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Member Since: October 2015 Posts: 3 Send Message	denise	Report	12 Sep 2016 09:51
Member Since: October 2015 Posts: 3 Send Message	Thank you PricklyHolly for all other research on Albon and Potkins. DeniseB
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	11 Sep 2016 19:37
	Well done for working out how to reply on here Denise. Prickles, ;o))
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: October 2015 Posts: 3 Send Message	denise	Report	11 Sep 2016 19:11
Member Since: October 2015 Posts: 3 Send Message	Thank you all for your help in contributing to my research. Sorry it took me a while to work out how to reply properly. DeniseB
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	11 Sep 2016 10:32
	Hi Denise To reply on here....type in the white box at the bottom.......and then click on "Submit" Prickles. ;o))
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 13 478 Send Message	rootgatherer	Report	10 Sep 2016 09:17
	Joan's sister born 1932 married a Whatley in 1957. I won't give more detail as she may still be living. EDIT She remarried in the 80s and is on the ERs up to 2012
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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 13 478 Send Message	rootgatherer	Report	10 Sep 2016 09:05
	Print transcription First name(s) JOAN MILLICENT Last name EMBERSON Gender Female Birth day 28 Birth month 8 Birth year 1934 Age - Death quarter 4 Death year 1988 District SURREY NORTHERN Register number 1288 County Surrey Volume 17 Page 377 Country England Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Deaths & burials Collections from Great Britain (c) brightsolid online publishing ltd
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Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	9 Sep 2016 23:34
	Marriages Sep 1953 (>99%) EMBERSON Frederick W WASTELL Surrey N.E. 5g 1259 WASTELL Joan M EMBERSON Surrey N.E. 5g 1259
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 13 478 Send Message	rootgatherer	Report	9 Sep 2016 21:09
	1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION Wastell Household (3 People) 83 Waltham Road , Carshalton U.D., Surrey, England Alice K R Wastell DOB 12 Feb 1906 SEX Female OCCUPATION Unpaid Domestic Duties MARITAL STATUS Married SCHEDULE 104 SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER 2 George Wastell DOB 10 Oct 1904 SEX Male OCCUPATION Builders Labourer Hw MARITAL STATUS Married SCHEDULE 104 SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER 1 Joan M Emberson (Wasterll) DOB 28 Aug 1934 SEX Female OCCUPATION At School MARITAL STATUS Single SCHEDULE 104 SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER 4 Plus one closed record
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Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	9 Sep 2016 17:56
	Clara Millicents's sister's marriage........ Alice K R Bland in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Name: Alice K R Bland Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1930 Registration district: Hackney Inferred County: London Spouse: George Wastell Volume Number: 1b Page Number: 899 (Two children born to this marriage) Her death.........(Her middle names have been swapped around) Name: Alice Rose K Wastell Birth Date: 12 Feb 1907 Date of Registration: Sep 1990 Age at Death: 83 Registration district: Southend On Sea Inferred County: Essex Volume: 9 Page: 2838 Births Dec 1904 (>99%) Wastell George Bethnal G. 1c 207 George Wastell in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: George Wastell Birth Date: 10 Oct 1904 Date of Registration: May 1996 Age at Death: 91 Registration district: Southend On Sea Inferred County: Essex Register Number: D72B District and Subdistrict: 4751D Entry Number: 297
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73 136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	9 Sep 2016 17:33
	I'll send a message to poster to return
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	9 Sep 2016 14:25
	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. . 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
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13 422 Send Message	Maddie	Report	9 Sep 2016 14:16
	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 Collections from United Kingdom 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
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13 422 Send Message	Maddie	Report	9 Sep 2016 13:40
	??? England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Learn more Print transcription View image 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 Collections from United Kingdom 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription 36 the Oval Bethnal Green N E, Bethnal Green, London, England Learn more Print transcription View image 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 Transcription Ruth Jones Wife Married Female - 36 1875 Bethnal Green Transcription Ruth P Jones Daughter Single Female - 11 1900 St Lukes Transcription Sunanah Jones Daughter Single Female - 10 1901 St Lukes Transcription William Jones Son Single Male - 8 1903 Bethnal Green Transcription Ivy Jones Daughter Single Female - 5 1906 Hackney Transcription Charles Jones Son Single Male - 3 1908 Walthamstow Transcription Frederick Jones Son Single Male - 0 1911 Walthamstow
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 13 478 Send Message	rootgatherer	Report	9 Sep 2016 13:40
	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 Collections from Great Britain (c) brightsolid online publishing ltd
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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 13 478 Send Message	rootgatherer	Report	9 Sep 2016 13:37
	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
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Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13 422 Send Message	Maddie	Report	9 Sep 2016 13:36
	British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Learn more Print transcription View image 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 Collections from United Kingdom brightsolid online publishing ltd 1939 Register Transcription Bland Household (2 People) 8 Wickham Road , Walthamstow M.B., Essex, England Attach to tree View original image Print 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 Collections from United Kingdom © brightsolid online publishing ltd
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 13 478 Send Message	rootgatherer	Report	9 Sep 2016 13:34
	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 Collections from Great Britain © brightsolid online publishing ltd
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Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13 422 Send Message	Maddie	Report	9 Sep 2016 13:33
	1901 1901 England Census View Image View Record 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
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13 422 Send Message	Maddie	Report	9 Sep 2016 13:30
	1939 Register Transcription Bland Household (2 People) 55 Hindle House , Hackney, London, England Attach to tree View original image Print 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 View Image View Record Name Reuben Bland Year 1939 County or Borough Hackney Ward or Division/Constituency Hackney North UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 View Image View Record 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 View Image View Record 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
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23 482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	9 Sep 2016 13:29
	Clara Millicent Bland in the 1911 England Census Record Image View 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 Search Photos: Search for 'St John-at-Hackney' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection 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.
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

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