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Eleanor Alice <I>Clare</I> Blow

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Eleanor Alice Clare Blow

Birth
Greater London, England
Death
31 Aug 1925 (aged 70)
Rose Bay, Woollahra Municipality, New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Vaucluse, Waverley Council, New South Wales, Australia GPS-Latitude: -33.8578308, Longitude: 151.2821717
Plot
General Section K, Row 5, Grave 408
Memorial ID
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Death notice, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 September 1925:

BLOW.-August 31, 1925, at 4.10 a.m., at her residence, Cosham, 414 New South Head-road, Rose Bay, Eleanor Alice Blow, formerly State president of W.C.T.U., of N.S.W., dearly loved wife of Mark Blow, aged 70 years.

Funeral notices, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 September 1925:

BLOW.-The Friends of Mr. MARK BLOW are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of his dearly loved WIFE, Alice, to leave The Methodist Church, Old South Head-road and Dover-road, Rose Bay, THIS (Wednesday) AFTERNOON, immediately after service, commencing at 3 p.m, for South Head Cemetery. Motor funeral.

W. CARTER, Undertaker, Waverley.

BLOW.-The Members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of the late Mrs. MARK BLOW. Service in the Methodist Church, Rose Bay, TO-DAY, 3 p.m.

Eleanor Alice Clare was born at London England on the 3rd of May 1855. She was the daughter of Job Clare, one of the first to help the Reverend W. Booth in his Whitechapel Mission, which in turn led to the formation of the Salvation Army.

Eleanor married Mark Blow at Portsea in 1879.

Mrs. Blow was a local preacher in the Methodist Church for over 40 years, and a class leader for over 20 years. She was for many years the State Treasurer of the Women's Auxiliary of the Methodist Foreign Missionary Society. She was also on the Committee of the Prisoner's Aid Society and a constant visitor to women prisoners.

"I was in Prison and ye visited me".

Eleanor was for five years the President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of New South Wales.


Death notice, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 September 1925:

BLOW.-August 31, 1925, at 4.10 a.m., at her residence, Cosham, 414 New South Head-road, Rose Bay, Eleanor Alice Blow, formerly State president of W.C.T.U., of N.S.W., dearly loved wife of Mark Blow, aged 70 years.

Funeral notices, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 September 1925:

BLOW.-The Friends of Mr. MARK BLOW are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of his dearly loved WIFE, Alice, to leave The Methodist Church, Old South Head-road and Dover-road, Rose Bay, THIS (Wednesday) AFTERNOON, immediately after service, commencing at 3 p.m, for South Head Cemetery. Motor funeral.

W. CARTER, Undertaker, Waverley.

BLOW.-The Members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of the late Mrs. MARK BLOW. Service in the Methodist Church, Rose Bay, TO-DAY, 3 p.m.

Eleanor Alice Clare was born at London England on the 3rd of May 1855. She was the daughter of Job Clare, one of the first to help the Reverend W. Booth in his Whitechapel Mission, which in turn led to the formation of the Salvation Army.

Eleanor married Mark Blow at Portsea in 1879.

Mrs. Blow was a local preacher in the Methodist Church for over 40 years, and a class leader for over 20 years. She was for many years the State Treasurer of the Women's Auxiliary of the Methodist Foreign Missionary Society. She was also on the Committee of the Prisoner's Aid Society and a constant visitor to women prisoners.

"I was in Prison and ye visited me".

Eleanor was for five years the President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of New South Wales.



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  • Added: Mar 16, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25328343/eleanor_alice-blow: accessed ), memorial page for Eleanor Alice Clare Blow (3 May 1855–31 Aug 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25328343, citing South Head Cemetery, Vaucluse, Waverley Council, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 46804615).