Peter Brown Family History

Thomas Bland (1801) & Hannah Johnson

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General History

Thomas Bland & Hannah Johnson were one of my 5th generation ancestors.

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Thomas Bland was born on 12th January 1801 and was baptised on 10th March 1801 in Easingwold, Yorkshire. He was the son of John Bland & Ann Pickersgill. He married Hannah Johnson on 2nd April 1821 in Easingwold, Yorkshire. Thomas died in about November 1874 (aged 73) in Easingwold, Yorkshire.

Hannah Johnson birth details are unknown. Hannah died in about August 1869 (aged 71) in Easingwold, Yorkshire.

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Thomas & Hannah had eight known children.

Elizabeth William Edward John Thomas Henry Margaret Johnson
  1. Elizabeth Bland was baptised on 24th February 1822 in Easingwold, Yorkshire.
  2. William Bland was baptised on 31st March 1823 in Easingwold, Yorkshire.
  3. Edward Bland was baptised on 25th December 1824 in Easingwold, Yorkshire.
  4. John Bland was baptised on 24th September 1826 in Easingwold, North Yorkshire. He married Fanny France. Details of John Bland & Fanny France are shown separately as they are direct ancestors.
  5. Thomas Bland was baptised on 28th September 1831 in Easingwold, Yorkshire. He married Mary and they had six children.
    1. John Bland was born in 1852 in Easingwold, Yorkshire
    2. Anne Elizabeth Bland (Annie) was born in 1855 in Easingwold, Yorkshire
    3. William Edward Bland was born in 1857 in Easingwold, Yorkshire
    4. Mary Hannah Bland was born in 1860 in Easingwold, Yorkshire but assumed died before 1871
    5. Thomas Bland was born in 1862 in Easingwold, Yorkshire
    6. Elizabeth Bland was born in 1865 in Easingwold, Yorkshire
  6. Henry Bland was baptised on 5th July 1834 in Easingwold, Yorkshire. He married Mary in about 1857 and they had five children.
    1. Mary Bland was born in 1858 in Easingwold, Yorkshire
    2. Harvey Bland was born in 1860 in Easingwold, Yorkshire but assumed died before 1871
    3. Elizabeth Bland was born in 1864 in Easingwold, Yorkshire
    4. Thomas Bland was born in 1867 in Easingwold, Yorkshire
    5. Arthur Bland was born in 1870 in Easingwold, Yorkshire
  7. Margaret Ann Bland was baptised on 10th July 1836 in Easingwold, Yorkshire.
  8. Johnson Bland was born in about February 1842, probably in Easingwold, Yorkshire. He was living with his brother John in Snaith in the 1861 census and was shown as an apprentice.

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Thomas occupation was a Tailor in the 1841 census and also on all Parish records.

In the 1861 census he lived at Church Hill, Easingwold

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  1. Census: in Easingwold
    1. 1841 Census shows Thomas 40 (tailor), Hannah 40, William 15 (tailor), John 14, Thomas 9, Henry 7, Margaret 5
    2. 1861 Census shows Thomas 60, Hannah 62, Margaret Ann 22
    3. 1861 census shows Henry 26, Mary 29, Mary 2, Harvey 0 and also Thomas 29, Mary 29, John 8, Annie Eliz 5, William Ed 3, Mary Hannah 0
    4. 1871 census shows Thomas 70 (living with son Thomas)
    5. 1871 census shows Henry 36, Mary 41, Mary 12, Elizabeth 6, Thomas 3, Arthur 0 and also Thomas 39, Mary 39, John 18, Annie Eliz 15, William Ed 13, Thomas 8 and Elizabeth 5
  2. Lots of other Blands in Easingwold in 1841. There was another Thomas born on 18/03/1797 in Easingwold, but the birth date of the one given above is consistent with age shown in the 1861 & 1871 census.
  3. John is (actually shown as son of Thomas, tailor, & Anne, but thought that this is an error . Census shows birth in 1826 and this is only John born then. All other children also show Thomas as a tailor.
  4. Marriage witnessed by Ann Bland, probably Thomas's mother.
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Certificates & Official Records

  1. Thomas Bland 1841 Census
Sources Returns to 'Top of Page'
  1. Ancestry Yorkshire Parish Records CD (North Riding & West Riding)
  2. Census Records - 1841, 1861, 1871 - British Origins Web site
  3. FREEBMD (Index of birth, marriages, deaths post 1837)
  4. Family Search.org  (Latter day Saints):