Community activist.
Born at Winnipeg on 22 January 1914, eldest son of Irish immigrants Raymond (William?) Blake-Knox and Teresa Murphy, he published the Grand Beach Spotlight for 30 years and was a Ward 6 councillor for the RM of St. Clements. He also operated Harry's Hide-Out at Grand Marais. On 21 May 1938, he married Florence Elizabeth “Betty” Lester (1915-2006) in the RM of East Kildonan and they had two sons and two daughters. In recognition of his community service, he received a 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation Medal (1992). He died at Pine Falls on 6 January 1998 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Grand Marais Community Central (Grand Marais, RM of St. Clements)
Birth registration [Harry Blake-Knox], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
Marriage registration [Harry Blake-Knox, Florence Elizabeth Lester], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 8 January 1998, page 33.
Harry Blake-Knox, FindAGrave.
Florence Elizabeth “Betty” Lester Blake-Knox, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Glen Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 December 2024
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