Martha Emily Blackwood1

b. 22 February 1856, d. 19 July 1930
Family
Birth*22 February 1856Martha Emily Blackwood was born on 22 February 1856 in Matkins, Harrison County, Missouri.1,2 
Marriage*25 December 1884She married Alexander Sill on 25 December 1884.1,3,4,2 
(Wife) Death1 May 1912Martha became a widow when Alexander Sill died of pneumonia on 1 May 1912 at age 77.3,5 
Death*19 July 1930She died on 19 July 1930 in Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa, at age 741,4,2 
Burial* and was buried in SA 12 NW1/4 of High Ridge Cemetery, Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri.1 

Family

 Alexander Sill b. 30 Aug 1834, d. 1 May 1912
Child 1.Samantha Blackwood Sill1,6 b. 4 Apr 1891, d. 13 Jan 1970

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Martha Emily (Blackwood) Sill, Memorial# 162063898. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S2349] Martha Emily (Blackwood) Sill 1930 Obituary, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Stanberry Herald - Headlight, (Stanberry, Missouri), Thursday, 24 Jul 1930, page 1, mother of Mrs. M. M. Chapman of Stanberry, Mrs. Alexander Sill, died Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ira Richardson, at Ireton, Iowa, Mrs. Sill had been an invalid for several years and her death was due to a complication of diseases; born in Matkins, Missouri on 22 February 1856 and died 19 July 1930, married to Alexander Sill on 25 December 1884, four children born, Martha Mabel Richardson, Ireton, Iowa, Samantha B. Chapman, Stanberry, Missouri, Robert Alexander, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Winifred, who died in infancy, burial in High Ridge cemetery. Hereinafter cited as Martha Emily (Blackwood) Sill 1930 Obituary.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Alexander Sill, Memorial# 154580226.
  4. [S2342] Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1904, 1921-1952, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Martha Emily Blackwood on 19 July 1930 in Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa, USA, age 74, widow of Alexander Sill, born on 22 February 1856 in Missouri to Willliam A Blackwood and Martha A Merchant, informant Mrs. A. M. Richardson, Ireton, burial in Stanberry, Missouri, referencing State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa Death Records, 1888-1904. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1904, 1921-1952.
  5. [S2354] Alexander Sill 1912 Obituary, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Stanberry Owl-Headlight, (Stanberry, Missouri), Thursday, 09 May 1912, page 1, born in Franklinville, New York on August 30, 1834, Alexander Sill died at his home in Stanberry, Missouri on May 1, 1912 at age 77, immediate cause of death was pneumonia although had been in bad health for two years; married his wife and companion, Martha Emily Blackwood on 27 December 1884, four children, Martha Mabel, Samantha, Robert Alexander and Winifred, the last who died in infancy, his wife and the three survive, was the youngest of ten children, only one who survives him. Hereinafter cited as Alexander Sill 1912 Obituary.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Samantha Blackwood (Sill) Chapman, Memorial# 53943237.

Belle Blake1

b. March 1866
Family
Belle (Blake) Willis
Father*Brazil Blake2 b. Jan 1837
Mother*Rebecca Cunningham1 b. 1839
Birth*March 1866Isabelle Blake was born as Isabelle Blake in March 1866 in Clarksburg, Decatur County, Illinois.1,3 
Marriage*28 January 1890She married Arthur Eugene Willis, son of Harvey Willis and Eliza J. Webster, on 28 January 1890 in Boone County, Iowa.1 
Census US 1900*12 June 1900Belle and Arthur E. Willis were enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 12 June 1900 in Union, Boone County, Iowa. Arthur was 41 years of age, and his occupation was recorded as Deputy U.S. Marshall. Belle was 34 years of age and the couple had been married for eleven years. Belle had given birth to one child. Their son Blake lived in the household and was 7 years old. They owned their home, which was a farm, with a mortgage. Belle's parents lived in the household enumerated next, and rented a house on a farm. Members of Belle's extended family were additional residents of both households.3 
Census US 1930*19 April 1930Belle and Arthur E. Willis were enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 19 April 1930 in Spring Valley, Dallas County, Iowa. Arthur was 71 years of age, worked as a farmer and rented their home. Belle's age was reported as 61 and her place of birth as Indiana, both incorrect.4 
Death*She died sometime between the dates of the 1930 US Census and 1940 US Census reports, probably in Dallas County, Iowa.5,6,4 

Family

 Arthur Eugene Willis b. 8 Oct 1858, d. 15 Apr 1944
Child 1.Blake Willis+7 b. 3 Jul 1892, d. 20 Sep 1961

Citations

  1. [S1449] Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992, online at www.ancestry.com, referencing FHL Film# 1034319 and ID# 2:2BXCSX3. Hereinafter cited as Iowa Select Marriages, 1809-1992.
  2. [S1449] Iowa Select Marriages, 1809-1992, online at www.ancestry.com, referencing FHL Film# 1034319 and ID# 2:2BXCSX3, transcribing his name as "Burg."
  3. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur E. Willis, Union, Boone, Iowa; Roll: 418; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1240418. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Arthur E. Willis, Spring Valley, Dallas, Iowa; Roll: 651; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0023; Image: 197.0; FHL microfilm: 2340386. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Blake Willis, Census Place: Perry, Dallas, Iowa; Roll: T627_1153; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 25-20A. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Separated entry for Arthur E. Willis, Perry, Dallas, Iowa; Roll: T627_1153; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 25-20A.
  7. [S1459] Volunteers and staff at the Iowa State Historical Society of Iowa Library in Des Moines, "Blake Willis, Dallas County", "Blake Willis, Perry Attorney, Succumbs" obituary, The Perry Daily Chief, Perry, Iowa, dated Thursday, 21 September 1961, page 1, columns 2-3 and page 5, column 3, Iowa Territorial and State Legislators Collection, Blake Willis, online at https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/History_Docs/45th%20GA/…, downloaded 09 November 2015. Hereinafter cited as Blake Willis, Iowa Legislators Collection.

Brazil Blake1,2

b. January 1837
Family
Birth*January 1837Brazil Blake was born in January 1837 in New Jersey.3 
Marriage*1860He married Rebecca Cunningham in 1860.1,3 

Family

 Rebecca Cunningham b. 1839
Child 1.Belle Blake+4 b. Mar 1866

Citations

  1. [S1449] Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992, online at www.ancestry.com, referencing FHL Film# 1034319 and ID# 2:2BXCSX3. Hereinafter cited as Iowa Select Marriages, 1809-1992.
  2. [S1448] Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, household of A.E. Willis and Belle (Blake) Willis, Residence Date 01 January 1925, Union, Boone County, Iowa. Hereinafter cited as Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925.
  3. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Brazil Blake, Union, Boone, Iowa; Roll: 418; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1240418. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S1449] Iowa Select Marriages, 1809-1992, online at www.ancestry.com, referencing FHL Film# 1034319 and ID# 2:2BXCSX3, transcribing his name as "Burg."

Edward Blake1

(Witness to Bond) Guardianship12 April 1841The petition of Gardner Winslow, a yeoman of Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts, to become the guardian for Harlos Bolton, a minor over the age of fourteen years and the son of John Bolton, late of Berkley, deceased, was filed on 12 April 1841 with the Judge of the Probate Court of Bristol County. Harlos had his choice of guardians and chose Gardner Winslow who signed a one thousand dollars bond outlining his obligations to his ward and the court. Two other men, Samuel Chace and Edward Blake of Berkley and Taunton respectively, also signed the bond with Gardner, and his petition for guardianship was granted on 25 Jun 1841.1 

Citations

  1. [S476] Harlos Bolton, Bristol County, Massachusetts probate records, 1690-1881 film number 558134, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Bristol County probate records, 1690-1881.

