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I am new to Genes and my researching any family related to my great aunt clara born in 1902 and married William farrow in 1922. I have never known my fathers family and am keen to find any relatives from this side of my family

welcome to the boards Denise :-)

Can you give us a location? country, county, town?

Name Clara M Bland
Event Type Marriage Registration
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year 1922
Registration District Hackney
County London
Event Place Hackney, London, England
Spouse Name (available after 1911) Farrow
Volume 1B
Page 825
Line Number 147

Clara M Bland probably married one of the following people
Name William H Farrow

Name Clara Millicent Bland
Event Type Birth Registration
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year 1902
Registration District Islington
County London
Event Place Islington, London, England
Volume 1B
Page 390
Line Number 373

Name Clara Millicent Bland
Event Type Census
Event Date 1911
County London
Parish St John At Hackney
Sub-District Central Hackney
Registration District Hackney
Gender Female
Age 9
Birthplace Holloway London, London
Record Type Household

635-1/0/10263 BUNHILL FIELDS BURIAL GROUND 21-FEB-11 Bland family monument, South enclosure

GV II Headstone of the Bland Family, 1767

LOCATION: 532707.5, 182219.6

MATERIALS: Slate, its durability ensuring a clearly legible inscription.

DESCRIPTION: The headstone has a shaped top and an inscription on one side. It commemorates first Master Thomas Bland, died June 1767, aged 10 months, and then his mother Mrs Mary Bland, died December 1767, aged 26. Her epitaph reads: 'Here rests a woman, good and without pretence, / Blest with plain reason and with sober sense. / So unaffected, so compos'd a mind; / So firm, yet soft; so strong, yet so resign'd. / Heaven as its purest gold by tortures try'd, / The saint sustained it, but the woman dy'd.' Finally, it records the death of Mr Thomas Bland, Mary's husband, in 1777.

BLAND FAMILY MONUMENT, SOUTH ENCLOSURE - Historic England
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21/02/2011 · Location. BLAND FAMILY MONUMENT, SOUTH ENCLOSURE, BUNHILL FIELDS BURIAL GROUND. The building may lie within the boundary of more than one …




Bunhill Fields is a former burial ground in the London Borough of Islington, north of the City of London, now managed as a public garden by the City of London Corporation. It is about 4 hectares (9.9 acres) in extent,[1] although historically it was much larger.

Clara Millicent Bland

in the London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
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Name: Clara Millicent Bland
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 15 Apr 1902
Father's name: Reuben Bland
Mother's name: Clara Bland
Parish or Poor Law Union: Emmanuel
Borough: Islington
Register Type: Parish Registers

Address 19 Dillon Place, father a labourer.

A brother? Definitely Reuben on original:

Renben Charles Bland

in the London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
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Name: Renben Charles Bland
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 12 Mar 1901
Father's name: Renben Bland
Mother's name: Clara Bland
Parish or Poor Law Union: Emmanuel
Borough: Islington
Register Type: Parish Registers

Address 26 Athelstone Rd., Finsbury Park, father a labourer.

Reuban Bland of 55 of hindle house arcola street hackney died 20/01/1947 admin to clara bland widow, effects 3540 3S 10d

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
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Name Reuben Bland
Death Date 20 Jan 1947
Death Place London, England
Probate Date 26 May 1948
Registry London, England

England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
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Name Reuben Bland
Registration Year 1899
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration district Biggleswade
Biggleswade
Inferred County Bedfordshire
Volume 3b
Page 845
Household Members
Name Age
Reuben Bland
Clara Albon Potkins

Name: Reuben Bland
Registration Year: 1878
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Biggleswade
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Bedfordshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 352

Clara Millicent Bland

in the 1911 England Census
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Name: Clara Millicent Bland
Age in 1911: 9
Estimated birth year: abt 1902
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: London, United Kingdom
Civil Parish: St John-at-Hackney
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County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 10 Marian Street, Homerton N E
Occupation: SCHOOL
Registration district: Hackney
Registration District Number: 11
Sub-registration district: Central Hackney
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Piece: 1085
Household Members:
Name Age
Reuben Bland 33
Clara Bland 32
Clara Millicent Bland 9
Alice Kathleen Rose Bland 4

Married 12 years, 3 children born all still living. There's a Charles Bland written in but then crossed out.

