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Blake family
Current regionOntario, Canada
Place of originGalway, Ireland

The Blake family of Ontario, Canada is a prominent family of politicians, lawyers, historians and clergymen that traces it origins to County Wicklow, Ireland. The Reverend Dominick Edward Blake belonged to an ancient and influential Anglo-Irish family that had been one of the 14 Tribes of Galway.[1] He married Anne Hume of Humewood Castle, and their sons Dominick Edward and William Hume were both educated at Trinity College before immigrating to Upper Canada in 1832. Dominick was an Anglican clergyman who was instrumental in shaping the structure of Church of England in Canada. William became a successful lawyer, and later involved himself in politics as a Reformer. His loyalty to the government during the Upper Canada Rebellion made him a valuable ally to the Reformers in their advocacy for responsible government, and by the 1840s he had emerged as an important leader within the movement. In 1848, he was elected to the 3rd Parliament of the Province of Canada as a Reformer.

William Hume Blake was the father of Edward Blake, who served as Premier of Ontario from 1871 to 1872

Family members[edit]


  • William Goudie
    • John Goldie (1793-1886) m. Margaret Smith (1791-1878), daughter of James Smith (c. 1763-1848)
      • Elizabeth Goldie
      • John Goldie (1822-1896) m. Margaret Rogers (1838-1920)
        • Alexander R. Goldie (1873-1951) m. Norah Gibson (1874-1906)
          • Mary Goldie CVO (1906-1993)
      • James Goldie (1824-1912) m. Frances Owen (1824-1908)
      • William Goldie (1826-1862)
      • Jean Goldie (1827-1862) m. Andrew McEwan (1814-1910)
      • Margaret Goldie (1830-1913) m. William Caven (1830-1904)
      • David Goldie (1832-1894)
      • Mary Goldie (1834-1911) m. Andrew McIlwraith (1831-1891), brother of Thomas McIlwraith (1824-1903)
    • David Goudie (1809-1846)
      • Jeannie Goldie (1838-1911)


  • James L. Kilgour (1812-1893) m. (1) Anne Morton (1807-1854) m. (2) Mary Thomson (1826-1866) m. (3) Elizabeth Mitchell (1831-1881)
    • John W. Kilgour (1840-1920) m. Sophia Oliphant (1843-1926), cousin of Peter Talbot
      • James Frederick Kilgour (1874-1931), m. Geills Marie Christie McCrae (1878-1933), sister of John McCrae (1872-1918)
      • Annie Willa Kilgour (1876-1951), m. Walter E. Buckingham (1871-1949), son of William Buckingham (1832-1915)
        • Alice Kilgour Buckingham (1901-1994)
        • John Robert Buckingham (1903-1915)
        • Sophia Oliphant Buckingham (1907-1991), m. Richard Becher Hungerford (1905-1995)
        • Peter William Buckingham (1919-1919)
      • David Errett Kilgour (1878-1946), m. (1) Olive Sheppard (1882-1916), daughter of Edmund E. Sheppard (1855-1924), m. (2) Esther Goldie (1882-1978)
        • Edmund David Kilgour (1905-1906)
        • Alexander Kilgour (1907-2001)
        • Mary Olive Sophia Kilgour (1912-2007)
        • John Sheppard Kilgour (1915-1982)
        • David Goldie Kilgour (1922-2002)
        • Esther Goldie Kilgour (1927-2015), m. William Williams (1927-2011)
      • Mary Edith Kilgour (1883-1980), m. James Watson Bain (1875-1964)
    • William J. Kilgour (1850-1921), m. Jennie McEdwards (1858-1943)
      • Willa Edna Kilgour (1886-1976), m. Irvine Schroder (d. 1942)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Biography – BLAKE, WILLIAM HUME – Volume IX (1861-1870) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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