 Her brother, Edward Courtnay Francis "Paddy" Moore (1898–1918), had been killed in action in 1918.Born Maureen Daisy Helen Moore in Ireland, she lived with her mother and C.S.Lewis (who had a 33-year cohabitation with Maureen's mother, Janie King Moore (née Askins)) for 22 years, until 1940, when she married Leonard James Blake (died 1989).