Photos – Chapter 7:  Other Blackledge Families

Clara Eunice Lloyd: Clara was later to marry Lawrence Blackledge [46].  Here Clara is shown in two series of photos at roughly 14 years of age.

Clara with parents:   Clara Eunice Lloyd married Lawrence Blackledge [46] in Sep 1915.  Here Clara is shown at upper left, in back row with her brother.  Her parents are in front.  Compare with the photo of her father (below).

Father of Clara:   (middle is detail from group shot at right).  Identity of the group is unknown.

Ethel Sara Hale:  Ethel Sara Hale was later to marry Walter Lloyd Blackledge [109] in 1960.  Here Ethel is shown  (at left) in the Alps in 1946, at about 26 years of age, and  (at center) boarding a  plane on her way to Dublin, 1946, and (at right) In Austrian-German mountains in a cart, c. 1947.

Ethel Sarah Hale:  Ethel c.1980 (at left) with sons Walter Lloyd Blackledge Jr. [192] at left, and Lawrence Allen "Larry" Blackledge [193] at right, in front of their Alton, IL home.

Lawrence Blackledge:   Lawrence [46] photographed near the Grand Canyon in 1957 at age ~ 69.       (center photo)  Marriage photo of  Lawrence with spouse Clara Eunice Lloyd, c. 1915.

Lawrence with son Walter:  Walter was born 6 Sep 1919.   (photo at left) c. 1920     (photo at right) c. 1922.  See next two photos of Walter, just below.

Walter With Mother:  Walter Lloyd Blackledge [109] c. 1923 in Moline, IL with mother Clara Eunice Lloyd Blackledge.   Note these two photos were taken on same day as the (somewhat blurry) photo of Walter and father Lawrence shown in panel above.

Lawrence in working group:  Lawrence Blackledge [46] is in this group shot, front row, third from right, taken in Moline, IL, c. 1920.    (detail at right)  Lawrence with son Walter:   Walter [109] (at left) and father Lawrence [46] in Los Angeles, CA in 1957.  At age 69, Lawrence took this trip out to see his son Walter and (see photo above) stopped at the Grand Canyon on the way.

Trolley Car, 1920:   Trolley car shown c. 1920 in Rock Island, IL.  Note front of trolley and store sign in background say “Rock Island.”

Walter At  Chicago Expo:   Walter Lloyd Blackledge [109] at about 14 years of age in series from the International Expo, 1933.

Lawrence at work:  Lawrence Blackledge [46] who worked as a chauffeur for Deere & Co., shown here in John Deere's Limo, c. 1920.

baby Walter and family:   Walter is the babe in the center foreground, his father Lawrence is to the left reaching for his hat.  Clara's father is kneeling behind his grandson, with his wife's hand on his right shoulder.  Photo c. 1920.

Walter as youngster:   Walter Lloyd Blackledge [109] b. 1919, shown c.1922 and  (photo at center) in 1927.  Buster Brown was in:   Walter Lloyd Blackledge [109] (photo at right) with Buster Brown haircut, Moline, IL, C. 1923.

New Generation:  Walter Lloyd Blackledge Jr. [192] at home, Alton, IL, Fall 1961. Brothers Larry [193] and Walter Jr. [192] on vacation in Florida, 1974.  Walter and Ethel:   Walter Lloyd Blackledge and spouse Ethel Sarah Hale, on vacation in 1974 at Sea World in Florida.

Wedding in Maui:   - Larry and Hiroe's wedding, 23 March 2008, in Maui, Hawaii:  (left to right)  Walter Lloyd Blackledge [192], little Anna Nichole Blackledge [330], Lawrence Allen Blackledge [193], Hiroe Ando Blackledge, and Devin Andrew Blackledge [331].

In Beijing:  China, 31 July 2011:  Hiroe Ando Blackledge, Devin Andrew Blackledge [331], Lawrence Allen Blackledge [193].

In Beijing:  At the Great Wall in China, 31 July 2011:  Devin Andrew Blackledge [331], Lawrence Allen Blackledge [193], Hiroe Ando Blackledge.   Summer Theatre: (middle photo)  Anna Nichole Blackledge [330] in summer workshop play at Southern Illinois University, 2012.  Larry:  (photo at right)  Lawrence Allen "Larry" Blackledge [193] provided most of the photos on this page.