Mary Blake1

Family
Name VariationMary's surname was recorded by Torrey as BLAKE and appears in her Milton marriage transcription to Joseph Leonard as BLACK.2,3,4 
Residence*At the time of her marriage, Mary was living in Milton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).5 
Marriage*15 December 1679She married Joseph Leonard of Taunton, son of James Leonard and Mary Jane Martin, on 15 December 1679 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony.5,6 
Marriage*before 20 December 1699She married second, as his second wife, Joseph Willis, son of Deacon John Willis and Elizabeth Hodgkins, before 20 December 1699 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England). Although Torrey appears to indicate the son and not the father, Joseph Willis, married the widow of Joseph Leonard, it is more "logical" the other way around. The son would have been about 30 years of age in 1699 and Mary was 54.7,2 

Family 1

 Joseph Leonard b. c 1649, d. 18 Oct 1692
Children 1.Mary Leonard8,9 b. 2 Oct 1680, d. 3 Jun 1685
 2.Experience Leonard10,9 b. 18 Mar 1681/82
 3.Joseph Leonard11,9 b. 28 Jan 1683/84, d. 6 Apr 1705
 4.Mehitabel Leonard8,9 b. 22 Aug 1685
 5.Edward Leonard12,9 b. 2 Nov 1688
 6.William Leonard+9,13 b. 26 Mar 1690
 7.Silence Leonard9

Family 2

 Joseph Willis b. c 1645, d. 31 Jan 1704/5

Citations

  1. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1985 and 1992), page 823. Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages: Prior to 1700.
  2. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700, page 461 (Leonard) and page 823 (Willis), her surname reported as BLAKE.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Taunton, Volume 2, Marriages, page 293, her surname transcribed as BLACK. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  4. [S1142] Wm. R. Deane, Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard Family containing a full account of the first three generations of the family of James Leonard, who was an early settler of Taunton, MS. (Massachusetts), downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: Office of the New England Historic-Genealogical Register, 1851), Genealogy, page 17, her surname BLACK. Hereinafter cited as The Family of James Leonard of Taunton.
  5. [S1142] Wm. R. Deane, The Family of James Leonard of Taunton, Genealogy, page 17.
  6. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Taunton, Volume 2, Marriages, page 293.
  7. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700, page 823, noting his year of death as 1734?, her lifespan as (1655-1721+) and that she was the widow of Joseph Leonard.
  8. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Taunton, Volume 1, Births, page 256.
  9. [S1142] Wm. R. Deane, The Family of James Leonard of Taunton, Genealogy, pages 17 and 19.
  10. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Taunton, Volume 1, Births, page 251.
  11. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Taunton, Volume 1, Births, page 254.
  12. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Taunton, Volume 1, Births, page 250.
  13. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Taunton, Volume 1, Births, page 259.

Phineas Blake1

Family
Marriage*He married Martha Porter Perkins, daughter of James Perkins Jr. and Mary Hooper.1 

Family

 Martha Porter Perkins b. 1778

Citations

  1. [S610] Charles Henry Pope and Thomas Hooper, compilers, downloaded from Google Books, Hooper Genealogy (Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope, 1908), Part I, The Reading Family, compiled by Thomas Hooper of Boston, Third Generation, pages 10-19. Hereinafter cited as Hooper Genealogy.

Joseph Blanchard1

Family
Marriage*6 September 1708He married Elizabeth Whittemore, daughter of John Whittemore and Mary Miller, on 6 September 1708 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 

Family

 Elizabeth Whittemore b. 26 Sep 1683

Citations

  1. [S966] Bradford Adams Whittemore and Edgar Whittemore, compilers, "The Whittemore Family in America", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volumes 106, 107 and 108, (1952-1954): Volume 106, pages 89-94. Hereinafter cited as "Whittemore Family in America."

Polly Blanchard1

Family
Marriage*13 January 1778She married Elisha Hayward Jr., son of Elisha Hayward and Elizabeth Washburn, on 13 January 1778 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress).1,2,3 

Family

 Elisha Hayward b. c 1741

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume II, page 170, the bride identified as both "Molly" and "Polly". Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  3. [S744] Maltby Family Genealogy Website, online at http://home.earthlink.net/~jamaltby1/index.html, with the qualifier that Elisha only "possibly" married second Molly/Polly Blanchard of Stoughton, Suffolk County. Compiled by John A. Maltby of Redwood City, California, who we believe has presented his own research; the website contains thorough source information and appears to be an excellent resource for the Massachusetts Colony Washburn Family History. The website includes additional family lines as well. Regarding the Washburns, the only family line on the website reviewed by this researcher, much of the information presented appears to be in line with information already obtained and is believed to be accurate. For that reason, additional information obtained only from the Maltby Family Genealogy website has been included in this collection. Information provided, unless additional proof has been offered, has not yet been verified and cannot be guaranteed. Hereinafter cited as the Maltby Family Genealogy Website.

Simeon Blanchard1

(Member) Religion31 March 1805Zilpah Bolton and Nathaniel Everett, along with several others including Thomas Ditson, John Hayden, George Briggs Cox, Simeon Blanchard, Francis Green, Peter Vallett, John Woodward, Mary Marnson, Ruth Thayer, Venus Sylvester, Kezia Booth, Lydia Leeds, Botsey Jones, Versan Adams, Zebudah Hayden, Martha Farrar, Betsey Mirth Horton, Catherine Thayer, Lydia Sweetser and Sally Lovis, were baptized and became members of the Second Baptist Church, Boston, on Sunday, 31 March 1805. In the baptismal records, the men and women were listed separately.2,3,4 

Citations

  1. [S893] Records of the Second Baptist Church, Boston, 1788-1809, original manuscript, Reference Item# 26, Franklin Trask Library, 210 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, MA, pages 114 and 118.
  2. [S893] Records of the Second Baptist Church, Boston, 1788-1809, original manuscript, Franklin Trask Library, page 118.
  3. [S183] Boston, Massachusetts, Church Records, 1789-1811; FHL# 856700 Item# 5, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Second Baptist Church Records, 1789-1811.
  4. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.

Sarah Jane Blaylock1

b. May 1855
Family
Birth*May 1855Sarah Jane Blaylock was born in May 1855 in Delaware County, Indiana.1 
Name VariationShe was called Jane.2 
Marriage*3 April 1899She married, as his second wife, Joseph C. Barnes on 3 April 1899 in Gentry County, Missouri. They were married by John L. Ball, a Minister of the Gospel.1,3,2 
(Wife) Death29 January 1904Jane became a widow when Joseph Cyrus Barnes died on 29 January 1904 from the effects of an attack of measles, followed by pneumonia, at age 53.3,4 

Family

 Joseph Cyrus Barnes b. 23 Jan 1851, d. 29 Jan 1904

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah Jane (Blaylock) Barnes, Memorial# 222272123. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S1732] Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 3 April 1899 in Gentry County, Missouri, USA, of Joseph C Barnes of Union Grove, Gentry County, Missouri, over the age of 21 years, and Jane Blaylock of Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, over the age of 18 years, referencing Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, USA, Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph Cyrus Barnes, Memorial# 141772451.
  4. [S2345] Joseph Cyrus Barnes 1904 Death Notice, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Albany Ledger, (Albany, Missouri), Friday, 5 February 1904, page 1, from the effects of an attack of measles followed by pneumonia, Joseph Barnes died at his home one mile northeast of Gentryville on last Friday night, January 29, 1904; was about 53 years old and left a wife and a family of seven or eight children. Hereinafter cited as Joseph Cyrus Barnes 1904 Death Notice.

Philip Walp Bleam1

b. 18 December 1853, d. 21 March 1911
Family
Birth*18 December 1853Philip Walp Bleam was born on 18 December 1853.1 
Marriage*He married, as her first husband, Mary C. Fluck.1,2 
Death*21 March 1911He died on 21 March 1911 at age 571 
Burial* and was buried in New Section, Row 34, of Richlandtown Union Cemetery, Richlandtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.1 

Family

 Mary C. Fluck b. 19 Jun 1862, d. 14 Sep 1929

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Philip Walp Bleam, Memorial# 76342583. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary C. (Fluck) Bleam, Memorial# 76342590.

Joanna Blessing1

Family
Birth*Joanna Blessing was born in England.1 
Marriage*25 April 1620She married William Towne, son of John Towne and Elizabeth Clarke, on 25 April 1620 in St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England.1 

Family

 William Towne b. 18 Mar 1598/99
Children 1.Rebecca Towne+1 b. 21 Feb 1620/21, d. 19 Jul 1692
 2.John Towne1 b. 16 Feb 1623/24
 3.Susannah Towne+1 b. 20 Oct 1625, d. 1678
 4.Edmond Towne1 b. 28 Jun 1628
 5.Jacob Towne1 b. 11 Mar 1631/32
 6.Mary Towne1 b. 24 Aug 1634
 7.Sarah Towne1 b. 3 Sep 1648
 8.Joseph Towne1 b. 3 Sep 1648

Citations

  1. [S263] David B. Robinson, online at RootsWeb WorldConnect Project www.rootsweb.com, David B. Robinson et al (e-mail: e-mail address), downloaded 13 Jan 2007 from update of 12 Jan 2007.

