Essex BLAND's... help!

[fraggle]

Hi

Clutching at straws here but is there any one who can shed any light on the adoption by the Bland family of Tilbury, Essex of a son Eric Albert Theodore Bland in about 1914? 
The Bland family owned about 4 grocer shops in the Tilbury area including Sydney Road and St Chad's Road 1900 and 1960ish.  For a time they also lived in Stanford le Hope.  Mr and Mrs Bland also had 3 other children of their own Edward(Cycil)1900, Gwen 1901 and Archie 1903.
Rumour has it that Eric's birth mother may have been from Belgium.
I know it's a long time ago but I was wondering if it may have croped up in anyone else's tree somewhere.
Eric served with the RAF during WW2 and married Elsie Sparke from Liverpool.  They ran the St Chad's road shop for may years and had a son David.

Any info no matter how trivial will be most appreciated.

Thanks
Fraggle

[mark73]

Hi

I live in Canvey Island, Essex and know of a Bland family. Nothing more I can tell you except they are here!

good luck
cheers
Mark

[Neko]

I have what I believe are Essex Blands-the matriarch was b. in Essex.
I only know just this bit;
Mr. Bland
m. Elizabeth Cross b. 13 May 1764 Colchester
children;
Henry Bland
Mary Bland m. William Pettitt

that's all I have. one assumes they are still alive in 1848, as they are mentioned in a will of Elizabeth's spinster sister.
names connected to them from the will or from the genealogy (or both)
Burnham, Cross, Bland, Clark, Waterfall, Jackson, Pettitt, Mayo, Cooper
Cornelia

[Neko]

I have since succeeded in discovering the Bland family and extending them quite a bit. if anyone recognises them or their descendants on this list, please contact me, I have much to share on the matriarchal lineage.

