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Hi John, I'll definitely send the image but have a bit of a complication with computers at the moment so working on my kindle!

Did you know Clifford actually died of TB? Here's the record:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-26298-24164-39?cc=1985567&wc=M9S3-RX3:1555631402

Thanks again MarieCeleste. You have been amazing!! You have given me new great-aunts and uncles I never knew I had! Seems like Clifford never married and died young as a result of serving in the military during WW1. I now have lots of leads to follow. Look forward to seeing Edith's photo if you would forward the passport image to me :-) Thanks again ... John

Very well done Marie!!

Prickles.x

Charles birth:

Charles Arthur Bland, "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915"

Name: Charles Arthur Bland
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 22 Sep 1906
Event Place: Woburn, Massachusetts
Father's Name: Harry Bland
Mother's Name: Emily B. Blackbell

Reference ID: 733
GS Film number: 2315131
Digital Folder Number: 4212541
Image Number: 292

Image:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11076-110414-47?cc=1536925&wc=11695108

Charles eventually married:

New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947

Name: Charles Arthur Bland
Marriage Date: 29 Sep 1940
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Place: Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Birth Date: abt 1906
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Harry Bland
Mother's name: Emily Blackshaw
Spouse Name: Grace Frances McKinney
Spouse Age: 34
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Father's Name: George L McKinney
Spouse Mother's Name: Bessie L Haley
FHL Film Number: 2319380

Image: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11764-4586-4?cc=1520640&wc=7131819

His mother Emily had died by then.

Lillian's death:

Social Security Death Index
Name: Lillian B. Stevenson
SSN: 014-12-1796
Last Residence: 33020 Hollywood, Broward, Florida, United States of America
Born: 29 Dec 1902
Died: Sep 1988
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)

Looks like she moved near her sister Edith.

Lillian & T Henry in 1930:

1930 United States Federal Census

Name: T Henry Stevenson
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1899
Birthplace: New York [United States of America]
Race: White
Home in 1930: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Lillian B Stevenson
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Efficiency Expert (Office)
Education:
Military service:
Rent/home value: $45 per month
Age at first marriage: 30
Parents' birthplace: New York State

Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
T Henry Stevenson 31
Lillian B Stevenson 27

1940 US Census Transcription ??????????

First Name:T Henry
Last Name:Stevenson
Title:
Birth Year:1899
Age:41
Birth Place:New York
Relationship To Head of Household:Head
Marital Status:Married
Gender:Male
Race:White
Ethnicity:American
City/Township:Wellesley Town
County:Norfolk
State:Massachusetts
Previous Residence Date:1935
Previous Residence City:Belmont
Previous Residence County:
Record set:US Census 1940
Category:Census, Land & Substitutes
Collections from:United States
Nara Series:T627
Nara Roll:1633

Harry Bland 1868 72 England Father-in-law
Lillian Stevenson 1903 37 England Wife
Charles Bland 1907 33 Massachusetts Brother-in-law

Hi John, I'll send you the passport application tonight via the Genes message system, it's just a small photo but it will still be nice to have.

I would strongly suspect that Edith is the Peter recorded on the 1910, and as for Noah/Harry well his father seemed to vary between William/Joseph. It's not that unusual really, some people know me by my first name and some by my middle and it was the same with my father, guess some families are just like that? Also, your Edith seemed to switch between Edith and Emily.

Thanks MarieCeleste.
Edith Hatch is definitely the right lady. When she returns to England the address Highfield Terrace, Rawdon Leeds is my grandmother's house. It is also where my mother was born. She clearly married Francis Hatch.
It's strange about Noah calling himself Harry and the other mis-recorded details!
Is there a way I can get the passport photo of Edith off the web?
Thank you for this and for your time. It's the first time I have used the community message boards and I didn't expect such a great result. Much appreciated.
If you uncover any more info look forward to hearing from you, but thanks again :-D

There's more info to be found, but must be off as I've got work tomorrow!

This looks like his death so he and Edith must have divorced:

Social Security Death Index

Name: Francis Hatch
SSN: 012-01-9948
Last Residence: 01906 Saugus, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America
Born: 27 Sep 1899
Died: Dec 1973
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)

Link to her husband's birth:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12147-70729-18?cc=1536925&wc=11695176

Francis Dana Hatch, "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915"

Name: Francis Dana Hatch
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 27 Sep 1899
Event Place: Brookline, Massachusetts
Father's Name: Henry S. Hatch
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Wellfleet
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Amanda Phillips
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Nova Scotia

Reference ID: v 486 p 18
GS Film number: 1843712
Digital Folder Number: 4341229
Image Number: 24

.. and this was her returning from that trip to England

Boston Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1943

Name: Emily Edith Hatch
Arrival Date: 27 Sep 1924
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Canopic
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts

Appeared to be travelling alone, was going to 14 Rutland Street.
...........................................................................................................

