Fifth Generation

29. Jessie LUCAS^7,12 was born on 18 Jan 1871 in Brereton, Cheshire.⁷ She appeared in the census in 1881 in Marton, Cheshire.²⁵ Jessie is not with her family in Brereton Green but is staying with her grandmother on the night of the census. She died on 14 Feb 1943.⁷ She was buried in 1943 in Cheddleton, Staffs.⁷ Lived at Cheddleton

Jessie LUCAS and James BLAKEMAN were married on 8 Jun 1892 in St Oswald, Brereton, Cheshire.^7,26 James BLAKEMAN⁷ (son of Thomas BLAKEMAN and Margaret LEEKE) was born on 21 Apr 1870 in Old Bank, Cheddleton, Staffs.⁷ He appeared in the census in 1881 in Cheddleton Park, Cheddleton, Staffs.²⁷ In 1881 he was a scholar.²⁷ He died on 2 Apr 1947 in Tanyard, Cheddleton, Staffs.⁷ He lived at Bradwell Street, Sandbach, Cheshire; Broad Lane Farm, Sproston, Middlewich, Cheshire; Hall House Cottage, Cheddleton, Staffs and Tan Yard, Cheddleton, Staffs. Jessie LUCAS and James BLAKEMAN had the following children:

+47	i.	James Thomas BLAKEMAN.
+48	ii.	Living.
49	iii.	William Walter BLAKEMAN was born on 3 Mar 1896 in Bradwall Street, Sandbach, Cheshire.7 He served in the military between 1914 and 1915.28 He was Private 3279 Blakemen and served with the 1st/5th Bn., North Staffordshire Regiment. He died on 13 Oct 1915 in Loos, Lens, Pas de Calais, FRANCE.28 Commemorative Information - LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference/Panel Number: Panel 103 to 105 Location: Loos-en-Gohelle is a village about 5 kilometres north-west of Lens. The Loos Memorial forms the side and back of Dud Corner Cemetery where over 1,700 officers and men are buried, the great majority of whom fell in the Battle of Loos. Dud Corner Cemetery, which stands almost on the site of a German strong point, the Lens Road Redoubt, captured by the 15th (Scottish) Division on the first day of the battle, is located about 1 kilometre west of the village, on the N43, the main Lens to Bethune road. The Loos Memorial commemorates over 20,000 officers and men who fell in the area from the River Lys to the old southern boundary of the First Army, east and west of Grenay, and who have no known grave. It covers the period from the first day of the Battle of Loos to the date of the Armistice. On either side of the cemetery is a wall 15 feet high, to which are fixed tablets on which are carved the names of those commemorated. At the back are four small circular courts, open to the sky, in which the lines of tablets are continued, and between these courts are three semicircular walls or apses, two of which carry tablets, while on the centre apse is erected the Cross of Sacrifice.
+50	iv.	Living.
51	v.	Thomas Lucas BLAKEMAN7 was born on 10 Apr 1899 in Cheddleton, Staffs.7 He died on 17 Dec 1918 in Picardy/Artois, FRANCE.7 He served in the military.28 He was Private 60115 in the 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own).
+52	vi.	David BLAKEMAN.
+53	vii.	George BLAKEMAN.
+54	viii.	Elizabeth BLAKEMAN.
+55	ix.	Jesse BLAKEMAN.
+56	x.	Arthur BLAKEMAN.
57	xi.	Living.
+58	xii.	Mary BLAKEMAN.
+59	xiii.	Harold BLAKEMAN.
+60	xiv.	Norman BLAKEMAN.
61	xv.	John BLAKEMAN7 was born on 4 Dec 1913.7 He was born at 3.15 am. He died on 5 Dec 1913 in Tan Yard, Cheddleton, Staffs.7 He was one of twins.
62	xvi.	Samuel BLAKEMAN7 was born on 4 Dec 1913.7 He was born at 3.45am. He died on 6 Dec 1913 in Tan Yard, Cheddleton, Staffs.7 He was one of twins.
+63	xvii.	Ronald Loos BLAKEMAN.