Blencoe Claude H 1892

CLAUDE HENRY BLENCOE  [10253]

Claude Henry Blencoe 2Lt

1892-1976

SS# 701-12-2845 “issued in Railroad Board”.

Father Nm: Henry Hosea Blencoe [2602] born abt 1862 died 19.10.1945 Martin Minn : Oldest known ancestor John Blinco 1798.

Henry’s father , mother and siblings

Mother Nm: Hattie May Simser 1871-1950

Marriage Dt: 22 Feb 1922 Pipestone to Hannah Marguerite Eggers.

K comments:1st Cousin Walter Lyle Blencoe also served in the US Army.

Spouse Comments: Hannah Marguerite Eggers 1898-1952.

Children: Gus Henry 1924, Yvonne Margeurite 1926.

BIRTH DATE: 26 AUG 1892

Birth Place: Martin, Minnesota.

1900 CENSUS Fairmont Ward 1, Martin, Minnesota
  1. Herry H Blenes 37
  2. Harriet Blenes 28
  3. Nina Blenes 1
  4. Claude Blenes 7
1905 CENSUS

Date: 14 Jun 1905, Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses.

  1. Henry H Blencoe 48
  2. Harriet M Blencoe 33
  3. Claude H Blencoe 12
  4. Nina Blencoe 7
  5. Rita Blencoe 3
  6. Sydney Blencoe 6-12 months
1912 Employed as Telegrapher with Railway Company.
Claude H Blencoe Railroad Employment Record
US National archives 34th Div

Online War Photo Album

34th Division Arm Patch

WW1

Blencoe Claude, 1892, Martin, Minnesota, 1st Lieutenant, Coy E, 136th Infantry, 34th Div. AEF.

1916

The draft card states 1 year as Sergeant in Minnesota National Guard occupation Telegraphist

  • 23rd Jun. Volunteered for Army service.

  • Mexican border in 1916-17 with Co. E 2nd Minn. Inf. Martin
    County Soldiers in Pancho Villa’s raid on New Mexico, 1916
    Originally Compiled by Arthur M. Nelson; Transcribed by Charles Deutsch
    Co. E, 2nd Infantry, Minnesota National Guard, was called into Federal
    service on June 26, 1916. Claude H. Blencoe served with the rank of Corporal.

Note: The location on the border assigned Co. E and the rest of the Minnesota brigade,  which included besides the three infantry regiments, a regiment of field artillery, was llano Grande, Texas, a mere name on the map, there being no town or settlement at that place, although it was a railroad station. Llano Grande is only a half-day’s march from the Rio Grande River and located about 35 miles up that stream from, Brownsville, Texas. It is in the most southerly part of the mainland of the United States and its climate is semi-tropical. … It was the judgment of many that, anticipating as inevitable the participation of the United States in the European struggle, a primary object in the mobilization of the guard on the border was to train the troops for their part in later eventualities. Certain it is that in this respect the mobilization was worth all it cost the country and provided many thousands of the best officers and men in the vanguard of the forces sent to France in 1917 and 1918. … In the Minnesota brigade, there was no death from preventable sickness. In fact, in more than six months of service there were but live deaths in the brigade, three from appendicitis, one accidental, and one suicide. Demobilisation began in December 1917. The brigade was transported again to Ft. Snelling, Minn, where it was returned to its status of state troops. Co. E was formally mustered out of service on Jan. 24, 1917.3

1917

A Supply Sergeant with 2nd Minnesota Infantry Coy E which was the Fairmont Minn. Company and a volunteer unit. But in August the Co was disbanded and became Coy E, 136th Infantry, and was sent to New Mexico.

  • 15th Jul. Called to the federal service from National Guard at Fairmont. Minn

  • 25thAug. With the 34th Div. at Camp Cody, New Mexico where the Division stayed for a year. Promoted to Sergeant.

1918
  • 4th Jan. Assigned to 3rd Officers Training School at Leon Springs, Texas, graduating there as a 2nd Lieutenant on the 4“th June.

Blencoe, Claude Henry. First Lieutenant. Son of H. H. Blencoe, Fairmont, Minn. Born at Fairmont, Minn. on Aug. 29, 1892, where he resided when called to federal service from the National Guard at Fairmont. Minn. July 15, 1917, as private in the infantry.

Assigned to Co. E 136th Inf., 34th Div., at Camp Cody, N. M. Promoted sergeant and assigned to 3rd Officers Training School at Leon Springs, Texas,

  • 3rd May. El Paso Morning Times. ” Entire Class of 220 Men Now Awaiting Commissions; List of Fortunate Ones. – The list of graduates from the third officers’ training camp at Leon Springs, Texas, who have returned to Camp Cody and now are awaiting commissions, has been published by division headquarters. With the exception of those who were commissioned at the springs and left for other points; the entire 220 graduates arrived here a few days ago in charge of Sgt. Maj. Giles O. Kelly, 136th infantry. This division had 32 more graduates than any other at Leon Springs, and the record of the students was such that a congratulatory message was wired here by the camp commander. While awaiting their commissioners as second lieutenants, all the graduates who held lower ranks than sergeant have been appointed sergeants. The names of the graduates follow Harry T. Aines, Asdwirth, Alan A. Atchison, Donald B. Baker, and Wm. E. Barnes, Robt. W. Barrett, Walter B. Barry, John F. Bartman, Don. M. Beach, Abram Dean, Alfred A. Beckwith, Ivan M. Bengston, John Bentley, Eugene V. Black, Claude H. Blencoe, …”.4
  • 4th Jan. Graduated as 2nd Lieutenant..1
1919
  • Transferred to 3rd Replacement Regt. at Camp Pike, Ark. Transferred to 159th Depot Brigade at Camp Taylor, Ky. Assistant Camp Inspector at Camp Taylor.