John Bligh of London, Esq.1

d. 1666
Family
Birth*John Bligh of London, Esq. was born in England.1 
Historical Note*1641The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted coup d'état by the Irish Catholic gentry, who tried to seize control of the English administration in Ireland to force concessions for Catholics. The coup failed and the rebellion developed into an ethnic conflict between native Irish Catholics on one side, and English and Scottish Protestant settlers on the other. In order to raise money for quelling the rebellion, King Charles I, with his Act 16 followed by several amendments, provided that two and one-half million acres of forfeited lands should be allotted to such persons as should advance or adventure money for that purpose, in certain proportions as mentioned in the Act. The Act also instructed that the lands of all persons in rebellion against the Protestants on 23 October 1641, or at any time thereafter, should be forfeited without office or inquisition. The persons advancing moneys were called "adventurers" because the sums advanced were not advanced by way of loan, but by way of "adventure", or speculation, because the lands that were "promised" were dependent on the suppression of the rebellion. The lands, when allocated, were to be held in free and common socage, meaning as payment for services, and not be feudal tenure, meaning threatened by changing rules or forfeiture, and were to be subject to a constant yearly rent reserved to the Crown

The rebellion was not finally repressed until 1652, and in that year an "Ordinance" was passed by the Commonwealth Parliament declaring the rebellion to be ended and defining the classes of forfeiting persons, and the extent to which their estates were forfeited. A further Ordinance in 1653 charged the forfeited lands with the amounts needed to satisfy the claims of the adventurers and with the arrears of pay due to the officers and soldiers. The soldiers' claims were to be satisfied in lands at the same rates as the adventurers.

Many difficulties arose in the carrying out of the Settlement, which was still incomplete in 1660, at the time of the English Restoration and the return of Charles II to the throne.2,3 
Marriage*He married Catherine Fuller, daughter of Thomas Fuller.1 
Occupation*John was employed as an agent to the adventurers for the estates forfeited by the rebellion in 1641. In that capacity he went over to Ireland in the time of Oliver Cromwell's government and became an adventurer himself by pledging £600. In August 1654, on behalf of himself and two others, John purchased with their joint stock, shares from a variety of other individuals. When their allotments were made they fell in the baronies of Lune and Moghergallen, and in the county of Meath and totaled several thousand acres.1 
Death*1666He died in1666.1 

Family 1

 Catherine Fuller

Family 2
Child 1.Thomas Bligh+1 d. 28 Aug 1710

Citations

  1. [S1545] Sir Egerton Brydges K.J., Collins's Peerage of England : Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, downloaded from Google Books, Volume VII (London: printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and son, etc., 1812), Bligh, Lord Clifton, pages 58-65. Hereinafter cited as Collins's Peerage of England.
  2. [S225] Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1641. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
  3. [S1546] J. Harper Scaife Esq. LLB, "Quit and Crown Rents," Irish Laws Times and Solicitors' Journal, Volume XIX (issues in June and July 1908); downloaded from www.googlebooks.com: 4 July 1908, page 163. Hereinafter cited as "Quit and Crown Rents."

Thomas Bligh1

d. 28 August 1710
Family
Father*John Bligh of London, Esq.1 d. 1666
Land Patent*12 May 1668By patent dated 12 May 1668, Thomas had a confirmation of the lands in County Meath, Ireland, that had been allotted to his father as an adventurer and, with his mother, had a second allotment of lands dated 12 November 1668 under the acts of settlement.1 
Marriage*9 December 1682He married Elizabeth Napier of Loughcrew, County Meath, daughter of Colonel James Napier, on 9 December 1682.1,2 
(Landlord) Land Records28 July 1710Thomas leased the townland of Rathcormick, County Meath, in the Parish of kildalkey and Barony of Lune, the first property occupied by the Potterton family in Ireland, to John Potterton I for three lifetimes, on 28 July 1710. The property was among the lands allotted to Bligh's grandfather John, the adventurer during the Rebellion of 1641, after the English Restoration when the Parliament of England passed the Purchasers of Forfeited Estates Act for Ireland in 1702. The act, implemented for the relief of the Protestant purchasers of the forfeited estates in Ireland, was repealed in 1871.3,4,5,6 
Death*28 August 1710He died on 28 August 1710 at Bath, Somerset County, England,1 
Burial*September 1710 was buried on September 1710 in Trim, County Meath, Ireland.1 

Family

 Elizabeth Napier d. 2 Mar 1736
Child 1.Thomas Bligh1 b. 15 Jan 1685

Citations

  1. [S1545] Sir Egerton Brydges K.J., Collins's Peerage of England : Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, downloaded from Google Books, Volume VII (London: printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and son, etc., 1812), Bligh, Lord Clifton, pages 58-65. Hereinafter cited as Collins's Peerage of England.
  2. [S225] Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…). Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
  3. [S1541] Homan Potterton, Potterton People and Places: Three Centuries of an Irish Family. This book is well researched and sourced throughout as it tells the story of the Potterton family who came to Ireland in the late 17th Century. They settled as tenant farmers in County Meath, and have remained there ever since, farming the same lands. (County Louth, Ireland: Choice Publishing, 2006), found in excerpts from the book on www.amazon.com. Hereinafter cited as Potterton People and Places.
  4. [S225] Wikipedia Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England
  5. [S225] Wikipedia Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…,_Ireland_Act_1702.
  6. [S225] Wikipedia Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamite_War_in_Ireland

Thomas Bligh1

b. 15 January 1685
Family
Father*Thomas Bligh1 d. 28 Aug 1710
Mother*Elizabeth Napier1 d. 2 Mar 1736
Birth*15 January 1685Thomas Bligh, his father's second son, was born on 15 January 1685.1 
Political Service*1715He was chosen in 1715 member of parliament for Athboy, County Meath, and to several succeeding parliaments.1 

Citations

  1. [S1545] Sir Egerton Brydges K.J., Collins's Peerage of England : Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, downloaded from Google Books, Volume VII (London: printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and son, etc., 1812), Bligh, Lord Clifton, pages 58-65. Hereinafter cited as Collins's Peerage of England.

Sarah R. Bliss1

Family
ChartsDescendants of William Bolton of Reading, The Immigrant
Marriage*Sarah R. Bliss of Wilbraham, Hampden County, Massachusetts married Moses Bennett Bolton, son of Timothy Bolton and Sybel Bennett.1 

Family

 Moses Bennett Bolton b. 26 Aug 1788

Citations

  1. [S484] Seth Chandler, History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts from its Early Settlement to A.D. 1882. The copy obtained from Google Books contains additional, handwritten notations and corrections dated 25 Sep 1883 on the William Bolton family on page 357. (Shirley, Massachusetts: Seth Chandler, 1883), pages 357-359. Hereinafter cited as Shirley Massachusetts History to 1882.

Edna Alzina Bliven1

b. 21 November 1915, d. 20 April 1970
Family
Birth*21 November 1915Edna Alzina Bliven was born on 21 November 1915 in Salem, Marion County, Oregon.2,1 
Marriage*7 July 1933She married first Ray H. Chubb on 7 July 1933 in Sherman County, Oregon.3 
Divorce*before 8 August 1957Edna Alzina (Bliven) Chubb and Ray H. Chubb were divorced before 8 August 1957, the date Edna obtained a license to marry a second time to Richard H. Cavitt.1 
Marriage*4 July 1958She married second, as his second wife, Richard H. Cavitt, son of Albert Cavitt and Lydia Pitner, on 4 July 1958 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.1 
(Wife) Death31 January 1969Edna became a widow when Richard H. Cavitt died on 31 January 1969 at age 77.4 
Death*20 April 1970She died on 20 April 1970 in Clark County, Washington, at age 542 
Burial* and was buried with her second husband in Section 0, Block 6, Grave 40 of Fern Prairie Cemetery, Camas, Clark County.2,4 

Family 1

 Ray H. Chubb b. 17 Dec 1886

Family 2

 Richard H. Cavitt b. 21 Jan 1892, d. 31 Jan 1969

Citations

  1. [S1710] Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 4 July 1958 in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, USA, of Richard Herbert Cavitt of Clark County, age 66, divorced, 2nd marriage, retired, born about 1892 in Camas, Clark, Washington, USA, son of Albert Cavitt, born Missouri, and Lydia Pitner, married Edna Alzina Chubb of Clark County, age 42, divorced, 2nd marriage, laundry worker, born in Salem, Polk Oregon, daughter of E.H. Bliven, born Alden, Freeborn, Minnesota, and Anna J. Paterson, born Milford, Dickinson, Iowa, maiden name of bride Edna Alzina Bliven, referencing Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington, Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013. Hereinafter cited as Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Edna A (Bliven) Cavitt, Memorial# 33095413. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S2141] Oregon, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Edna Alzina Bliven and Ray H. Chubb on 7 July 1933 in Sherman County, Oregon, USA. Hereinafter cited as Oregon, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Richard Herbert Cavitt, Memorial# 33988883.

