Help finding Blake/Hunter marriage

[hanes teulu]

Newcastle Courant - Friday, 22 July 1853

JOHN BLAKE, AUCTIONEER & APPRAISER, HEXHAM
"Returns his most sincere thanks to his friends and the public generally, for the liberal support he has received during the seventeen years he has been in the above business, more especially for the last four years of that period, during which he has extended his business from Alston to Coquet Head, and hopes, through strict attention and perseverance, still to merit a greater share of public patronage"

So, he was looking forward to the future with confidence.

On 19 August the Newcastle Courant included an item "John Blake, Auctioneer, Hexham, respectfully announces he will hold his Third Quarter sale on 23rd August ......"

The death of a "John Blake, Hexham" was recorded for the Sep Qtr 1853 (Jul-Sep). John died sometime between 19 Aug and 30 Sept 1853?

In early 1854 William Blake announced in the Newcastle Courant he "had taken out the License as an AUCTIONEER AND APPRAISER to succeed his father, the late John Blake, in the business"

regards 

[Radcliff]

Fantastic,this is the sort of notice I was looking for , he was an auctioneer,every thing fits ,

I am sure Eiza will be chuffed to bits with this information,

[Elizajb]

Hi everyone, please excuse my intermittent replies, it's holiday season here and visitors coming and going are interrupting my sleuthing! That info is great thankyou hanes teulu and I've spent the last hour trying to find a will or probate record, but to no avail. I did find a burial record for a John Blake Hopefully mine) which you've probably already seen as well, which states he was buried on 17 September, 1853. The "dedication" place was St Andrew, which I assume is a church, in Hexham area and the denomination was Anglican. He was quite young really at 52. I see that his widow Christian was living with her single children in 1861 but in 1871 was living with, I think her daughter Elizabeth and son-in-law Edward Graham. John Blake Hunter was born a month after the death of John Blake so I assume was named in his memory. My sleuthing efforts rather pale in comparison to some of you so I'm very grateful for your help.

[Radcliff]

No worries Christian Armstrong Blake sister to Mary Ann marries Hexham December 1858
Jessie 1865Hexham,spouse William Alcroft


possibly mums maidan name was Armstrong

[JenB]

The "dedication" place was St Andrew, which I assume is a church, in Hexham area and the denomination was Anglican.

Not just any church...that's Hexham Abbey   

[Elizajb]

An abbey! Really? Wow!! As you can see, I'm completely unfamiliar with the area. In fact when I began this search, the only name I knew was that of the son of John Blake Hunter (had never even heard of JBH). This Miss Marple hobby is very addictive isn't it.

[JenB]

http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=27809146

[Elizajb]

Thankyou very much JenB, I'm just about to look at all the photos. Isn't it beautiful!!

[WolfieSmith]

The baptisms at Haltwhistle Presbyterian :

Marian, daughter of William and Mary Hunter, was born at Birkshaw, 3 Oct, and baptized 26 Oct 1848.

Robert, son of William and Mary Hunter, was born at Chainlyford, 23 Sept, and baptized 25 Sept 1850.

John Blake, son of William and Mary Hunter, was born at Archiesflat, 17 Oct 1853, and baptized 16 May 1854.

Alan.