Author talk:Blanche Verna Fisher

Sources

Name: Blanche Fisher Wright
Title: Childhood in Poetry; Childhood in Poetry
Title Pen: 0373; 0374
Title Code: ChhPo; ChhPo S1
Accession Number: 5080903

Source:

• Childhood in Poetry. A catalogue, with biographical and critical annotations, of the books of English and American poets comprising the Shaw Childhood in Poetry Collection in the Library of the Florida State University. First edition. By John Mackay Shaw. Detroit: Gale Research, 1967. (ChhPo)
• Childhood in Poetry. A catalogue, with biographical and critical annotations, of the books of English and American poets comprising the Shaw Childhood in Poetry Collection in the Library of the Florida State University. First Supplement. By John Mackay Shaw. Detroit: Gale Research, 1972. (ChhPo S1)

Census

• 1915 New York

Name: Blanche F Wright, illustrator
Birth Year: abt 1887
Birth Place: United States
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Residence Place: New Castle, Westchester
Relationship: Wife
Color or Race: White
Assembly District: 04
House Number: Rd
Line Number: 39
Page Number: 30
Household Members:
Name Age
Arthur K Wright 30, literary
Blanche F Wright 28
Maud Holman 22

• 1900 USA

(this is unconfirmed, though something that matches criteria well)

Name: Blanche Fisher
Age: 12
Birth Date: Jun 1887
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Home in 1900: Milwaukee Ward 19, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ward of City: 19th
Street: 35th Street
House Number: 656
Sheet Number: 10
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 163
Family Number: 202
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital status: Single
Father's name: Charles Fisher
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's name: Rose Fisher
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: At School
Attended School: 10
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: No
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Fisher 38
Rose Fisher 36
Blanche Fisher 12
Lola Fisher 11
Charles D Fisher 8

• 1930 USA

Name: Blanche Laite
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA
Map of Home: View Map
Street address: Highland Ave
Ward of City: 4
Block: 224
House Number: 85
Dwelling Number: 13
Family Number: 35
Age at first Marriage: 32
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Laite 46, actor, born England
Blanche Laite 43, no occupation
Gordon Laite 4
Anne Gayan 28
Clara Gayan 8

Directory

• New York, New York, City Directory, 1922

Name: Blanche F Laite

Residence Year: 1922 Street address: Do Residence Place: New York, New York, USA Occupation: Artist

Publication Title: New York, New York, City Directory, 1922

Passenger

• Year: 1928; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 4261; Line: 23; Page Number: 120

Name: Blanche Laite, Artist
Arrival Date: 7 May 1928
Birth Location: United States of America
Birth Location Other: manitowes, wisconsin (presumably Manitowoc)
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Le Havre
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: De Grasse