I am researching my family of the following.
Martha Ellen mar Francis (Frank) Bland in ILL. Moved in abt 1872/3 to Lewis Co Wa.
John died in a Mill Accident at Grants Pass , Or in 1877. Martha Bland then mar Wm.
Griffis.
2nd Child of Martha and Frank Bland.
.2...John Hamilton Bland b 16 Apr 1874, Little Falls, (now Vadar) Lewis Co Wa. mar.
27 Mar 1897 to Anna Mae Carlson b abt 1875 to abt 1885??- she died 21 May 1961.
John Hamilton died 11 Feb 1928 in Everett, Wa. Un known when he moved to Everett, Wa.
or if any children were born tthere or in Lewis Co Wa. at this time. I beleive some Bland
descendants still remain in SW Wa.
Children;
1..infant son Oct . 1897 premature birth/died.
2,,Anna Mae b 2 Dec 1898 nar Alfred Valentine Berg 10 Jun 1920.
3..Edna (Lowida ?) b Oct 1900, d at 7 days old in 1900.
4..Clyde Wendell b 26 Feb 1903 Skamokawa, d 1950, L. A, California.
John and Anna Mae div. Aug 1905.
John mar. Gerda Peterson abt Mar 1906. she died 1 May 1953.
children of John H. and Gerda.
5..Clyde Irving b 17 Dec1906,
6..Lillian Marie b15 Sep 1908, d 24 Sep 1970, mar Art Wester ?.
7..Hazel Evelyn b 11 Aug 1910 d abt 1934 mar ____Valenges no issue
8..Russell Hamilton b 23 Jan 1914
9..Harold Otis b 17 Dec 1916/17 ? on day. d 16 Aug 1969.
the Sister of John Hamilton Bland was;
Nora Bland b 1873 d in 1903/4 mar Frank Worthington. no more known of these two
and family.
Any help is much appreciated.
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William A.
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