Ebenezer Blood1

Family
Marriage*He married Abigail Chamberlain.1 

Family

 Abigail Chamberlain
Child 1.Sarah Blood+1 b. 21 Aug 1722, d. 24 Jun 1822

Citations

  1. [S676] Posey Godfrey, "The Boltons of Middlesex County, Massachusetts," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates. Hereinafter cited as "The Boltons of Middlesex County, Massachusetts."

Sarah Blood1,2

b. 21 August 1722, d. 24 June 1822
Family
ChartsDescendants of William Bolton of Reading, The Immigrant
Father*Ebenezer Blood1
Mother*Abigail Chamberlain1
Birth*21 August 1722Sarah Blood was born on 21 August 1722.3,4 
Marriage*17 February 1746/47She married first Moses Bennett Jr. on 17 February 1746/47 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
(Wife) Deathbefore 16 June 1767Sarah became a widow when Moses Bennett Jr. died.1 
Marriage*16 June 1767She married second, as his fourth wife, Aaron Farnsworth, son of Benjamin Farnsworth and Mary Prescott, on 16 June 1767.1,5 
(Wife) DeathJuly 1769Sarah became a widow for the second time when Aaron Farnsworth died in July 1769 at age 59.1,5 
Marriage*16 May 1776She married third, as his second wife, William Bolton, son of William Bolton and Elizabeth White, on 16 May 1776 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress). Most published sources state that William Bolton married Sarah Lewis, and not Sarah Farnsworth. According to Reading, Massachusetts marriage records, a William Bolton did marry a Sarah Lewis on 18 September 1788. However, it is believed by this researcher, and other current Bolton family researchers, that that the William Bolton of that marriage was not this William.1,2,6,4,7 
Residence*1794Sarah's husband, William Bolton, added to the large farm he had purchased in 1773 in Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The house, with the ridgepole parallel with the road and sloping back, after the manner of the time, to a shed in the rear, was conspicuous as the first house west of West Groton. The place became known later as "The Peter Tarbell Place." Near the house there was an old barn, still functioning in 1889 as it had in the days before the Revolutionary War.6,8 
(Wife) Death30 April 1804Sarah became a widow for the third time when William Bolton died on 30 April 1804 at age 82.6,8,2,1,4 
Land Transfer*1806 In 1806, Sarah Bolton sold her share of her deceased husband's farm to the same James Parker his sons had sold their share to in 1804.6 
Death*24 June 1822She died on 24 June 1822 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 99 years and 10 months.1,4,5 

Family 1

 Moses Bennett Jr. d. b 16 Jun 1767
Children 1.Steven Bennett1 b. 22 Apr 1747
 2.Moses Bennett1 b. 13 Mar 1748
 3.John Bennett1 b. 1 Jul 1751
 4.Sarah Bennett1 b. 17 Nov 1752
 5.Susanna Bennett1 b. 16 Mar 1754
 6.Sybel Bennett+1,3 b. 17 Sep 1755, d. 20 Mar 1807

Family 2

 Aaron Farnsworth b. 29 Aug 1709, d. Jul 1769

Family 3

 William Bolton b. 25 Oct 1721

Citations

  1. [S676] Posey Godfrey, "The Boltons of Middlesex County, Massachusetts," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates. Hereinafter cited as "The Boltons of Middlesex County, Massachusetts."
  2. [S48] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850. CD-ROM (101 Newbury, Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS), Births - Marriages - Deaths. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
  3. [S679] Prepared by Susan Hawkes Cook, "Parentage of Sarah Bennett, Wife of Revolutionary", NEXUS (a publication of the New England Historic Genealogical Society), Volume 4, No. 3, pages 132-133 (June 1987). From 1983 to 2000, NEXUS was the news magazine of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Published five times a year, it contained columns and feature articles as well as NEHGS news and events. Gary Boyd Roberts’ “Notable Kin” column was a particular highlight, and article topics covered a wide range of subjects, including Irish origins, matrilineal and name studies, and material culture (especially photographs), plus some record transcriptions and resolutions of difficult problems. Also popular was a sizable query section, with some answers. Hereinafter cited as "Parentage of Sarah Bennett."
  4. [S2599] Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Shirley Uplands and Intervales : Annals of a Border Town of Old Middlesex, with some Genealogical Sketches, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: George Emery Littlefield, 1914), Bolton, pages 324-327. Hereinafter cited as Shirley Uplands and Intervales : Annals of a Border Town of Old Middlesex.
  5. [S2600] Moses Franklin Farnsworth, Farnsworth memorial : being a record of Matthias Farnsworth and his descendants in America; gathered from authentic sources, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Includes Blood, Bowers, Holden, Prescott, Sawtell, Tarball and related families, and also includes an index. (Manti, Utah: L. A. Lauber, 1897), Benjamin Farnsworth, pages 153-158, Aaron, #8, page 156. Hereinafter cited as Farnsworth memorial : being a record of Matthias Farnsworth.
  6. [S490] Charles Knowles Bolton, The Boltons of Old and New England: with a genealogy of the descendants of William Bolton of Reading, Massachusetts, 1720 (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), Descendants of William Bolton, First Generation, pages 3-6. Hereinafter cited as Boltons of Old and New England.
  7. [S2597] Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of a Sarah Lewis and an unidentified William Bolton on 18 September 1788 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, referencing New England Historical Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vitals to 1850. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850.
  8. [S484] Seth Chandler, History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts from its Early Settlement to A.D. 1882. The copy obtained from Google Books contains additional, handwritten notations and corrections dated 25 Sep 1883 on the William Bolton family on page 357. (Shirley, Massachusetts: Seth Chandler, 1883), pages 357-359. Hereinafter cited as Shirley Massachusetts History to 1882.

Alice S. Bloomfield1

b. 16 January 1902, d. 22 December 1993
Family
Father*Herbert W. Bloomfield1 b. 23 Aug 1852, d. 19 Dec 1921
Mother*Anna E. McLaughlin1 b. 5 May 1869, d. 20 Sep 1947
Birth*16 January 1902Alice S. Bloomfield was born on 16 January 1902 in Pennsylvania1,2 
Baptism28 September 1902 and was baptized on 28 September 1902 in the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.2 
Name VariationHer full name was Alice Salome Bloomfield.2 
(Daughter) Census US 19108 April 1910Alice S. was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 8 April 1910 in the household of her parents at 2646 Thompson Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She was 8 years old and had attended school within the census year.1 
(Daughter) Census US 192028 January 1920Alice was enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 28 January 1920 in the household of her parents in Tullytown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She was 18 years old and had attended school within the census year.3 
Marriage*9 December 1920She married first Herbert Leslie Brunton, son of John Brunton and Kate Miller, on 9 December 1920 in All Saints Episcopal Church, Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.4,5 
Honeymoon2 December 1920Before he was her husband, Herbert Leslie Brunton had obtained a passport for himself and his bride-to-be, Alice Salome Brunton, on 2 December 1920 in preparation for the lovely six month honeymoon they had planned. According to the application, they would leave from the Port of New York City on the ship Cellie on 11 December 1920 and visit friends in England, France, Switzerland and Italy. He was a supervisor in the U.S. Merchant Marines and his seaman's card was attached to his application.6 
(Wife) Death11 March 1927Alice became a widow when Herbert L. Brunton died on 11 March 1927 at age 40.7,8 
Marriage*15 September 1928She married second Lawrence Hagar Trimmer of High Bridge, New Jersey, son of Edwin D. Trimmer and Jennie W. Sharp, on 15 September 1928 in the Memorial Chapel of Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.9 
(Wife) Death19 January 1991Alice became a widow for the second time when Lawrence Hagar Trimmer died on 19 January 1991 at age 89.10,11 
Death*22 December 1993She died on 22 December 1993 in Pinellas County, Florida, at age 91.12 

