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Essex BLAND's... help!
« on: Monday 12 July 04 21:56 BST (UK) »
Hi

Clutching at straws here but is there any one who can shed any light on the adoption by the Bland family of Tilbury, Essex of a son Eric Albert Theodore Bland in about 1914? 
The Bland family owned about 4 grocer shops in the Tilbury area including Sydney Road and St Chad's Road 1900 and 1960ish.  For a time they also lived in Stanford le Hope.  Mr and Mrs Bland also had 3 other children of their own Edward(Cycil)1900, Gwen 1901 and Archie 1903.
Rumour has it that Eric's birth mother may have been from Belgium.
I know it's a long time ago but I was wondering if it may have croped up in anyone else's tree somewhere.
Eric served with the RAF during WW2 and married Elsie Sparke from Liverpool.  They ran the St Chad's road shop for may years and had a son David.

Any info no matter how trivial will be most appreciated.

Thanks
Fraggle
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Re: Essex BLAND's... help!
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 18 July 04 19:31 BST (UK) »
Hi

I live in Canvey Island, Essex and know of a Bland family. Nothing more I can tell you except they are here!

good luck
cheers
Mark
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Re: Essex BLAND's... help!
« Reply #2 on: Friday 08 October 04 06:20 BST (UK) »
I have what I believe are Essex Blands-the matriarch was b. in Essex.
I only know just this bit;
Mr. Bland
m. Elizabeth Cross b. 13 May 1764 Colchester
children;
Henry Bland
Mary Bland m. William Pettitt

that's all I have. one assumes they are still alive in 1848, as they are mentioned in a will of Elizabeth's spinster sister.
names connected to them from the will or from the genealogy (or both)
Burnham, Cross, Bland, Clark, Waterfall, Jackson, Pettitt, Mayo, Cooper
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Airey Aitken Atkinson Alston Barr*tt Cross Freeman Gage Harlock Harris Hawkins Head Hudd Parker Peckover Pennington Rayner Richards Seaman Smith Smyth Waterfall

Elizabeth Burnham, Mary Church, John Davis Cooper, Hannah Cork, Aubrey Cross, Mary J. Docwra, Elizabeth Griffiths, Chas Halifax, John Head, Lavinia King, Mary & Martha Mayhew, Alfred Augustus Mayo, Wm Pettit, Hezekiah Richards, Martha Sewell, Rebecca Sidnell, Hannah Smith, Augustin Smyth, Annie Southan, Catherine Till/Tell, Fanny Watt
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