Notes for Jerome BLEEKMAN


Cincinnati The Queen City : 1788-1912, Charles Frederic Goss, S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1912 John Eben Bleekman
“Mr. Bleekman is a native of Stratford, Fulton County, New York, born in 1866, a son of Jerome and Henrietta (Sixbey) Bleekman. The father was graduated at Troy Polytechnic Institute as a civil engineer and surveyed the “north woods county” for the state of New York many years ago, when a large part of that region was a wilderness. Subsequently he removed with his family to Fort Wayne, Indiana, and it was in the public schools of this city that John E. Bleekman received his preliminary education…..”
“In 1899, Mr. Bleekman was married to Miss Lenore Randall, of Chicago, Illinois.”

1870 census, Stratford, Fulton Co., NY page 335
Bleekman, Jerome age 39 deals in lumber b. NY
Henrietta age 24 keeping house b. NY
Arthur age 10 b. NY
Addy age 6 b. NY
Johnny age 4 b. NY
Livingston James C. age 19 b. NY

1880 census, 2nd Ward, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana
Jerome Bleekman Self M Male W 50 NY Lumber Dealer CT CT
Henrietta BLEEKMAN Wife M Female W 45 NY Keeps House NY NY
Ada BLEEKMAN Dau S Female W 16 NY NY NY
John BLEEKMAN Son S Male W 14 NY NY NY
Ernest BLEEKMAN Nephew S Male W 25 OH Retail Grocer NY NY
Jennie HENRY Other S Female W 21 OH Servant --- ---
Sallie SIEBY MotherL W Female W 70 NY


Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920
Name: Jerome Bleekman
Date: 22 Jul 1912
LOCATION: Fort Wayne
Age: 81 yr
Gender: Male
Race: White
Source Location: City Health Office, Fort Wayne
Source Notes: The source of this record is the book CH-7 on page 35 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.
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