Blanche E. Dudgeon
b. 22 September 1877, d. 16 February 1954
- Father: Adam George Dudgeon b. 7 February 1829, d. 10 October 1909
- Mother: Charlotte Maria Foster b. 8 February 1839, d. 8 September 1910
- Blanche E. Dudgeon was born on 22 September 1877 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, at 62 Chestnut.
- Adam George Dudgeon and Charlotte Maria Foster appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, at 64 Chestnut Street. Other members of the household included Blanche E. Dudgeon, Florence M. Dudgeon, Hattie Eleanor Dudgeon and Foster Oran Dudgeon. Also in the household was lodger Lydia Hill, a dressmaker, age 28.
- Adam George Dudgeon and Charlotte Maria Foster appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, at 98 Chestnut Street. Other members of the household included Blanche E. Dudgeon, Hattie Eleanor Dudgeon and Foster Oran Dudgeon.
- Charlotte Maria Foster appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ontario, Canada, at 1244 Chester Avenue. Other members of the household included Blanche E. Dudgeon, Hattie Eleanor Dudgeon.
- She was employed in an office as a bookkeeper, according to the 1910 census.
- She married Mileham H. Lewis in 1917.
- Blanche E. Dudgeon died on 16 February 1954 at age 76.
- Mileham H. Lewis became a widower at her death.
- She was interred at Lake View, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
- The following appeared on 18 February 1954 in the Cleveland Plain Dealer: Mrs. Blanche Dudgeon Lewis, lifelong Clevelander, will be buried in Lake View Cemetery after services at 2 p. m. today in St. Martin's Chapel of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights. Friends may call at the J. H. Brown-Son & Forward funeral home, 17022 Kinsman Road S. E.
She died late Tuesday in her home, 1383 Edendale Avenue, Cleveland Heights.
Mrs. Lewis was born in a house which was situated on Chester Avenue N. E. in the rear of the present Sterling-Lindner-Davis store. She was a graduate of old Rockwell School.
For many years she had been a member of St. Paul's Church and of its Brooks Society.
In 1917 she was married to Mileham Lewis. He is a retired veteran of 42 years in the accounting department of the Standard Oil Co. of Ohio. Surviving her besides him are a sister and a brother.
- Last Edited: 17 Jun 2012