1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find.  Irine HAMMER (æ 4, b. Apr 1896, MI) is living in Detroit (Ward 5), Wayne Co., MI (pp. 113B-114A), with her parents, John HAMMER (æ 42, b. Jan 1858, English Canada; immigrated 1872) & Annie (æ 39, b. Oct 1860, MI), plus siblings.

3.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Blaine CARRICO (æ 9, b. VA) living in Marion Dist., Smyth Co., VA, with his parents (q.v.).  Irene HAMMER (æ 14, b. MI) is living in the Village of Highland Park, Greenfield Twp., Wayne Co., MI (p. 61B), with her parents, John R. HAMMER (æ 53, b. CAN; immigrated 1869) & Anna (æ 49, b. MI), plus siblings.

4.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Blaine CARRICO (æ 18, b. VA) living in Marion Dist., Smyth Co., VA, with his grandmother and married aunt (q.v.).  Irene HAMMER (æ 23, b. MI) is living in Detroit City (Ward 6), Wayne Co., MI (p. 135B), with her parents, John HAMMER (æ 62, b. English Canada; parents born in Germany) & Annie (æ 59, b. MI; parents born in Germany), plus siblings.

5.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #75 of 86):  14811 Muirland Ave., Detroit City (Ward 12, Block 78, Pct. 34), Wayne Co., MI, Roll 1046, p. 27A, SN 38A, ED 82-1089, SD 20, enumerated 19 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1930:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	24	25	26	27	28	30	31
*	14811	31	31	Blaine Albert	Head	O	$6000	R	N	M	W	30	M	20	N	Y	VA	VA	VA	Y	Telephone Engineer	Public Utility	W	Y	Y	WW
				______ Irene R	Wife					F	W	34	M	23	N	Y	MI	Can-Eng	MI	Y	None
				______ Albert	Son					M	W	9	S		Y		VA	VA	MI		None
				______ John W	Son					M	W	7	S		Y		MI	VA	MI		None
*Muirland Ave

It doesn't make sense for son Albert to have been born in VA.

6.  SSDI:  Social Security Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com):

Name	Birth	Death	Last Residence	Last Benefit	SSN	Issued	Post-em
Albert BLAINE	16 Apr 1900	Oct 1966	48127 (Dearborn Heights, Wayne, MI)	(none specified)	363-07-3637	MI	No
Albert BLAINE	05 Nov 1920	Jun 1982	(not specified)	48084 (Troy, Oakland, MI)	379-18-6667	MI	No
John W BLAINE	26 Jun 1922	13 Sep 2004	48446 (Lapeer, Lapeer, MI)	(none specified)	374-12-6161	MI	No
Esther A BLAINE	18 Dec 1920	04 Dec 1999	48455 (Metamora, Lapeer, MI)	(none specified)	373-18-7457	MI	No

Irene not found.

7.  The Final Duty Station:  John W. Blaine (obituary online at MarineChat.com):  John W. BLAINE, son of Albert & Irene (HAMMER) BLAINE; first wife Esther (d. 1999); second wife Alba.  Served in the U.S. Marines during WWII; member Immaculate Conception Church.

8.  Email from descendant, which states:

"...we have the original name change document of my grandfather John W. Blaine from Detroit.  He signed the back of it John W. Carrico."

9.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com):  one file, had only SSN info for Albert Sr., so I added a Postem.

10.  One World Trees (online at Ancestry.com):  one file (same submitter as above), had only SSN info for Albert Sr., so I added his wife and children.

11.  Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com):  one file (same submitter as above), had only SSN info for Albert Sr.