Ernest Wingfield Bland (abt. 1934 - bef. 2008)

Born about 1934 in Cumberland, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Ernest Bland is a part of US Black heritage.

Ernest was born about 1934 in Cumberland County, Virginia. He was the son of Winfield Bland and Fannie Hobson. He was raised by his parents in Madison, Cumberland County where his father farmed. He married Ora Bell Blanton in Cumberland in 1953. He passed away sometime before 2008, when he is mentioned in his sister Rose's obituary as predeceasing her.

Sources

• 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1940; Census Place: Madison, Cumberland, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04257; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 25-5
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #17396457 (accessed 18 October 2021)
  Ernst Bland (6), single son in household of Winfield Bland (47) in Madison, Cumberland, Virginia. Born in Virginia.

• 1953 Marriage: "Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014"
  Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101167959
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9279 #11289068 (accessed 18 October 2021)
  Ernest Wingfield Bland marriage to Ora Bell Blanton on 21 Feb 1953 in Cumberland, Virginia, USA. Age 20, father: Wingfield Bland, Mother: Fannie Hobson. bp Cumberland County, Va.

• Sister's 2008 Obituary Find A Grave: Memorial #27424223 Rocky Mount Baptist Church Cemetery, Cumberland, Virginia. Daughter of the late Winfield Blend and Fannie Hobson Bland... She was preceded in death by her parent, five brothers, Junious, John, Eddie, Douglas, and Ernest: three sisters, Gertrude, Lillie, and Ophelia.