1 Henry BLAND poss. the son of Henry Bland and Hannah Walton
  + Elizabeth CROSS b: 13 May 1764 d: 18 May 1809 dau of Peter Cross & Eliz. Burnham
    2 Elizabeth BLAND b: 17 Sep 1788
      + John COOPER
        3 Emma Elizabeth COOPER b: 1814 c: 17 Oct 1814 d: 1882
          + Alfred Gustavus MAYO b: 1805 d: 1856
            4 Emma Sarah MAYO b: 1836 d: 11 Oct 1891
              + Joseph George WIXLEY b: 1834 d: 1861
                5 Josephine Emma WIXLEY b: 1860 d: 1903
                  + William Samuel OLIVER b: 1853 d: 1897
                    6 Ethel Josephine V. OLIVER b: 1878
                      + George Reston MALLOCH b: 1877
                    6 Lionel Alwyne Wixley OLIVER b: 1880
                    6 Harold Compton Wixley OLIVER b: 25 Jan 1882 d: 25 Jul 1888
            4 Victoria MAYO b: 1838 d: 1900
              + William Henry BERRY d: BEF 1871
                5 Henry Gustavus BERRY b: 1871 d: 1931
                  + Josephine Eleanor SHACKLETON b: 1870 d: 1895
                    6 Henry Gustavus N BERRY b: 1895
            4 Caroline MAYO b: 27 Apr 1840 c: 26 Jun 1840 d: 1911
              + Spencer Smith TIFFIN b: 1841 d: 1879
                5 Arthur Joseph TIFFIN b: 1 Aug 1867 c: 17 Aug 1867 d: 1913
                  + Eliza Page LAWRENCE b: 1865
                    6 Spencer Arthur L TIFFIN b: 1889
                    6 Josephine Augusta V TIFFIN b: 1891
                    6 Joseph Arthur TIFFIN b: 1893
                    6 Daisy Amelia TIFFIN b: 1895
                    6 John Spencer S TIFFIN b: 1898
                    6 Stuart Charles TIFFIN b: 1899
            4 Frances MAYO b: 1843
            4 Alice MAYO b: 12 Feb 1844 c: 14 Mar 1847
            4 Alfred Valentine MAYO b: 1847 c: 14 Mar 1847 d: 1898
              + Harriett Louisa GATES b: 1847 d: 1887
                5 Florence Louise MAYO b: 21 Sep 1872
                  + Joseph William KIRK b: 15 Dec 1870
                    6 Violet Irene Rosa KIRK b: 15 Apr 1898 d: 1951
                      + Albion Percy SMITH b: 16 Jan 1890 d: 1977
                        7 Iris Josephine SMITH b: 4 Jul 1922
                          + Kenneth Royston DAVIS b: 1919 d: 1988
                            8 Living DAVIS
                              + Living CHESHIRE
                                9 Living DAVIS
                                9 Living DAVIS
                            8 Living DAVIS
                              + Living VINER
                                9 Living DAVIS
                                9 Living DAVIS
                                9 Living DAVIS
                            8 Living DAVIS
                              + Living ROONEY
                          + Edward LOOSEMORE
                5 Alfred Gustavus MAYO b: 1873
                5 Fanny MAYO b: 1877
                  + Stephen Benjamin SMITH b: 1874
                5 Jessie Emma MAYO b: 1880
                  + Fred FREEMAN b: 1866
                5 Stanley Rupert MAYO b: 1881
                5 Charles Trevor MAYO b: 1883
                  + Emily Caroline MARTIN
                    6 Marjorie C MAYO b: 1913
              + Margaret Emily WHEELER d: 1898
        3 John Davis COOPER b: 1817 c: 10 Jun 1817 d: 1897
          + Elizabeth Sarah BENHAM d: 1845
            4 Elizabeth Sarah COOPER b: 1844 d: 1845
          + Martha Maria LEWINGTON b: 21 Aug 1821 d: 1879
            4 Emma Eliza COOPER b: 5 Aug 1846 c: 11 Jan 1863
            4 Martha Maria COOPER b: 1848
            4 John Davis COOPER b: 28 Apr 1849 d: 21 Dec 1913
              + Mary MITCHELL b: 14 May 1859 d: 28 Dec 1891
                5 Elizabeth COOPER b: 1 Jan 1885 d: 1950
                  + Francis William LOWRY b: 7 May 1883 d: 1955
                5 John Thomas COOPER b: 8 Aug 1886 d: 10 Aug 1959
                  + Florence WILSON
                    6 John Thomas COOPER b: 9 Oct 1913 d: Nov 1973
                      + Phoebe Evelyn COOPER
            4 Alfred COOPER b: 7 Nov 1856 c: 11 Jan 1863
            4 Henrietta Mary COOPER b: 25 Feb 1858 c: 11 Jan 1863
          + Annie Eliza BAGWELL b: 1841
        3 George Samuel COOPER c: 22 Oct 1820
    2 Henry BLAND b: 12 May 1790
    2 Mary BLAND b: 7 Nov 1792
      + William PETTITT
    2 William BLAND b: 7 Nov 1792 d: 21 Feb 1793
~~~~~~~~

[Turquoise]

Charles Trevor Mayo was my grandfather and Marjorie Mayo b 1913  my mother who died  in 1987 - Emily Martin remarried after Charles died.I do not know the year of his death I have very little info on the Mayo side of the family but do have a copper plate regarding the company Wixley &  co relating to an address in Fore St EC . Charles was a 'shop fitter'.
Your research enabled me to trace back much further than i had knowledge of....

[Neko]

Thank you for the new information, Turquois,

as promised, your direct lineage of the matriarch of this family.
Elizabeth Cross, the daughter of Peter Cross and Elizabeth Burnham, Peter Cross chr. 13 Nov 1739 in Woodbridge the son of Peter Cross chr. 25 May 1710 Walton, Suffolk, the son of Edmond Crosse b. 3 Sep 1678 Woodbridge, the son of Peter Cross(e) b. 18 Aug 1678 of Woodbridge, son of Edmond Cross(e) b. circa 1600-1620 of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

Peter "Sr." m. Mary Wilkenson
Edmond m. Mary Freeman
Peter (the father of Edmond) m. 1st Joanne/Johannah maiden name unknown
Edmond (the father of Peter who m. Joanne/Johannah) m. Sarah, maiden name said to be Hinde, but haven't found proof of that.
Edmond who m. Sarah-their parents are not yet known to me.

Peter and some of his siblings were baptised in the Church of England but the family was marked as dissenters. in 1655, Edmond removed his family from the Church of England and joined the Quaker faith.

Edmond Cross and Mary Freeman had 6 children. their 2nd child, Edmund, is my ancestor. he removed to Colchester and m. Hannah Hawkins at Colchester meeting. his brother, Peter, who was the 5th child, is your ancestor. Peter remained in Woodbridge, marrying Mary Wilkenson there, and their apparently sole surviving child, Peter, Jr., later removed to Colchester where he rejoined the faith.

all the known collateral lines can be found here (it's too big to post here, yet is incomplete);
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=necko&id=I3002

my ancestry from my grandmother back-Ruth E. Cross>James F. Cross>William H. Cross>Joseph Cross, Jr.>Joseph Cross, Sr>Edmund Cross the younger>Edmond Cross>Peter Cross(e)>Edmond Cross(e) the earliest know ancestor.

there is a plethora of Edmond's and Peters in the tree, particularly prior to 1837, that can muddle and befuddle the mind unless one is looking at the paperwork and has a good fundamental knowledge of the family. trying to sort them out in my head can bring on a mental shutdown!