Family 1

 Herbert L. Brunton b. 22 May 1886, d. 11 Mar 1927

Family 2

 Lawrence Hagar Trimmer b. 4 Aug 1901, d. 19 Jan 1991

Citations

  1. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert W. and Anna E. Bloomfield, Philadelphia Ward 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1392; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0289; FHL microfilm: 1375405. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com citing original data from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 546 and Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History; baptism of Alice Salome Bloomfield, daughter of Herbert and Annie Bloomfield, born on 16 Jan 1902 and baptized on 28 September 1902 at Church of the Messiah (Protestant Episcopal), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 947. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013.
  3. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert and Anna Bloomfield, Tullytown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1543; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 60. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Herbert Leslie Brunton of Tullytown, son of John and Kate (Miller) Brunton, and Alice Salome Bloomfield of Tullytown, daughter of Herbert W. and Anna Evans (McLaughlin) Bloomfield, on 9 December 1920 in Fallsington, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, at All Saints Episcopal Church, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 176.
  5. [S1817] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Alice S Bloomfield and Herbert L Brunton in 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, referencing Digital GSU# 4141622. Hereinafter cited as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951.
  6. [S2048] U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, passport application for Herbert Leslie Brunton, resident of Tullytown, PA, age 34, born on 22 May 1886 in San Francisco, California, father's name John Brunton, and spouse's name Alice Salome Brunton, passport issued on 2 December 1920, certificate# 116243, citing National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington D.C., Roll# 1426, Volume# Roll 1426 - Certificates: 116000-116375, 01 Dec 1920-02 Dec 1920. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925.
  7. [S2105] New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Herbert L Brunton, age 40, born about 1887, died on 11 March 1927, in Manhattan, New York, USA, certificate# 6481. Hereinafter cited as New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Herbert Leslie “Tom” Brunton, Memorial# 208010832, identifying his place of death as Canada, which may be correct if he was on a ship and arrived deceased in Manhattan. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  9. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Mrs. Alice Salome (Bloomfield) Brunton of Tullytown, Pennsylvania, daughter of Herbert W. and Anna Evans (McLaughlin) Bloomfield, and Lawrence Hagar Trimmer of High Bridge, New Jersey, son of Edwin D. and Jennie (Sharp) Trimmer, on 15 September 1928 in Fallsington, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, in the Memorial Chapel at All Saints Episcopal Church, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 176.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lawrence H. Trimmer, Memorial# 33097463.
  11. [S2042] Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Lawrence H Trimmer, age 89, born on 4 August 1901, died on 19 January 1991 in Pinellas, Florida, United States. Hereinafter cited as Florida Death Index, 1877-1998.
  12. [S2042] Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Alice B Trimmer, age 91, born on 16 January 1902, died on 22 December 1993 in Pinellas, Florida, United States.

Bessie S. Bloomfield1

b. 20 June 1890, d. 19 March 1971
Family
Father*Herbert W. Bloomfield1 b. 23 Aug 1852, d. 19 Dec 1921
Mother*Anna E. McLaughlin1 b. 5 May 1869, d. 20 Sep 1947
Birth*20 June 1890Bessie S. Bloomfield was born on 20 June 1890 in Pennsylvania1,2 
Baptism31 August 1890 and was baptized on 31 August 1890 in the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.2 
Name VariationHer full name was Bessie Selecia Bloomfield.2 
(Daughter) Census US 19108 April 1910Bessie S. was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 8 April 1910 in the household of her parents at 2646 Thompson Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She was 19 years old and worked as a bookkeeper for a towel mill.1 
Marriage*30 August 1913She married first Benjamin T. Patterson on 30 August 1913 in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.3 
World War I*24 August 1918Bessie's husband served in World War I as a Private First Class in the medical unit of Company 5 in the U.S. Army. He shipped out on 24 August 1918, departing from New York City on the ship Empress of Britain, their mission to assist the French Army. He had trained at Camp Crane, a World War I United States Army Ambulance Service (USAAS) training camp, located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Its mission was to train ambulance drivers to evacuate casualties on the Western Front in France. Many volunteers were medical students who wanted to do their part for the war effort.4 
Residence*Benjamin's departure documents named his wife, Bessie B. Patterson, as his emergency contact, and their place of residence as Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.4 
Divorce*3 November 1922Bessie S. (Bloomfield) Patterson and Benjamin T. Patterson were divorced after Benjamin filed against Bessie charging desertion in the Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The newspaper notice of his divorce action appeared on 3 November 1922, reporting that Benjamin resided in Newtown, and Bessie's address was 1523 West Norris Street, Philadelphia, that they had married on 30 August 1913 and that 13 February 1922 was the date of her desertion.5 
Marriage*1928She married second, as his second wife, Paul O. Kirschmann in 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.6 
Census US 1930*18 April 1930Bessie B. and Paul O. Kirschmann were enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 18 April 1930 on the Langhorne and Newtown Road, Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Paul was 50 years of age and worked as a clerk for the U.S. Post Office, and Bessie was 39 years of age, and worked as a designer for a retail florist. He had been 27 years of age at his first marriage and she had been 23. They lived on a farm, rented for $30, and owned a radio set.7 
(Wife) Death21 May 1965Bessie became a widow when Paul O. Kirschmann died on Friday, 21 May 1965 at age 85.8 
Death*19 March 1971She died on Friday, 19 March 1971 in her home at 2712 Pinehurst Avenue, Belleair Bluffs, Pinellas County, Florida, at age 80.9 

Family 1

 Benjamin T. Patterson

Family 2

 Paul O. Kirschmann b. 28 Oct 1879, d. 21 May 1965

Citations

  1. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert W. and Anna E. Bloomfield, Philadelphia Ward 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1392; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0289; FHL microfilm: 1375405. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com citing original data from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 546 and Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History; baptism of Bessia Selecia Bloomfield, age 0, daughter of Herbert W and Annie Bloomfield, born on 20 June 1890 and baptized on 31 August 1890 at Church of the Messiah (Protestant Episcopal), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 947. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013.
  3. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Bessie S Bloomfield and Benjamin T Patterson on 30 August 1913 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, at Church of the Messiah (Protestant Episcopal), referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 947.
  4. [S2103] U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939, online at www.ancestry.com, departure of Benjamin T Patterson of Morrisville, Bucks Co PA, Military Unit: MD, Rank: Private First Class, Service# 2584417, departed on 24 August 1918 from New York, New York on the ship Empress of Britain, Emergency Contact: Bessie Patterson, wife, Morrisville, Bucks Co PA, Notes: Camp Crane August Automatic Replacement Draft (Medical) Company 5; referencing The National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland, Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Record Group# 92, Roll or Box# 431. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939.
  5. [S2104] Patterson-Bloomfield 1927 Divorce, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.ancestry.com, The Bristol Daily Courier, (Bristol, Pennsylvania), Thursday Evening, 3 November 1927, page 1, Benjamin T. Patterson of Newtown filed a divorce action against his wife, Bessie B. Patterson of 1523 West Norris Street, Philadelphia, reporting they were married on 30 August 1913 and she deserted him on 13 February 1922. Hereinafter cited as Patterson-Bloomfield 1927 Divorce.
  6. [S1817] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Bessie B Patterson and Paul O Kirschmann in 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, referencing Digital GSU# 4141809. Hereinafter cited as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951.
  7. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Paul O. and Bessie B. Kirschmann, Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0036; FHL microfilm: 2341741. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S2096] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, online at www.ancestry.com, obituary for Paul Kirschmann of 2723 Pinehurst Avenue, Belleair Bluffs, Pinellas County, Florida, age 85, born about 1880, died Friday, 21 May 1965 at Morton F. Plant Hospital in Clearwater, survivors include widow Bessie B. Kirschmann, son Oliver R. Kirschmann of Collingdale, Pennsylvania, two grandchildren and a great grandchild, citing The Tampa Tribune, published on 23 May 1965, in Tampa, Florida, United States of America. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current.
  9. [S2096] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, online at www.ancestry.com, obituary for Bessie B Kirschmann of 2712 Pinehurst Avenue, Belleair Bluffs, Florida, age 80, retired horticulturist, died Friday, 19 March 19 1971, survivors include her sister, Mrs. Alice Trimmer of Harbor Bluffs, Largo, citing The Tampa Tribune, published on Tuesday, 23 March 1971, in Tampa, Florida, United States of America.

Dorothea Bloomfield1

Family
Father*John Bloomfield Esq.1
Marriage*She married, as his first wife, George Rochfort of County Westmeath, son of Robert Rochfort Earl of Belvedere and Mary Molesworth.1 

Family

 George Rochfort b. 1738, d. 1814

Citations

  1. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. In 2 volumes. (London, England: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1879), Rochfort of Westmeath, Volume II, page 1366. Hereinafter cited as Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.