  • 15th Jan. Discharged.

SOURCES
  1. Martin County in the World War, 1917-1919, Arthur Magnus Nelson (1920).
  2. Internet Archives -Photo.
  3. Roger Davis provided additional research.
  4. El Paso Times 1918.

MEDALS

Mexican border service large

Claude would have been awarded the Mexican Border Service Medal.

AFTER THE WAR

World War I bonus

Warrant number 6565: Blencoe, Claude H. Issued by Office of the Adjutant General of Minnesota

A 1919 Minnesota State Law authorized relief assistance payments for anyone who was a Minnesota resident at the time they entered into military or naval service associated with the United States in World War I (after 4/6/1917 but before 11/11/1918) and who received an honourable discharge. Payments were made until at least 1943.

Notes Forms part of Minnesota. Office of the Adjutant General. World War I bonus files and index.

1920 Census Fairmont Ward 3, Martin, Minnesota
  1. Henry Blencoe 57
  2. Hattie Blencoe 49
  3. Claude Blencoe 27
  4. Nina Blencoe 21
  5. Rita Blencoe 18
  6. Sydney Blencoe 15
  7. Laura Blencoe 11
  8. Alta Blencoe 7

Note: Claude H. Blencoe lodged at 3 Eleventh St. North. He was 29, single, born in Minnesota, and employed as a telegraph operator.

1921

University of Minnesota – Gopher Yearbook – 1921, Page 438. C. H. Blencoe is listed as a
member of The Commerce Club.

1930 Census West St Paul, Dakota, Minnesota
  1. Claude H Blencoe 37
  2. Hannah M Blencoe 32
  3. Gus H Blencoe 6
  4. Yvonne M Blencoe 4
  5. Matilde L Eggers 64
1950 Census

Claude H Blencoe Age 57 years with wife Hannah age 52 yrs son Gus H age 26 a Mail Handler at the Rail Co.
Event Date 12 April 1950
Event Place Billings Montana Temple, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States
Birth Year (Estimated) 1893
Birthplace Minnesota
Marital Status Mar, Occupation Office Agent, Industry Railroad Co1952 Widower, Billings, Montana

1952 Widower, Billings, Montana

Mrs. Johannah Marguerite Blencoe entry: The Billings Gazette; Thursday 3 Jul 1952; page 2, column 7; viewed at www.access.newspaperarchive.com 30 Apr 2014. Mrs Johannah Marguerite Blencoe, 54, wife of Claude H. Blencoe of 1215 Ninth street west, was found dead in her home early Wednesday, apparently the victim of a heart attack.
The body was discovered by a son, Gus H. Blencoe, a Northern Pacific railway employee, on his return home from work at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Blencoe had been under treatment recently for a heart ailment and it is believed she suffered the fatal attack shortly before midnight Tuesday. Her husband, an agent for the Chicago Northwestern railway here, was out of the city on a business trip. Born Johannah Marguerite Eggers on March 3, 1898, she married Mr. Blencoe at Pipestone, Minn. On Feb. 2, 1922. They moved to St. Paul, Minn. In 1928 and came to Billings in 1938. Mrs, Blencoe was a member of the First Presbyterian church. Besides the husband and son, a daughter, Mrs. D. E. Johnson of Elko, Nev., survives.
The body is at Smith’s funeral home., The Billings Gazette.

Death 1976 age 83 years.

20 Jul 1976 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana

Obituary

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 about Claude Blencoe

Name: Claude Blencoe; Gender: Male, Birth Date: 26 Aug 1892, Death Date: 20 Jul 1976, SSN: 701122845, Enlistment Date 1: 23 Jun 1916, Release Date 1: 14 Jan 1919, Branch 2: ARMY

Burial

Mountview Cemetery Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, USA PLOT Sec 1B, VET, Grave 126
Obituary The Billings Gazette 22nd July 1976

Claude H. Blencoe, 83, of 1215 9th St. W., died Tuesday at St. Vincent’s Hospital. He was born in Fairmont, Minn., the son of Mr and Mrs Henry Blencoe. He was raised and educated in the Fairmont area. During World War 1 he served in the U. S. Army. Following his discharge, he moved to Pipestone, Minn. He married Hannah Egger Feb. 22, 1922, in Pipestone. Mr Blencoe worked for the Chicago Northwestern Omaha Railroad in Pipestone and in 1928 was transferred to St. Paul, Minn. In 1939 he was transferred to Billings retiring in 1954. Mrs Blencoe died in 1952. He was a member of Masonic Lodge; Al Bedoo Shrine and American Legion Yellowstone Post No. 4. Survivors include on son, Gus H. Blencoe of 1215 9th St. W.; one brother, Sid Blencoe of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; three sisters, Mrs Ed Carlson of Creston, Iowa; Mrs. Bill Howes and Mrs Nina Niesz both of St. Paul, Minn and one grandson, Wayne Johnson of the family home. Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Friday in Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary. Burial with military honours will be in the soldier’s circle of Mountview Cemetery.

Gallery

Minnesota National Guard 1917
Henry’s Mother
Claude Henry Blencoe as a Baby
American Supply Sergeant uniform WW1
Mother in group far right
34th Infantry returned to the USA on USS Minnesota