Laura Blanche (Arbuthnot) Pattison (1888 - 1957)

Born 29 May 1888 in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Wade Arthur Wells — married 24 Aug 1910 (to about 1918) in Moundsville, Hancock, West Virginia

Died 14 Oct 1957 at age 69 in Newell, Hancock, Ohio, United States

Biography

Blanche (Arbuthnot) Pattison has Irish ancestors.

Laura Blanche Arbuthnot was born 29 May 1888. She was the daughter of John M. Arbuthnot and Alice V. Long Arbuthnot of Wheeling, Ohio, W. Va., later of East Liverpool, Columbiana, Ohio.^[1][2]

1900: East Liverpool, Ohio living with family. ^[3]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
John M Arbuthnot Head Male 42 West Virginia
Alice Arbuthnot Wife Female 42 Ohio
Earl Arbuthnot Son Male 17 West Virginia
Edgar Arbuthnot Son Male 15 West Virginia
Blanche Arbuthnot Daughter Female 12 West Virginia
Harold Arbuthnot Son Male 9 Ohio
Alice Arbuthnot Daughter Female 3 Ohio
Racheal Arbuthnot Daughter Female 0 Ohio
Margeret Noble Boarder Female 26 West Virginia

1910: ^[4]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
John M Arbuthinot Head Male 52 West Virginia
Alice V Arbuthinot Wife Female 52 Ohio
Edger J Arbuthinot Son Male 24 West Virginia
Laura B Arbuthinot Daughter Female 22 West Virginia
Harold N Arbuthinot Son Male 19 Ohio
Alice R Arbuthinot Daughter Female 13 Ohio
Rachol V Arbuthinot Daughter Female 10 Ohio

1910: Married first by her uncle Rev Samuel Keller Arbuthnot at Moundsville, Hancock, WV on 24 August 1910, Wade Arthur Wells (born East Liverpool 30 January 1888), son of Stephen Wells and Lucetta White ^[5].

Children:
Martha Alice b. 1911^[6], Wade Allan Wells b. 1914 ^[7]

1918: 01 June: Husband's WWI Draft registration: Wade claims exemption from draft as the only support for his wife and two children at home ^[8].

Wade and Blanche divorced after 1918 ^[9].

Apparently Blanche was deeply estranged from her ex-husband when he married a second time in 1924 as he claimed on his marriage record he had never been married. It is not clear, then, if he had any part in raising his children afterward.

1928: Blanche md 2) Paul Pattison 01 Sep 1928 in Columbiana, Ohio.^[10]

1930: East Liverpool ^[11]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Paul P Pattison Head Male 51 Pennsylvania
L Blanche Pattison Wife Female 41 West Virginia
Paul V Pattison Son Male 12 Ohio
Allen A Wells Son Male 15 West Virginia
Martha A Wells Daughter Female 18 West Virginia

1942: living Newell, Ohio according to her husband's WWII draft reg.

1957: Laura Blanche Pattison died in 1957 in Newell, Hancock, Ohio. Burial: East Liverpool, Ohio.^{[12] [13]}

Sources

1. ↑ Arbuthnot Genealogy.Table-57
2. ↑ WV Vital Records. Birth. wvculture.org Image
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMCL-M7L : accessed 3 January 2020), Edgar Arbuthnot in household of John M Arbuthnot, Liverpool Township East Liverpool City Ward 1, Columbiana, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 1B, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,248.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML6R-JX8 : accessed 2 January 2020), Alice V Arbuthinot in household of John M Arbuthinot, East Liverpool Ward 2, Columbiana, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 13A, family 267, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1161; FHL microfilm 1,375,174.
5. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTWD-Z21 : 11 February 2018), Wade Arthur Wells and Laura Blanche Arbuthnot, 24 Aug 1910; citing Moundsville, Hancock, West Virginia, v 6 p 290, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 858,767.
6. ↑ "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRHN-RB5 : 10 February 2018), Wade Wells in entry for Martha Alice Wells, 06 Nov 1911; citing Chester, Hancock, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 858,820.
7. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6YZ-MWG : 15 August 2019), Wade A. Wells in entry for Allan A Wells, 09 Aug 1953; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2,246,551.
8. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6N4-94H : 24 August 2019), Wade Arthur Wells, 1917-1918.
9. ↑ Arbuthnot Genealogy.Table-57
10. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZST-JPJ : 26 August 2019), Paul P Pattison and Laura Blanche Wells, 01 Sep 1928; citing Marriage, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, p 76, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4SG-837 : accessed 5 January 2020), L Blanche Pattison in household of Paul P Pattison, East Liverpool, Columbiana, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 9B, line 82, family 216, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1759; FHL microfilm 2,341,493.
12. ↑ Arbuthnot Genealogy.Table-57
13. ↑ FindaGrave: Blanche A. Pattison

Resources

• Sir Wm. Arbuthnot, Bt of Kittybrewster Arbuthnot Archives. Kittybrewster.com, 2009. Arbuthnot Genealogy.Table-57

Acknowledgements

• Profile created Sir Wm. Arbuthnot, Bt of Kittybrewster Arbuthnot Archives. Kittybrewster.com, 2009.
• Profile sourced C-213 18:01, 3 January 2020 (UTC)