Florence Harrison BLAND

1882 - 1970  (~ 88 years)

• Name	Florence Harrison BLAND
  Birth	Mar 1882	York, Yorkshire   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	BEDD7D672C0940A2913187B6899165293DEA
  Death	23 Jul 1970	Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Notes	Ancestry.com New York Passenger Lists, 1820 - 1957 show: 1. Florence H (64, widow, retired) and Betty P (27, no occupation) both of 5 Lowndes Court, London SW1, arriving at New York on 25 October 1946 by air with American Overseas Airlines. Apparently with them, at least of the same address, was Ethel M OVERLAND (56, widow, retired). A detailed immigration form gives the following information about Florence: Full name Florence Harrison Minter, born York, England; height 5 feet 2 inches, comlexion fair, hair brown, eyes dark brown, widow, able to read English, going to see Harry Wanger of 270 Park Avenue, New York 2. Florence H (65, widow, independent) and Betty P H (28, fashion model) arriving at New York on 6 November 1947 on the Mauretania. 3. Florence (65) and Betty Peta (29) arriving at New York on 7 September 1948 by air with Pan American Airways. Emigrated to the US in 1951 with her daughter. According to Trish Stock (in February 2022), they settled in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut. Florence died on 23 July 1970.
  Person ID	I172	Ipswich, Suffolk
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Frederick Harrison BLAND,   b. Dec 1849, York, Yorkshire d. Dec 1891, Islington RD (Age ~ 42 years)
  Mother	Eliza Ellenor HOWARD,   b. Sep 1854, Appleton Roebuck, Yorkshire d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	28 Jul 1881	St George, Leeds, Yorkshire   [3, 4]
  	Married by license. Frederick Harrison Bland, 32, bachelor, draper of 35 Coney St, York, father George Bland (deceased), draper. Eliza Ellenor Howard, 25, spinster of 84 Portland Crescent, Leeds, father John Howard (deceased), sanitary inspector. Both signed full names. Witnesses Joseph Elstub, Alice Beaumont.
  Family ID	F193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frederick George Minter,   b. 31 May 1859, Washbrook, Suffolk d. 31 Jul 1927, 26 Norfolk Street, London (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1926	Parish Church of St Mark, North Audley Street, London   [5, 6]
  	Married by special licence in 26 Norfolk Street. Frederick George Minter, 67, widower, builder & contractor of 26 Norfolk Street, W1, father William Flood Minter, brewer. Florence Harrison Bland, 44, spinster of 26 Norfolk Street, W1, father Henry Frederick Bland, oriental inspector. Both signed full names. Witnesses Barrington Hooper, William Ernest Newcock both signed.
  Children	1. Frederick George Harrison Minter,   b. 27 Nov 1915, Marylebone RD d. Feb 2003, Ashfd wt Shp RD (Age 87 years)   2. Betty P Harrison Minter
  Family ID	F59	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Mar 1882 - York, Yorkshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index, Q1 1882 Leeds 9b/489, mother's maiden name HOWARD. (Reliability: 3). [S105] Trish Stock, February 2022. [S3] BMD index, Q3 1881 Leeds 9b/517. (Reliability: 3). [S97] West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 at ancestry.com. [S3] BMD index. [S44] Marriage register at findmypast.co.uk, June 2014 and later.