John Fredrick Blanck was born July 4, 1915 at 107 Willow Avenue in Hoboken to Louis Blanck, age 27, laborer, born in Hoboken and Gertrude Kettler, age 26, born in Brooklyn, the third of three children by this marriage (New Jersey birth certificate)

1930 Census

With his parents in Union city. See Louie Blanck

High School Graduation

John graduated from Emerson High School in Union City in 1934 (From his US Army papers).

Social Security Card Application

John Joseph Blanck, age 21, applied for his social security card on November 24, 1936. He listed his address as 1122 Hudson Street, Hoboken, and his employer as Keuffel and Esser Company at 300 Adams Street in Hoboken. Social Security Number 140-01-0856.

Marriage of John Blanck and Alice Azarian

John Blanck married Alice Azarian in the First Baptist Church in Hoboken, New Jersey on June 3, 1941. The marriage certificate listed John, age 24, born on July 4, 1916, living at 1108 Washington St., Hoboken, occupation, Asst. Manager at Keffel (sic) and Esser, father's name, Lewis, mother's name, Gertrude Kettler. The marriage certificate listed Alice Azarian, age 25, born on December 8, 1915 in Istanbul, Turkey, living at 210 Palisade Avenue, Union City, New Jersey, father's name, Abraham, mother's name, Lucy Arevian. The marriage was performed by the Reverent William E. Cusworth, pastor of the First Baptist Church, address 1233 Bloomfield St. It was witnessed by Dorothy Blanck and Louis Blanck, both at 1108 Washington Street, Hoboken.

Note: John was really a year older than stated.

Children of John Blanck and Alice Azarian Blanck

1. Denis Blanck was born on June 3, 1943 in St. Mary's Hospital in Hoboken, New Jersey.

2. Thomas Joseph Blanck was born at 8:29 P.M. on June 9, 1944, in St. Mary's Hospital in Hoboken, New Jersey. Weight at birth 6 pounds, 15 3/4 oz. Dr. Eugene M. Kiely was the physician.

   At one month he weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz., at 3 months he weighed, 13 lbs., 8 oz., at 6 months he weighed 20 lbs., at 7 months he weighed 22 lbs. and at 8 months he weighed 23 lbs.

   He first stood erect in January 1946. He first walked around the playpen in February 1945. His first words in January 1945 were "ba-ba" and "ma-ma".

   The baptismal certificate states that, Thomas Joseph Blanck the son of John Joseph Blanck and Alice Azarian, born in Jersey city, New Jersey on June 9, 1944 was baptized in At. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church in Union City on July 28, 1944. Sponsors were Anthony Iorio and Mary Iorio.

John Blanck's Military Service

Addresses

John and Alice lived at the following addresses:

• December 1944 to August 1945 (approximate dates), 12 Cooper Place, Weehawken
• 1946 to 1950 (approximate dates), 155 Edgar Street, Weehawken
• Standish Avenue,Hackensack

Death of John Blanck

John Blanck died on September 3, 1976 in Belmar New Jersey of a heart attack. He was buried in St. Catherine's Cemetery in Springlake Heights, New Jersey.

Death of Alice Azarian Blanck

Alice Azarian Blanck died in Baltimore, Maryland of heart failure on May 25, 1991. She had been ill with cancer. She was buried at St. Catherine's Cemetery in Springlake Heights, New Jersey.

Denis

Denis married Leona Kirk. They had:

1. Suzanne born February, 1972.

Tom

Thomas Blanck married Marguerite (Maggie) Land on August 19th at St. Vincent's Roman Catholic Church in Madison, New Jersey.

Thomas Joseph John Blanck and Maggie Land Blanck had:

1. Damian John Blanck born in Philadelphia Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa. on September 21, 1971.

2. Tobias Anthony Blanck (Toby) was born in Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland on May 26, 1973.

   Tobias married Ticia Bouchat on August, 15, 1998 in Bally, Pennsylvania.

3. Sebastian Joseph Blanck was born in Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Conn. on July 18, 1976.