Edith A. Bloomfield1

b. 7 May 1889, d. 28 August 1972
Family
Father*Herbert W. Bloomfield1,2 b. 23 Aug 1852, d. 19 Dec 1921
Mother*Anna E. McLaughlin1,2 b. 5 May 1869, d. 20 Sep 1947
Birth*7 May 1889Edith A. Bloomfield was born on 7 May 1889 in Pennsylvania.1,3,2 
Name VariationHer full name was Edith Anna Bloomfield.3 
(Daughter) Census US 19108 April 1910Edith A. was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 8 April 1910 in the household of her parents at 2646 Thompson Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She was 20 years old and worked as a teacher for the city.1 
Marriage*1913She married J. Howard Maxwell, son of Hugh McLeod Maxwell and Tillie M. Porter, in 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4,5,2 
(Wife) Death1962Edith became a widow when John Howard Maxwell died in 1962 at about age 75.6 
Death*28 August 1972She died on 28 August 1972 in the Guardian Care Nursing Home, Chesapeake, Virginia, at age 832,3 
Burial* and was buried with her husband and his parents in Everglade 407 in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.3,6,2 

Family

 J. Howard Maxwell b. 24 Jan 1887, d. 1962

Citations

  1. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert W. and Anna E. Bloomfield, Philadelphia Ward 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1392; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0289; FHL microfilm: 1375405. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S2101] Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Edith Anna Maxwell of 208 Elmhurst Lane, Portsmouth, Virginia, retired school teacher, age 83, born on 7 May 1889 in Pennsylvania, died of heart disease on 28 August 1972 in Guardian Care Nursing Home, Chesapeake, Virginia, USA, name of spouse John Howard Maxwell, names of parents Herbert William Bloomfield and Anna Mclaughlin, informant Mr. Hugh Maxwell, burial in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, registered on 7 September 1972, citing Certificate# 1972023606, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014. Hereinafter cited as Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Edith Anna Maxwell, Memorial# 91393536. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S1817] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Edith A Bloomfield and J Howard Maxwell in 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, referencing Digital GSU# 4140386. Hereinafter cited as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951.
  5. [S2100] Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, Pennsylvania), online at www.ancestry.com, obituary published Saturday, 15 April 1967, page 3, for Mrs. Gladys Bloomfield Yerkes, wife of Morris H. Yerkes of 200 Buck Road, Huntingdon Valley, died Thursday, 13 April 1967 in Clearwater, Florida; Mrs. Yerkes had been a winter visitor in Belleaire Bluffs, Florida since 1957; survived by husband, and three brothers and three sisters: Edward Bloomfield of Holland, Herbert Bloomfield of Woodbury, New Jersey, Chester Bloomfield of Fishing Creek, Maryland, Mrs. J. Howard Maxwell of Middlesex, New Jersey, Mrs. Paul Kirschmann of Belleair Bluffs, and Mrs. L. H. Trimmer of Harbor Bluffs, Florida; interment in Union Cemetery, Richboro. Hereinafter cited as Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, Pennsylvania).
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Howard Maxwell, Memorial# 91393573.

Gladys M. Bloomfield1,2,3

b. 1896, d. 13 April 1967
Family
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Herbert W. Bloomfield3,4 b. 23 Aug 1852, d. 19 Dec 1921
Mother*Anna E. McLaughlin3,4 b. 5 May 1869, d. 20 Sep 1947
Birth*1896Gladys M. Bloomfield was born in 1896 in Pennsylvania3 
Baptism3 May 1896 and was baptized on 3 May 1896 at the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4 
Name VariationHer full name was Gladys Mary Bloomfield.4 
(Daughter) Census US 19108 April 1910Gladys M. was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 8 April 1910 in the household of her parents at 2646 Thompson Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She was 14 years old and had attended school within the census year.3 
Marriage*1918She married first Clayton S. Farmer in 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.5 
(Daughter) Census US 192028 January 1920Gladys was enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 28 January 1920 in the household of her parents in Tullytown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She was 24 years of age, married, and had given birth in Tullytown to her stillborn son the month before.6 
(Daughter) Census US 193012 April 1930Gladys Farmer was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 12 April 1930 in the household of her widowed mother on Fallsington Road, Tullytown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Gladys was a widow, and 34 years of age.7 
(Daughter) Census US 194029 April 1940Gladys B. Farmer was enumerated on the 1940 census taken on 29 April 1940 in the household of her widowed mother on Old Lincoln Highway, Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She was 44 years of age and a widow. She had lived in the same house in 1935, had completed four years of high school and her occupation was recorded as an unpaid family worker.8 
Marriage*22 June 1940She married second, as his first wife, Morris H. Yerkes of Southampton, Bucks County, son of William Heaton Yerkes and Caroline Hogeland, on 22 June 1940 in the Harriet Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1,2 
Residence*1957 In 1957 Gladys and Morris established a second residence, in addition to their Pennsylvania home at 200 Buck Road, Huntingdon Valley, Bucks County, and spent the winter months in their Florida residence at 503 Cortez Avenue, Belleair Bluffs, Pinellas County.9,10,11,12 
Death*13 April 1967She died on 13 April 1967 in Clearwater at age 7212,11 
Burial*17 April 1967 and was buried on 17 April 1967 in Section A, Plot 60, in the New Ground of Union Cemetery, Richboro, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.12,11 

Family 1

 Clayton S. Farmer b. 1891
Child 1.Clayton S. Farmer Jr.13 b. 12 Dec 1919, d. 12 Dec 1919

Family 2

 Morris H. Yerkes b. 16 Oct 1895, d. 15 Jan 1983

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, page 653. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S1913] U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Morris H. Yerkes and Gladys B. Farmer on 22 June 1940 in the Harriet Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, referencing Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907, citing 95-1020 49A Box 2. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970.
  3. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert W. and Anna E. Bloomfield, Philadelphia Ward 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1392; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0289; FHL microfilm: 1375405. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com citing original data from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 546 and Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History; baptism of Gladys Mary Bloomfield, child of Herbert and Annie Bloomfield, baptized on 3 May 1896 at the Church of the Messiah (Protestant Episcopal), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 947. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013.
  5. [S1817] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Gladys M Bloomfield and Clayton S Farmer in 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, referencing Digital GSU# 4141622. Hereinafter cited as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951.
  6. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert and Anna Bloomfield, Tullytown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1543; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 60. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Anna E. Bloomfield, Tullytown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 2341742. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Anna E. Bloomfield, Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03445; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 9-48A. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  9. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Morris H Yerkes and Gladys B Yerkes at 503 Cortez Avenue, Clearwater, Florida, USA in the Clearwater, Florida, City Directory for 1959. Hereinafter cited as U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.
  10. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Morris H Yerkes and Gladys B Yerkes at 503 Cortez Avenue, Clearwater, Florida, USA in the Clearwater, Florida, City Directory, 1960.
  11. [S2100] Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, Pennsylvania), online at www.ancestry.com, obituary published Saturday, 15 April 1967, page 3, for Mrs. Gladys Bloomfield Yerkes, wife of Morris H. Yerkes of 200 Buck Road, Huntingdon Valley, died Thursday, 13 April 1967 in Clearwater, Florida; Mrs. Yerkes had been a winter visitor in Belleaire Bluffs, Florida since 1957; survived by husband, and three brothers and three sisters: Edward Bloomfield of Holland, Herbert Bloomfield of Woodbury, New Jersey, Chester Bloomfield of Fishing Creek, Maryland, Mrs. J. Howard Maxwell of Middlesex, New Jersey, Mrs. Paul Kirschmann of Belleair Bluffs, and Mrs. L. H. Trimmer of Harbor Bluffs, Florida; interment in Union Cemetery, Richboro. Hereinafter cited as Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, Pennsylvania).
  12. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com, burial of Gladys B Yerkes, age 72, born 1895, died 13 April 1967, burial on 17 April 1967 in Section A, Plot 60, New Ground at Richboro, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, Cemetery or Funeral at Union Cemetery, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 1016.
  13. [S1814] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968, online at www.ancestry.com, stillborn death of Clayton Farmer Jr, certificate# 124363, age 0, born on 12 December 1919 in Pennsylvania, died on 12 December 1919 in Tullytown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, parents Clayton Farmer and Gladys Bloomfield. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968.