1939 Register Transcription

Bland Household (2 People) 55 Hindle House , Hackney, London, England
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First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Reuben Bland 31 Dec 1878 Male Builders Labourer Heavy
Worker Married 55 1
Clara Bland 29 Apr 1879 Female Unpaid Domestic Dutie Married 55 2

living at hindlerhouse

London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
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Name Reuben Bland
Year 1939
County or Borough Hackney
Ward or Division/Constituency Hackney North


UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920
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Name Reuben Bland
Military Year 1914-1920
Rank Sapper
Medal Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps Royal Engineers
Regimental Number 97319
Previous Units Royal Engineers. 97319. Spr.

1881

1881 England Census
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Name Reubon Bland
Age 2
Estimated Birth Year abt 1879
Relationship to Head Son
Father Joseph Bland
Mother Lucy Bland
Gender Male
Where born Meppershall, Bedfordshire, England
Civil parish Meppershall
County/Island Bedfordshire
Country England
Street Address 9 Bridal Way
Registration district Biggleswade
ED, institution, or vessel 15
Piece 1631
Folio 81
Page number 11
Household Members
Name Age
Joseph Bland 29
Lucy Bland 28
William Bland 8
George Bland 6
Alfred Bland 5
Reubon Bland 2
Ruth Bland

1901

1901 England Census
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Name Ruben C Bland
Age 1
Estimated Birth Year abt 1900
Relation to Head Son
Gender Male
Father Ruben Bland
Mother Clara Bland
Birth Place Islington, London, England
Civil parish Islington
Islington, London, England
Ecclesiastical parish St Anne
County/Island London
Country England
Registration district Islington
Sub-registration district Upper Holloway
ED, institution, or vessel 61
Piece 168
Folio 107
Page number 32
Household schedule number 218
Household Members
Name Age
Ruben Bland 23
Clara Bland 23
Ruben C Bland 1

Looks like Clara remarried in 1929


First name(s) CLARA M
Last name FARROW
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1929
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ CLARA M FARROW married
ALBERT HART
Spouse's last name HART
District BETHNAL GREEN
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 1C
Page 305
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
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British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

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First name(s) Reuben Charles
Last name Bland
Age 18
Birth year 1900
Service number 168541
Regiment Middlesex Regiment
Unit / Battalion 57th Battalion
Year 1918
Residence county London
Residence country England
Series WO 364
Series description WO 364 - First World War pension claims
Archive The National Archives
Record set British Army Service Records
Category Military Service & Conflict
Subcategory First World War
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1939 Register Transcription

Bland Household (2 People) 8 Wickham Road , Walthamstow M.B., Essex, England
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First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Reuben C Bland 28 Feb 1900 Male Mechanic Shoe Factory Married 265 1
Ruth P Bland 14 Jun 1900 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 265 2

REUBEN C
Last name BLAND
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1901
Age 56
Death quarter 1
Death year 1957
District ESSEX SOUTH WESTERN
County Essex
Volume 5A
Page 295
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Deaths & burials
Collections from United Kingdom


First name(s) REUBEN C
Last name BLAND
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1926
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ REUBEN C BLAND married
RUTH P JONES
Spouse's last name JONES
District HACKNEY
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 1B
Page 761
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
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There is a closed record below Clara (probably Winifred?)

