Husband: Roy Clifford Bland
Census name: Royal C. Bland 1
Born: Jul-29-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,3
Died: Oct- 3-1956 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2,3
Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 2,4
Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 5,2
Census: 1920, 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1)
Occupation: mail carrier 2
Father: Santford Hoskins Bland (1850 - 1923)
Mother: Eliza Alice Childers (1848 - 1936)
Wife: Bertha Gay Crook 6
Also known as: Gay Crook 7,8,1,9
Married: ca 1913 9
Born: Nov-13-1897 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 10,3
Died: Jun-20-1978 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH 11,3
Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Resided: in Newton Falls, Trumbull Co, OH 10
Resided: 1956 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 8
Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: William Porter Crook (1864 - 1934)
Mother: Emma Norman (1877 - )
Notes
M Child 1: James Rodney Bland Also known as: Rodney J. Bland 12,5,9 Born: Oct-13-1914 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 13,14,15 Died: Apr- 3-1984 16,14,15 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 15 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Resided: 1978 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1920, 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Military: Dec- 6-1943 - Nov-24-1945 U.S. Navy, World War II 18 Wife: Eva Belle Costilow b. Mar- 2-1914 d. Jul-29-1986 Married: 1933 16
M Child 2: Richard C. Bland Born: Oct-24-1917 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 10,14 Died: Feb-13-1994 in Warren, Trumbull Co, OH 19,14 Buried: Johnston Cemetery in Ohio 10 Resided: since 1950 in Kinsman, Trumbull Co, OH 10,20 Resided: until 1950 at New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Winona Madge Swentzel b. Feb-26-1919 d. Dec-31-2004 Also known as: Madge Swentzel 21 Married: Feb-22-1936 in Doddridge Co, WV 22
M Child 3: Ralph W. Bland Born: Aug- 6-1920 14 Died: Sep- -1985 14 Resided: in Leesville, Lexington Co, SC 20,17 Census: 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Military: (enlisted 9/10/1940) U.S. Army, World War II
M Child 4: Charles Rosier Bland Also known as: Rosier Bland Born: Nov- 5-1930 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 14,23 Died: Feb-19-2005 in Georgia 24,14 Resided: in Augusta, Richmond Co, GA 20 Resided: 1994 in Fort Myers, Lee Co, FL 5 Resided: 1978 in Newton Falls, Trumbull Co, OH 17 Resided: 1951 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 23 Occupation: Thomas Steel Strip Corp (retired), owner Bland Realty (Warren OH) Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1949) Wife: Velma Marie Junkins b. Jun-12-1933 Married: May-28-1951 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 23
Sources: (1) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (5) Obituary of brother. (6) Obituary of son. (7) Marriage record of son. (8) Death record of husband. (9) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (10) Obituary. (11) Obituary - Hospital. (12) Death record of son. (13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Social Security Death Index. (15) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (16) Obituary of wife. (17) Obituary of mother. (18) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (19) Obituary - Nursing home. (20) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (21) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (22) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Richard Bland, 21, of Doddridge Co; and Madge Swentzel, 16, of Doddridge Co. Married Feb 22 1936. (23) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (24) Obituary - At home. Event Notes Note (1) Meathouse Fork Road