams Street, Denver, with
his parents and one brother, Robert Matteson Blunt, who was born in 1916.
Laurence was attending school in Jan of 1920.
Some eight years later, we find Laurence
Jr. traveling, from Kingston, Jamaica on board the "S.S. Metaphan",
arriving into the port of New York City harbor. He still had a Denver address,
living at 1019 Downing Street. Just three short years, on 12th April 1930, at
the same address, Laurence is a salesman at a candy company, which his father
works at. Laurence Sr. had started at the same company round 1910, became a
manager and Vice President around Jan 1920 and at April of 1930 was the
President of it.
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| taken Jan 2012 from findagrave.com by Fern Bray |
During 1933 he married Helen Mae Bevers, who was born 5 Nov.
1925 in Buffalo, Eire, New York; dying on 18 Jan. 1997 in Denver, Denver,
Colorado. From 1935 to Apr 1940, they lived at 1818 Albion Street, Denver;
where they had two daughters, one born about 1937 and the other about two years
later. In 1948 he was found at 2810 Garrison Street, in Evanston, Cook, Illinois.
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| taken Jan 2012 from findagrave.com by Fern Bray |
By 1936 -37 Laurence Jr. was a department
manager at Harry Moll Inc.a distributor of Philco, Claircon radios and other products in Denver. In Apr 1940, we find him as a salesman
for a wholesale electric company in Denver. During 1981, his residence was
at 650 South Clinton Street, Apt 4B in Denver. The final finding was his death
in Jan 1985 in Denver, with his burial located at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver,
Denver, Colorado; in the Memorial Terrace, Section 45, and Tier E. From that
cemetery listing numerous other family members were located, several new
findings that need further research.
Much more can and as time allows will be given to fill gaps and
re-verify details. One never knows and is always amazed on what one document, a
SAR application can lead to. The trail in this case was a hot one. A new line
and many new cousins were found and now not forgotten.
To Be Continued…..