Henry C. Bloomfield1

b. 4 October 1906, d. 8 December 1981
Family
Father*Herbert W. Bloomfield1 b. 23 Aug 1852, d. 19 Dec 1921
Mother*Anna E. McLaughlin1 b. 5 May 1869, d. 20 Sep 1947
Birth*4 October 1906Chester Bloomfield was born on 4 October 1906 at 2646 East Thompson, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania,2,1 
Baptism21 March 1907 and was baptized privately on 21 March 1907 by clergy of the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Philadelphia.3 
Name VariationHis full name was Henry Chester Bloomfield.4,1,5 
(Son) Census US 19108 April 1910Henry C. was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 8 April 1910 in the household of his parents at 2646 Thompson Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He was 3 years old.1 
Name VariationHe also called himself Chester.4 
(Son) Census US 192028 January 1920He was enumerated as Chester on the 1920 census taken on 28 January 1920 in the household of his parents in Tullytown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was 13 years old and had attended school within the census year.4 
(Son) Census US 193012 April 1930Henry C. was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 12 April 1930 in the household of his widowed mother on Fallsington Road, Tullytown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was 22 years of age and worked as a farmer with his mother and brother Joseph on the general farm his mother rented.6 
Marriage*21 November 1936He married Marion Elizabeth Wells, daughter of Henry C. Wells and Charlotte Olive Hendrickson, on 21 November 1936 in All Saints Episcopal Church, Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.7,8 
(Son) Census US 194029 April 1940Henry C. was enumerated with his wife on the 1940 census taken on 29 April 1940 in the household of his widowed mother on Old Lincoln Highway, Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Henry was 33 years of age, had completed four years of high school, and operated his mother's farm on his own account. His wife Marion was 32 years of age, had completed four years of college and worked as a teacher in a public school for wages of $1,400. Both reported they had lived in the same house in 1935.8 
Death*8 December 1981He died on 8 December 1981 in the Caroline Nursing Home, Denton, Caroline County, Maryland, at age 759,10 
Burial* and was buried in Junior Order Cemetery, Preston, Caroline County, Maryland.10 

Family

 Marion Elizabeth Wells b. 30 Nov 1907, d. 20 Aug 2011

Citations

  1. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert W. and Anna E. Bloomfield, Philadelphia Ward 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1392; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0289; FHL microfilm: 1375405. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1866] Pennsylvania, Birth Certificates, 1906-1911, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Chester Bloomfield on 4 October 1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA to Herbert Bloomfield and Annie M Bloomfield, citing certificate# 163971, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania (State). Birth certificates, 1906–1910, Box 56 and 163651-166950 certificate number range. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Birth Certificates, 1906-1911.
  3. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com citing original data from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 546 and Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History; baptism of Henry Chester Bloomfield, age 0, son of Herbert and Annie Bloomfield, born in October 1906 and baptized on 21 March 1907 privately by the Church of the Messiah (Protestant Episcopal), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 947. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013.
  4. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert and Anna Bloomfield, Tullytown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1543; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 60. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S1967] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, online at www.ancestry.com, registration of Henry Chester Bloomfield of Langhorne, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, age 34, born on 4 October 1906 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, registered on 16 October 1940 in Langhorne, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, describing him as 5'11" in height, weighing 195 lbs., Ruddy complexion, Brown eyes and Brown hair, referencing U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, WWII Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947, Records of the Selective Service System, 147, Box 204. Hereinafter cited as U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.
  6. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Anna E. Bloomfield, Tullytown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 2341742. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of H. Chester Bloomfield, son of Herbert W. and Anna E. (McLaughlin) Bloomfield, and Marion Elizabeth Wells, daughter of Henry C. and Charlotte Olive (Hendrickson) Wells on 21 November 1936 in Fallsington, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, at All Saints Episcopal Church, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 176.
  8. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Anna E. Bloomfield, Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03445; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 9-48A. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  9. [S2096] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, online at www.ancestry.com, The Daily Times, Salisbury, Maryland, 9 December 1981, page 2, death of Chester Bloomfield, age 75, retired farmer, died on Tuesday, 8 December 1981 in the Caroline Nursing Home, Denton, husband of Marion Wells Bloomfield. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, H Chester Bloomfield, Memorial# 142724159. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.

Herbert W. Bloomfield1

b. 23 August 1852, d. 19 December 1921
Family
Father*William Bloomfield2
Mother*Selina Whitby2
Birth*23 August 1852Herbert W. Bloomfield was born on 23 August 1852 in Brentwood Borough, Essex County, England,1,3 
Baptism28 October 1852 and was baptized on 28 October 1852 at St. Mary the Virgin, Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex County.4 
Name VariationHis full name was Herbert William Bloomfield.5 
Marriage*1888He married Anna E. McLaughlin in 1888 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.5,1 
Census US 1910*8 April 1910Anna E. and Herbert W. Bloomfield were enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 8 April 1910 at 2646 Thompson Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Herbert was 56 years of age and owned and operated his own butcher shop, and Anna was 40 years of age. They had been married for 22 years, owned their house free of mortgage, and Anna had given birth to seven children, all of whom were living and enumerated with their parents in 1910. Edith A. was 20 years old and worked as a school teacher for the city; Bessie S. was 19 years old and worked as a bookkeeper for a towel mill; Herbert W. Jr. was 17 years old; Gladys M. was 14; Alice S. was 8; Joseph E. was 5; and Henry C. was 3 years old. Herbert Jr., Gladys, Alice and Joseph had all attended school within the census year. Also residing with the Bloomfield family in 1910 was a boarder, Wesley McLaughlin, who was 33 years of age, born in Pennsylvania, and a blacksmith. We suspect he was a relative of Anna's. Additionally, Anna Williams, age 16 and born in Germany, lived with the family and worked as a servant.1 
Census US 1920*28 January 1920Anna and Herbert W. Bloomfield were enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 28 January 1920 in Tullytown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Herbert was 67 years of age and a farmer, and Anna was 50 years of age. Herbert's immigration year was recorded as 1880 and he was naturalized in 1890. They owned their farm with a mortgage. Anna's occupation was recorded as traveling salesman, which we feel certain was meant to have been written by the census taker on the next line for the couple's son Herbert Jr. who was 27 years of age and was enumerated in his parent's household. Their married daughter, Gladys Farmer, also resided with her parents in 1920. She was 24 years of age and had given birth to a stillborn son in Tullytown the previous month. We have found no records for her husband, Clayton S. Farmer, following their marriage. The three youngest of the Bloomfield's children were also enumerated with them, and all had attended school within the census year. Allice was 18 years old; Edward was 14; and Chester was 13. Additionally, a farm laborer, William Shock, age 60, was enumerated as a boarder in the Bloomfield household in 1920.6 
Death*19 December 1921He died on 19 December 1921 in Tullytown, Bucks County, at age 692,3 
Burial*22 December 1921 and was buried on 22 December 1921 in Tullytown Cemetery, Bristol, Bucks County.3,2 

Family

 Anna E. McLaughlin b. 5 May 1869, d. 20 Sep 1947
Children 1.Edith A. Bloomfield1,7 b. 7 May 1889, d. 28 Aug 1972
 2.Bessie S. Bloomfield1 b. 20 Jun 1890, d. 19 Mar 1971
 3.Herbert W. Bloomfield Jr.1 b. 19 Sep 1892, d. 23 Jan 1974
 4.Gladys M. Bloomfield+1,8 b. 1896, d. 13 Apr 1967
 5.Alice S. Bloomfield1 b. 16 Jan 1902, d. 22 Dec 1993
 6.Joseph E. Bloomfield1 b. 1905, d. 1978
 7.Henry C. Bloomfield1 b. 4 Oct 1906, d. 8 Dec 1981

Citations

  1. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert W. and Anna E. Bloomfield, Philadelphia Ward 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1392; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0289; FHL microfilm: 1375405. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1814] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Herbert W Bloomfield Sr, certificate# 119232, age 69, born on 23 August 1852 in Brentwood, Essex, England, died on 19 December 1921 in Tullytown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, parents William Bloomfield and Selina Whitby, both born Brentwood, England, informant Anna E. Bloomfield, Tullytown, Pennsylvania, burial on 22 December 1921 in Tullytown Cemetery. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Herbert William Bloomfield Sr., Memorial# 208010957. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S2102] Essex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1918, online at www.ancestry.com, baptism of Herbert William Bloomfield on 28 October 1852 in St. Mary the Virgin, Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex, England, son of William and Selina Bloomfield, Baptism Register, Parish Records;1851-1872, citing Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, Essex, England, Essex Church of England Parish Registers. Hereinafter cited as Essex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1918.
  5. [S1817] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Anna Evans McLaughlin and Herbert William Bloomfield in 1888 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, referencing Digital GSU# 4141890. Hereinafter cited as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951.
  6. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert and Anna Bloomfield, Tullytown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1543; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 60. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S2101] Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Edith Anna Maxwell of 208 Elmhurst Lane, Portsmouth, Virginia, retired school teacher, age 83, born on 7 May 1889 in Pennsylvania, died of heart disease on 28 August 1972 in Guardian Care Nursing Home, Chesapeake, Virginia, USA, name of spouse John Howard Maxwell, names of parents Herbert William Bloomfield and Anna Mclaughlin, informant Mr. Hugh Maxwell, burial in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, registered on 7 September 1972, citing Certificate# 1972023606, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014. Hereinafter cited as Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014.
  8. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com citing original data from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 546 and Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History; baptism of Gladys Mary Bloomfield, child of Herbert and Annie Bloomfield, baptized on 3 May 1896 at the Church of the Messiah (Protestant Episcopal), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 947. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013.

