Malcolm Edward Blinks
1889-1975
Father Nm: Alfred Ernest 1859-1948; Oldest known Ancestor – Samuel Blinks 1753 Tenterden Kent.
Mother Nm: Katherine Kitty Bowman 1863.
Marriage Dt: 8 May 1929 Buffalo New York
K comments: Brother Albion served in the US Army in WW1 and US Navy in WW2.
Spouse comments: Lillian Mary Russell 1898-1984.
Children:
Birth Date: 06 Aug 1889
1900 Census Marion Township, Linn, Iowa
- Head A E Blinks M 41 Illinois
- Wife Catharine Blinks F 33 Iowa
- Son Malcolm Blinks M 30 Iowa
- Son Roscoe Blinks M 9 Iowa
- Son Alben Blinks M 2 Iowa
1910 Census Marion Linn Iowa
- Alfred L Blinks M 51y Illinois
- Kathy Blinks F 43y Iowa
- Malcolm E Blinks M 21y Iowa Labourer
- Roscoe Blinks M 18y Iowa
- Albion Blinks M 12y Iowa
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| US Navy |
WW1
Blinks Malcolm Edward, 1889, Iowa, MM1C, Instructor Turbine School US Navy.
1911
- Enlisted US Navy 30th Jun 1911
1915
- Recorded Machinist Mate 1st Cl traveling on American Freighter SS Sherman from Honolulu to San Francisco.
Note:
1917
- 6th May. Drafted already an MM1C – Machinist Mate 1st Class served four years with the Navy.
1919
- Listed as a Lieutenant at Navy School Of Turbine Engineering at Carnegie College of Engineering Pittsburgh.
Sources
- U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
After the War
1930 Census Mount Lebanon, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Malcolm in this census confirms he is a WW1 veteran, his profession is now specified as Chemist even though in 1940 he is again Field Engineer at Steelworks
- Head Malcolm E Blinks M 41 Iowa
- Wife Lillian Blinks F 32 Ohio
1940 Census Ward 3, Steubenville City, Jefferson, Ohio
- Head Malcolm Blinks M 45 Iowa Field Engineer, Steelworks.
- Wife Lillian Blinks F 41 Ohio
- Lodger Sally Lawrence F 35 Tennessee
Death 5 May 1975 age 86 years.
Social Security Number: 276-10-1511
State: Ohio, Last Place of Residence: Jefferson, Ohio.
Burial Place: Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, USA.
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