1939 Register
Hart Household (2 People)
81 Berger Road , Hackney, London, England

Clara M Hart
DOB 19 Feb 1902
SEX Female
OCCUPATION Shopkeeper General Store
MARITAL STATUS Married
SCHEDULE 140
SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER 1

Ethel M Thomas (Henderick)
DOB 25 Oct 1905
SEX Female
OCCUPATION Tailors Presser
MARITAL STATUS Widowed
SCHEDULE 140
SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER 3

First name(s) CLARA M
Last name HART
Gender Female
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1902
Age 49
Death quarter 2
Death year 1951
District HACKNEY
County London
Volume 5C
Page 601
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials
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England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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First name(s) RUTH PRETORIA
Last name JONES
Birth year 1900
Birth quarter 2
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District HOLBORN
County London
Country England
Volume 1B
Page 733
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Births & baptisms
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1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
36 the Oval Bethnal Green N E, Bethnal Green, London, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
Charles Jones Head Married Male Wood Machisest 40 1871 Shoreditch
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Ruth Jones Wife Married Female - 36 1875 Bethnal Green
Transcription
Ruth P Jones Daughter Single Female - 11 1900 St Lukes
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Sunanah Jones Daughter Single Female - 10 1901 St Lukes
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William Jones Son Single Male - 8 1903 Bethnal Green
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Ivy Jones Daughter Single Female - 5 1906 Hackney
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Charles Jones Son Single Male - 3 1908 Walthamstow
Transcription
Frederick Jones Son Single Male - 0 1911 Walthamstow

this may be Reuben C Blands son
GEORGE W
Last name BLAND
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1931
Age 1
Death quarter 2
Death year 1932
District HACKNEY
County London
Volume 1B
Page 388
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Deaths & burials
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WILLIAM G
Last name BLAND
Birth year 1931
Birth quarter 2
Registration month -
Mother's last name JONES
District PANCRAS
County London
Country England
Volume 1B
Page 121
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Births & baptisms

Marriages Jun 1899 (>99%)
Bland Reuben Biggleswade 3b 845
Potkins Clara Albon Biggleswade 3b 845


Clara Albon Potkins in the 1881 England Census
Name:Clara Albon Potkins
Age: 2
Estimated birth year: abt 1879
Relationship to Head: Daughter
Father: Charles Potkins
Mother: Fanny Potkins
Gender: Female
Where born: Arlesey, Bedfordshire, England
Civil Parish: Arlesey
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country:England
Street address: Albert Rd
Registration district: Biggleswade


Household Members:

Charles Potkins 23
Fanny Potkins 22
Clara Albon Potkins 2
William Potkins 1

No birth showing for a Clara Albon Potkins



Marriages Jun 1879 (>99%)
ALBONE Fanny Biggleswade 3b 549
POTKINS Charles William Biggleswade 3b 549

Probably born out of wedlock.....

??
Births Jun 1877 (>99%)
Albon Clara Biggleswade 3b 388


Births Dec 1879 (>99%)
Potkins William Biggleswade 3b 354


Clara doesn't show on the 1891 census record......but on the image she is with her Grandmother Maria Albon (Born 1821 Norton Bedfordshire) in Biggleswade.

Clara Potkins 12 Scholar........Arlesey, Beds

Fanny Albone in the England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: Fanny Albone
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Birth Date: 1858
Marriage Date: Jun 1879
Marriage Place: Arlesey,Bedford,England
Father: John Albone
Spouse: Charles William Potkins

Charles William Potkins in the England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: Charles William Potkins
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: 1858
Marriage Date: Jun 1879
Marriage Place: Arlesey,Bedford,England
Father: Robert Potkins
Spouse: Fanny Albone


Reuben Charles Bland is with his Grandparent's Charles and Fanny Potkins in 1911

His surname has been mis-transcribed as Potkins.....but clearly reads Bland on the image on Ancestry.

On FMP he appears Rulson Charles Bland.

