George Thomas Blackney 1882 - 1938

George Thomas Blackney of Footscray, City of Maribyrnong County, VIC Australia was born in 1882 in Benalla, Benalla Rural City County to Mary Jane (Bateman) Blackney and James Atkinson Bell Blackney. George Blackney had siblings Sarah Ann (Bell) West, Lucy Melinda Blackney, Agnes Bell, Ethel Maud Blackney, Henry "Harry" Joesph Blackney, and May Cohen Blackney. He married Elizabeth Frances (Gillies) Blackney in 1905. They had children Eileen Mary Blackney, Vera Dorothy Blackney, Clarence Henry Blackney, Norman John Blackney, Linda Frances Blackney, and Desmond Thomas Blackney. He also married Adelaide Brice Ragatz in 1927. George Blackney died at age 55 years old on July 31, 1938 in Footscray, City of Maribyrnong County.