Hello,
Need assistance with finding the death record for James Blanch(e). Time frame: 1797-1799.
Can someone provide me some clues/suggestions where to check for his death record?
Here is what I know about James BLANCHE.
James BLANCHE married Nancy Ann BROWN(E) on 12 November 1776 in Saint Mary Parish, Middlesex county, Islington borough. It was listed he was a member of the parish.
His occupation was a HOSIER and their home was at 417 Strand, 1777 to 1784.
James' wife, Nancy Ann, has a brother, John Browne. In John Browne's will, dated 8 June 1799, it listed his sister Nancy/Ann Blanche as a widow. In Nancy Ann's father's will, dated 22 February 1797, Nancy/Ann was not listed as a widow.
In the London Gazette, dated 11 June 1880, there is a legal notice for Frances Swaile Fitzgerald, James and Nancy/Ann's 7th child, and it lists that her parents resided in Perth in Scotland where when Nancy/Ann Blanch became a widow, was living in and sometime before 1807, she resided in Lambeth-walk, Surrey and died in Surrey shortly before November 1827.
Why James and Nancy/Ann moved to Perth - I believe their daughter, Catherine, and Catherine's husband Lieutenant Henry HANSON were stationed in Perth and the Hanson's had twins, Mary and Henry HANSON, born 29 March 1806 and Mary was baptised 16 April 1806; could not locate a baptism for twin brother, Henry.
At St. Martin-in-the-Fields parish James and Nancy/Ann baptised their children:
1) Nancy Blanche, born 4 Sep 1777, buried there 16 Oct 1777
2) James Blanche, born 4 Sep 1778 (yes, same day only a year apart); died before Aug 1838; wife unknown; daughter Fanny Blanche
3) Henry Blanche, born 3 Jan 1800; buried there 17 Oct 1780
4) Catherine Blanche, born 13 Feb 1781, died 16 May 1832; married Henry Hanson and have 11 children
5) Maria Blanche, born 21 Aug 1783; no additional data
6) William Henry, born 6 Aug 1785; no additional data
At Saint James Parish, Westminster
7) Frances Swaile Blanche, born 28 Aug 1787; died March 1838; married Thomas Fitzgerald and have 3 children
8 ) John Blanche, born 6 Sep 1789; no addition data
9) Charles Blanche, born 17 Sep 1782; no additional data
At Saint Dunstan-in-the-East, London
10) Hannah Blanche, born 19 Jun 1794; Christening 10 September 1800; married William Thomas Woodham and have 3 children.
Hannah's christening listed Jas and Nancy BLANCH as her parents but Nancy/Ann was a widow in 1799 - would the record indicate the father as deceased? I have not actually seen the baptism record, just the digital details.
I am a direct line descendant from James Blanch(e) and Nancy/Ann Browne and this is one of my brick walls.
Any assistance on what avenues to review to find James' death details will be greatly appreciated.
Rob van Haastert