How about celebrating birthdays!!! We should always celebrate our birthdays and join in celebrating others on their special days. I was searching the news papers looking for relatives birthday announcements. How did they celebrate their birthdays?
Photo of Mrs. Margaret (Cason) Blakey ~ Also known as “Aunt Mike” (1895 – 1972)
This photo appeared in The Sacramento Bee ~ Sacramento, California • Tue, Jul 19, 1966 ~ Page 36
Miss Margaret Cason was the soon to be daughter in law of Isaac Blakey Sr. and Rachel (Lephridge) Blakey. She married Deacon Ollie Blakey in July of 1916. Margaret’s birthday is on March 17th..
Margarte’s 21st birthday announcement appeared in The Kansas City Sun ~ Kansas City, Missouri on Saturday, March 25, 1916 on Page 8 ~ Ironically, this section appeared right after Mrs. Rachel Blakey’s obituary. Rachel passed on March 17, 1916.
Great Aunt Margaret went all out on her 21st birthday. Several hours greeting and there was a five-course luncheon served. What a gathering this much have been!!
Another Blakey Birthday Celebration:
Jordan Blakeyy who was one of Margaret (Cason) Blakey’s brother in law.
Jordan, the twin of Julia were born on March 1, 1878 to Isaac and Rachel (Lephridge) Blakey.
Julia passed as an infant. Jordan passed in 1964.
This was what was published in The Afro American on March 9, 1935 via Ann Harbor Michigan News “Jordan Blakey celebrated his fifty-seventh birthday quietly at home with a dinner and his usual birthday cake.”
We celebrate our birthdays differently. Weather if it’s with a group of family and friends with all the works or a simple quiet gathering with close friends with a cake. Indeed we can celebrate our special days the ways that we want.
Thanks for reading.
How Some Blakeys Celebrated Their Birthdays
I added In Remembrance Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections.
S.A.Blakley
This was a repost from my word press site
Week 29 ~ Amy Johnson Crow’s #52Ancestors in 52 Week Challenge in 2023
The theme for Week 29 is “Birthdays.” Is there an ancestor with whom you share a birthday? (My dad and his sister shared a birthday — and, no, they weren’t twins!) You could write about an ancestor that had a lot of birthdays or a memorable birthday party. Don’t forget newspapers. Small-town newspapers especially would have stories about birthday parties or “milestone”
