1950-1959, NY, Compiled by James W. Blankenship jkblank1(at)sbcglobal.net

SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi , NY, Transcribed by Jim @ Blankenshipweb.com

Blankenship, Harry 53, 04Aug1899 - ??Feb1953, (not specified), NY-050-07-2727

Bronx

+1950 Census, Bronx, NY, Apr 3, 2918 Bruckman Blvd., Top Floor.

Blankenship, Florence M. 26, W, F, Sep., NY, Head,

Florence M. Schwarz Ex-Wife of Joseph Eastburn Blankenship, Jr.

Blankenship, Joseph G. 05, W, M, S, NY, Son,

Blankenship, Florence G. 05, W, F, S, NY, Dau,

Sockor, August J. 39, W, M, M, NY, BrotherL,

Sockor, Claire R. 36, W, F, M, NY, Sister,

Schwarz, Margaret A. 21, W, F, S, NY, Sister,

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1955, Bronx, Bronx Co., NY, Death

Chicago Tribune (IL) - May 02, 1955

Schoolboy, 15, Shot to Death in Gang Error

New York, May 1 (Special)-- Teen-age gangsterism hit a sordid low yesterday with the slaying of a high school boy who found out the hard way that juvenile delinquency makes streets unsafe after dark. Shot down at 9 p.m. on a lighted street was William Blankenship Jr., 15, a sofomore in St. Michael's High school, who was strolling near his home with a classmate. The slayer, a young hoodlum, was captured by police after a few hours. He said it was all a mistake. He thought, when he fired, that Blankenship was a member of a rival teen-age gang, he said.

Find Gun in Home, The slayer is Frank Santana, 17, a student at the Bronx Haaran High school, and member of a Bronx teen-age gang known as the "Navajos." He confessed the fatal shooting after police located the death gun, an Italian Beretto automatic, in a lavatory tank in the bathroom of his home. Santana said he had been roughed up last week by members of another gang, the "Golden Guineas," and that he was carrying a gun to avenge the indignity. He had a dozen members of his gang with him when Blankenship came along on his way to the movies. "Are you a member of the Golden Guineas?" the teen-age gangsters demanded. Blankenship denied such membership but Santana's gun flashed in the hand of one of his cronies to whom he had lent it. Blankenship told the tough not to point the gun at him; Santana grabbed it from his wavering colleague and fired once.

"We're Whipped," Says Father, The bullet entered Blankenship 's left arm and pierced his heart. He fell dead. The hoodlums sped away, some on foot and some on bicycles. Blankenship 's father is a medical research director and Bronx civic leader who has grappled with the juvenile delinquency problem as president of the Brownwood advisory council. His son, a football player, had never run with gangs and had been permitted out of the house after 9 p.m. only on Fridays and Saturdays. "We're whipped," the father said. "We've been caught and crushed. We're going to leave the city."

After services tomorrow in a Bronx chapel he will move his family to a rural district in Pennsylvania, he said. PHOTO CAPTION: Blankenship (top) and Santana

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

Nassau

Farmingdale, Nassau Co., NY, Long Island Nat. Cem.,

2040 Wellwood Avenue, Zip 11735-1211, TX (631) 454-4949

Blankenship, Curtis W. Cpl USA, b. 01/28/1902, DOD 03/20/1959, Sec. T #2255

From: Don Blankenship donblank(at)earthlink.net