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Near Lamb Inn Arlesey, Arlesey, Bedfordshire, England

Charles Potkins Head Married Male Brick Burner 53 1858 Suffolk Sudbury
Fanny Potkins Wife Married Female - 52 1859 Bedford Arlesey
George Potkins Son Single Male Brick Loader 29 1882 Bedford Arlesey
Alice Potkins Daughter Single Female Moving Picture Factory 19 1892 Bedford Arlesey
Arthur John Bradthaw Lodger Single Male Blacksmith 25 1886 Hertford St Albans
Rulson Charles Bland Visitor Single Male - 11 1900 Finsbury Park London


Charles and Fanny married 34 years......9 children born, 5 living, 4 had died.


1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Albert Road, Arlesey, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England

Charles Potkins Head Married Male 43 1858 Brick Burner Sudbury, Suffolk
Fanny Potkins Wife Married Female 42 1859 - Arlesey, Bedfordshire,
William Potkins Son Single Male 21 1880 Brick Maker Arlesey, Bedfordshire
George Potkins Son Single Male 19 1882 Milk Man Arlesey, Bedfordshire
Alfred Potkins Son Single Male 14 1887 Brick Maker Arlesey, Bedfordshire
Alice Potkins Daughter Single Female 9 1892 - Arlesey, Bedfordshire


1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Albert Road, Arlesey, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England

Charles Potkins Head Married Male 33 1858 Brick Burner Sudbury, Suffolk
Fanny Potkins Wife Married Female 32 1859 - Arlesey, Bedfordshire
William Potkins Son - Male 11 1880 Scholar Arlesey, Bedfordshire
George Potkins Son - Male 9 1882 Scholar Arlesey, Bedfordshire
Alfred Potkins Son - Male 4 1887 Scholar Arlesey, Bedfordshire


1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Albert Road, Arlesey, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England

Charles Potkins Head Married Male 23 1858 Brick Loader Sudbury, Suffolk
Fanny Potkins Wife Married Female 22 1859 - Arlesey, Bedfordshire
Clara Albon Potkins Daughter Single Female 2 1879 - Arlesey, Bedfordshire
William Potkins Son Single Male 1 1880 - Arlesey, Bedfordshire


Son William........

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Albert Road Arlesey, Arlesey, Bedfordshire, England

William Potkins Head Married Male Burner Brickworks 31 1880 Beds Arlesey
Florence Potkins Wife Married Female - 29 1882 Beds Meppershall
Florence Maud Potkins Daughter - Female School 5 1906 Beds Arlesey
Herbert William Potkins Son - Male - 2 1909 Beds Arlesey
Oilve May Potkins Daughter - Female - 0 1911 Beds Arlesey


Marriages Jun 1904 (>99%)
Potkins William Biggleswade 3b 813
Rainbow Florence Biggleswade 3b 813


Births Mar 1915 (>99%)
Potkins Nancy W Rainbow Biggleswade 3b 558


William Potkins in the British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
Name: William Potkins
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1879
Enlistment Age: 36
Marriage Date: 21 May 1904
Marriage Place: Parish Church Meppershall Beds
Document Year: 1915
Residence Place: Albert Road, Arlesey Beds
Regimental Number: 161
Regiment Name: Hertfordshire Regiment
Number of Images: 28
Form Title: Short Service Attestation

Family Members:
Name
Relation to Soldier


William Potkins Self (Head)
Florence Rainbow Spouse
Florence Maud Potkins Child
Herbert William Potkins Child
Olive May Potkins Child
Nancy Winifred Potkins Child


William Potkins in the UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
Name: William Potkins
Birth Place: Arlesey, Beds
Residence: Arlesey, Beds
Death Date: 17 Apr 1918
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Hitchin, Herts
Rank: Private
Regiment: Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment
Battalion: 2 6th Battalion
Regimental Number: 103046
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War:Western European Theatre
Comments: Formerly 9062, Hertfordshire Regt.

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Name: POTKINS, WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service Number: 103046
Date of Death: 17/04/1918
Age: 38
Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service Country: United Kingdom
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. A. 9.
Cemetery//Memorial Name: WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx?cpage=1

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