Andrew Blake [abt.1776 - 1829] was born in
Waterford, the son of James Blake and Mary Walsh. He married Mary Galwey, the
daughter of Patrick Galwey and Mary Collins, in 1815. They had six children,
James Stanislaus, Patrick, Andrew, Francis A., John Aloysius and Grace. The
Blakes were Rope and Sail makers and had a Ship Chandlers on the Quays.
On the 26th January 1801 Andrew Blake, son
of James Blake of the City of Waterford Merchant, received the Freedom of the
County of the City of Waterford.
In 1821 Andrew Blake, 45, head shopkeeper,
May Blake, 30, wife, and James Blake, 5, were living at no 46 King Street.
(Census extracts Waterford).
Andrew Blake also owned a house and lands
at Ballinamona, New Jerpoint, County Kilkenny.
Andrew's eldest sons James and Patrick
attended Stoneyhurst College, Clitheroe, Lancashire. On the 12 March 1829 Andrew died in a coach
accident in Blackrock, County Dublin. Andrew and Mary had been returning from
Liverpool to Ireland after a visit to their two sons, James and Patrick, in
Stoneyhurst.
The
Waterford Chronicle. Tue, May 18th, 1829.
Melancholy
Accident.
It
becomes our painful duty to record an awful accident which proved fatal to Mr.
A. Blake, of Little George's-street, one of our respectable fellow citizens.
Mr. and Mrs Blake had been to see their children, who are placed at school in
England, and after landing at Kingstown last Saturday, on their return home,
were proceeding to Dublin by the coach, which, in making the turn of the road
at Temple-hill, near the Black Rock, unfortunately upset, and melancholy to
relate, Mr. Blake, who sat on the outside, was so severely injured, that he
expired almost immediately. Mrs Blake also received some slight contusions; but
we regret to learn that she is suffering much from the awful nature of the accident,
and from the pressure of severe affliction. Of fourteen other passengers in and
on the coach at the time, twelve were more or less injured. The remains of Mr.
Blake arrived in this City between two and three o'clock this morning.
In his will Andrew left the lands of
Ballynamona, County Kilkenny to his eldest son James Blake. Provision was made
for his wife Mary, and the younger children.
Michael Farrell, a faithful, honest and an attentive servant for upwards
of thirty years, was left the yearly
sum of thirteen pounds.
After Andrew's death, James and Patrick
were removed from Stoneyhurst. Mary Galwey married again, to Robert Joseph
O'Brien. She is buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cork.
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