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The earliest occurrence of the Blake surname in our family history documents is from 1445, and we currently have 876,084 records where Blake appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
1005 Blakes were recorded as working in domestic service in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Blakes were most likely to live in London.
Not all Blakes were law-abiding. We found 1068 in criminal records.
1256 Blakes served in the First World War.
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