When she'd arrived in England a few months earlier she was going to 16 (or might be 15) Highfield Terr, Rawdon, Leeds

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Name: Edith E Hatch
Birth Date: abt 1896
Age: 28
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 30 Jun 1924
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Baltic
Shipping Line: White Star Dominion Line
Official Number: 118101

Found her as Hatch!

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 about Edith Emily Hatch
Age: 25
Father Name: Francis Dane Hatch - No! that's her husband.
Father's Birth Location: Brookline Massachusetts
Father's Residence: Cambridge Massachusetts

The transcription is all wrong, the father's details on there relate to her husband.

She was born 7 April 1899 in Leeds, England. Resided 14 Rutland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband.

The passport application was dated June 1924 and she required it to visit relatives in England.

There's a photograph of her, she was a nice looking lady.

This seems to be Edith and William Randolph in 1930:

1930 United States Federal Census

Name: Edith S Churchill
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1900
Birthplace: England
Race: White
Home in 1930: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Immigration Year: 1906 << same as rest of family
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: William R Churchill
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Occupation: Housewife
Education:
Military service:
Rent/home value: $40 rent per month
Age at first marriage: 21 <<<<
Parents' birthplace: England

Household Members:
Name Age
William R Churchill 32 - a painter
Edith S Churchill 30

Her middle initial looks more like a B on the image.

Wiiliam R states he was 30 at first marriage which ties in with the 1928 marriage, whereas Edith states she was 21 which implies a prior marriage.

William R's parent's were Canadian.

I'm trying to make sense of the info for the family on the 1910 US census.

Noah seems to be masquerading as Harry, the birth year is about correct, the occupation given is machinist (Noah was a mechanic so similar). On the original image they say they've been married 14 years but Noah and Emily married 1891 so that should be 19 years?

They say 4 children born and still alive and the children listed are Clifford born 1898, Peter born 1899 and Lilly born 1903 - all England. There's also Charles born 1907 in Massachusetts so that's the 4 recorded on the census accounted for? So where's Edith Emily?

There was no mention of a Peter on the shipping lists. Has Edith Emily been terribly misrecorded? On the original image Peter's name looks like it could be Ruth but has been recorded as son.

Thank you so much PricklyHolly, Marie Celeste/Thelma!! Clever U!
You have discovered I have another great aunt - Lilly Bland (two L's), To clearup the confusion: Emily Bland (nee Blackshaw) is the sister of my grandmother, Lily Annal (one L - nee Blackshaw). My mother is Winifred Pick (nee Annal) and I am John, Melvyn Pick.
I'm really impressed with your research. Mystery solved - of course they emigrated!! It has also jolted a memory from my childhood about relations in Canada and I recall reading letters from Edith sent to my Mum from Florida where she mentions Lilian and occasionally Norm - who I now realise was Randolph's brother.
It is now a complete mystery how Edith E Bland came to be Edith B Hatch! Was Edith married before she married W R Churchill? Perhaps the B stands for Bland and was mistaken for an unusual middle name when it was in fact a double-barreled surname? Who knows? They obviously moved from Canada to Boston USA. They ended up in Hollwood Florida for the last 20 or more years of their lives, and I think the address was Pierce Street if my memory is accurate.
Can you help me any more?

Hi Marie

I have probably confused things on here by posting info regarding Lily Blackshaw who i thought......on first reading the OP, was the cousin that John was seeking information about.

But after re-reading the OP...i realised that Lily was actually John's maternal Grandmother.

Sorry for the confusion.

In addition to Clifford's WW1 draft card (where his NOK is given as Emily Bland, 28 Webster Street, Boston) there is also this:

Name: Clifford Bland
Serial Number: 2803265
Birth Place: Leeds, England
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1897
Residence: Addison
Comment: Ind: Calais, Washington Co., Oct. 23/18. Private. Org: 17 Co Portland CAC to Nov. 11/18; Btry A 29 CAC to disch. Overseas service: None. Hon disch on demob: Feb. 3, 1919.

Roster of Maine in the Military Service of the U. S. and Allies in World War 1917-1919, Volumes I & II