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07-Claude James Blankenship
Birth: 27 Dec 1898, Monon, White Co, IN?
Death: 4 Feb 1986, Tekamah, Burt Co, NE- age 87
Burial 7 Feb 1986, Tekamah Cemetery
Occupation: Farmer, SSN: 508-40-6029/NE
Father: James Montague Blankenship

Marriage: 15 Jan 1924, Onawa, Monona Co, IA
Spouse: Gladys Bertie KELLY
Birth: 5 Sep 1908
Death: 13 Dec 2004, Tekamah, Burt Co, NE- age 96

Burial: Tekamah Cemetery
Occupation: SSN: 507-46-0060/NE
[DG photo, from left Claudine, Donna, & Jim]

     CHILDREN: Claude and Gladys had eight children:
08----CLAUDINE ALICE BLANKENSHIP [b. 7 Apr 1925], m.

Kermit P HANSEN, had five children:
     09----BRADLEY K HANSEN [b. May 1949], m. Sarah ___, had son:
          10----ALEX K HANSEN;
     09----LINDA J HANSEN [b. Mar 1951], m. Granton LARSON, had two daughters:
          10----ANNA L J LARSON; and
          10----KATHERINE E LARSON;
     09----CONNIE L HANSEN [b. Jul 1954], m. Mark A MILELSON, had four children;
     09----CAROL ANN HANSEN [b. 1960];
     09----MARCIA L HANSEN [b. 1965];
08----JAMES GORDON BLANKENSHIP [b. 17 Jul 1927], was in US Navy, WW2, m. Joan Faye JOHNSON, had five children:
     09----SANDRA KAY BLANKENSHIP [b. Dec 1949], m. Samuel TOWERS, had two children:
     09----JAMES STEVEN BLANKENSHIP [b. Jun 1951], m. Chris LORENZINI;
     09----TERRY MICHAEL BLANKENSHIP [b. 20 Jun 1956, Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI;  d. 18 Feb 2005, Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI- age 48, bur. Hicks Cemetery], a graduate of Pennfield High School, Pennfield?, MI;
     09----JOSEPH CLAUDE BLANKENSHIP [b. 13 Nov 1958; d. shortly after birth];
     09----CONNIE RAE BLANKENSHIP [b. Jun 1960], m. Rick SVELLER, had son;
08----DONNA MAE BLANKENSHIP [b. 9 Sep 1929], m. Jack PALMER;
08----ELINOR GLADYS BLANKENSHIP [b. 15 Aug 1931], m. Boyd RAY, had five children;
08----GLORIA KAYE BLANKENSHIP [b. 24 Nov 1934], m. James G HALL, had three children;
08----KELLY CLAUDE BLANKENSHIP [b. 8 Mar 1937​; d. 2 Jun 2006- age 69, bur. Tekamah Cemetery] m. Shirley Jean ANDREWS, had two sons; 
08----JANET MARIE BLANKENSHIP [b. 19 Mar 1940], m. Christopher D "Dee" STILLMAN, had three children;
08----TED "TEDDY" KENT BLANKENSHIP [b. 28 Oct 1944, d. Jan 2020- age75], a Marine Engineer, m. Laura Jane MELIA [b. Dec 1943, Baltimore, MD].

     CENSUS:
     1930 Cuming City Twp, Washington Co, NE census: has (all but Claud and Ray b. NE) Claud Blankenship 30, b. IN; Gladis Blankenship 21; Claudine Blankenship 4-11/12; James Blankenship 2-4/12; Donna Blankenship <1; and Ray Blankenship 19, b. IN (Brother).
     1940 Decatur Twp, Burt Co, NE census: has (all but Claude b. NE) Claude Blankenship 41, b. IN, Farmer-Farm; Gladys Blankenship 30; Claudine Blankenship 14; Jim Blankenship 12; Donne Mae Blankenship 10; Elinor Blankenship 8; Gloria Blankenship 5; Kelley Blankenship 3; and Janet Blankenship.

     1950 Woodbury Co, IA Census: has (all but Claude b. NE) Claude J Blankenship 52, b. IN;  Glady B Blankenship 42; Gloria K Blankenship 15; Kelly Blankenship 12; Janet M Blankenship 9; and Teddy K Blankenship 5.