Herbert W. Bloomfield Jr.1

b. 19 September 1892, d. 23 January 1974
Family
Father*Herbert W. Bloomfield1 b. 23 Aug 1852, d. 19 Dec 1921
Mother*Anna E. McLaughlin1 b. 5 May 1869, d. 20 Sep 1947
Birth*19 September 1892Herbert W. Bloomfield Jr. was born on 19 September 1892 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania,2,1,3 
Baptism23 October 1892 and was baptized on 23 October 1892 in the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.4 
(Son) Census US 19108 April 1910Herbert W. Jr. was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 8 April 1910 in the household of his parents at 2646 Thompson Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He was 17 years old and had attended school within the census year.1 
Education*1914He graduated from Penn State University in 1914.3 
World War I*21 June 1917Herbert W. Bloomfield Jr. enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 21 June 1917 to serve in World War I in the Medical Reserve Corps of the U.S. Army Ambulance Service (USAAS) whose mission was to assist the French Army. He was trained at Camp Crane, a World War I United States Army Ambulance Service training camp, located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Its mission was to train ambulance drivers to evacuate casualties on the Western Front in France. Many volunteers were medical students who wanted to do their part for the war effort.3,2 
World War I26 April 1919Herbert was wounded in action by a gunshot wound to his right leg and body on 27 July 1918 during the Aisne-Marne Offensive in France and was honorably discharged on 26 April 1919 at Camp Dix, Burlington County, New Jersey.2,3 
(Son) Census US 192028 January 1920Herbert Jr. was enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 28 January 1920 in the household of his parents in Tullytown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was 27 years of age and worked, we surmise from the census taker's entry for his mother, as a traveling salesman.5 
Marriage*1 December 1926He married Christie Scheffer, daughter of Louis E. Scheffer and Hildegarde A. Paul, on 1 December 1926 in Queens County, New York.6 
Census US 1930*24 April 1930Christie and Herbert W. Bloomfield Jr. were enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 24 April 1930 at 501 Watchung Avenue, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey. Herbert was 36 years of age, a veteran of the World War and worked as a sales manager for a fertilizer company. Christie was 25 years of age. They rented their house for $85 and owned a radio set.7 
Residence*8 February 1934Herbert and Christie lived at 618 Delaware Street, Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey, on 8 February 1934.2 
Death*23 January 1974He died on 23 January 1974 in Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey, at age 813,8 
Burial* and, although his burial information was not known, was memorialized with his parents on the Find a Grave website.3,9,10 

Family

 Christie Scheffer b. 28 Dec 1905, d. 22 Feb 2002

Citations

  1. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert W. and Anna E. Bloomfield, Philadelphia Ward 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1392; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0289; FHL microfilm: 1375405. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1952] Pennsylvania, WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948, online at www.ancestry.com, application dated 8 February 1934 for Herbert William Bloomfield of Woodbury, NJ, age 41, born on 19 September 1892 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Military Branch: Army. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Pvt Herbert William Bloomfield, Memorial# 105179843. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com citing original data from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 546 and Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History; baptism of Herbert William Bloomfield, son of Herbert William and Annie Bloomfield, baptized on 23 October 1892 at Church of the Messiah (Protestant Episcopal), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 947. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013.
  5. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert and Anna Bloomfield, Tullytown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1543; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 60. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S2107] New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Herbert Bloomfield and Christie Scheffer on 1 December 1926 in Queens, New York, USA, citing Certificate# 3426. Hereinafter cited as New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937.
  7. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert W. and Christie Bloomfield, Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0335; FHL microfilm: 2341063. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S2073] New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Herbert W Bloomfield on 23 January 1974 in Woodbury City, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA. Hereinafter cited as New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-2017.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Anna Evans (McLaughlin) Bloomfield, Memorial# 208010935.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Herbert William Bloomfield Sr., Memorial# 208010957.

John Bloomfield Esq.1

Family
Residence*He was of Redwood, Kings County, Ireland.1 

Family
Child 1.Dorothea Bloomfield1

Citations

  1. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. In 2 volumes. (London, England: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1879), Rochfort of Westmeath, Volume II, page 1366. Hereinafter cited as Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.

Joseph E. Bloomfield1

b. 1905, d. 1978
Family
Father*Herbert W. Bloomfield1 b. 23 Aug 1852, d. 19 Dec 1921
Mother*Anna E. McLaughlin1 b. 5 May 1869, d. 20 Sep 1947
Birth*1905Joseph E. Bloomfield was born about 1905 in Pennsylvania.1,2 
Name VariationHis full name was Joseph Edward Bloomfield.3,1 
(Son) Census US 19108 April 1910Joseph E. was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 8 April 1910 in the household of his parents at 2646 Thompson Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He was 5 years old and had attended school within the census year.1 
Name VariationHe also called himself Edward.3 
(Son) Census US 192028 January 1920He was enumerated as Edward on the 1920 census taken on 28 January 1920 in the household of his parents in Tullytown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was 14 years old and had attended school within the census year.3 
(Son) Census US 193012 April 1930Joseph E. was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 12 April 1930 in the household of his widowed mother on Fallsington Road, Tullytown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was 25 years of age and worked as a farmer with his mother and brother Henry on the general farm his mother rented.4 
Marriage*14 January 1933He married Josephine Eleanor Mingle, daughter of Charles Wright Mingle and Jennie Walker Berger, on 14 January 1933 in the Messiah Chapel of All Saints Episcopal Church, Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.5 
Illness*1945Joseph's wife Josephine was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis about 1945.6 
(Husband) Death17 March 1956Joseph became a widower when Josephine Eleanor (Mingle) Bloomfield died on 17 March 1956 at age 47. She had had multiple sclerosis for eleven years, was bedridden, and died after two weeks of hypostatic pneumonia.6,7 
Death*1978He died in 1978 at about age 732 
Burial* and was buried with his wife in Tullytown Cemetery, Bristol, Bucks County.2,7 

Family

 Josephine Eleanor Mingle b. 13 Jan 1909, d. 17 Mar 1956

Citations

  1. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert W. and Anna E. Bloomfield, Philadelphia Ward 18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1392; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0289; FHL microfilm: 1375405. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph E Bloomfield, Memorial# 208013501. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Herbert and Anna Bloomfield, Tullytown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1543; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 60. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Anna E. Bloomfield, Tullytown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 2341742. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com citing original data from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 546 and Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History; marriage of Joseph Edward Bloomfield of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, son of Herbert W. and Anne Bloomfield, and Josephine Eleanor Mingle of Philadelphia, daughter of Charles Wright and Jennie Walker (Berger) Mingle, on 14 January 1933 in Fallsington, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, in Messiah Chapel at All Saints Episcopal Church, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 176. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013.
  6. [S1814] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Josephine E Bloomfield of rural Jobstown, Burlington, New Jersey, certificate# 21954, age 47, married, housewife, born on 13 January 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died after 2 weeks of hypostatic pneumonia due to bedridden by 11 years of multiple sclerosis, on 17 March 1956 in the Maple Manor Nursing Home in Langhorne, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, parents Charles W Mingle and Jennie Berger, informant J. E. Bloomfield, Jobstown, New Jersey, burial on 21 March 1956 in Tullytown Cemetery, Tullytown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Josephine E Bloomfield, Memorial# 208013550.

William Bloomfield1

Family
Marriage*He married Selina Whitby.1 

Family

 Selina Whitby
Child 1.Herbert W. Bloomfield+1 b. 23 Aug 1852, d. 19 Dec 1921

Citations

  1. [S1814] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Herbert W Bloomfield Sr, certificate# 119232, age 69, born on 23 August 1852 in Brentwood, Essex, England, died on 19 December 1921 in Tullytown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, parents William Bloomfield and Selina Whitby, both born Brentwood, England, informant Anna E. Bloomfield, Tullytown, Pennsylvania, burial on 22 December 1921 in Tullytown Cemetery. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968.