John Bland (abt. 1851 - 1891)

Born about 1851 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland

Died 28 Jul 1891 at about age 40 in Taranaki, New Zealand

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Biography

The birth year recorded for John on Armed Constabulary records may be incorrect. The Blands (recorded as Blandens) are believed to have left Liverpool on the Eastern City, however the Eastern City passenger list of 1857 gives John's age as 5.

Sources

• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-MDXN : 4 October 2016), John Bland and Katherine Alice Hogarth, 1871; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1871/4788, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-J4S5 : 27 November 2017), John Bland, 1891; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1891/3637, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.