Grace (Lawrance) Blomfield (1870 - 1943)

Born 1870 in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Nevill Blomfield — married 21 May 1891 in Watford England

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1943 at about age 73 in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Michael Griffiths [send private message] and Kathryn Gibson [send private message]

Biography

Grace (Lawrance) Blomfield migrated from England to New Zealand.

Grace Lawrance was born in 1870 the daughter of Robert Lawrence and Harriet Owen.

Grace was born in 1870 in the District of Hendon, Country Middlesex.^[1] She was baptised 5 Mar 1871 at Great Stanmore, St John the Evangelist, Harrow, England her father was noted as Robert Lawrence and mother Harriett Lawrence^[2]

1871 Census^[3]

1871

Name: Grace Lawrence

Age: 1 1/2

Estimated Birth Year: 1870

Relation: Daughter

Gender: Female

Where born: Mill Hill Middlesex England

Civil parish: Great Stanmore

County/Island: Middlesex

Country: England

Registration district: Hendon

Sub-registration district: Edgware

Household Members Age Relationship

Robert Lawrence 40 Head

Harriet Lawrence 25 Wife

Betty Lawrence 10 Daughter

Grace Lawrence 11/12 Daughter

Betty Clark Lawrence 65 Nurse

William Seagrave 56 Lodger

Joseph Stanborough 51 Lodger

Joseph Potters 60 Lodger

William Weston 45 Lodger

William Payne 46 Lodger

1881

Name: Grace Lawrance

Age: 11

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870

Relationship to Head: Daughter

Father: Robert Lawrance

Mother: Harriett Lawrance

Gender: Female

Where born: Stanmore, Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Great Stanmore

County/Island: Middlesex

Country: England

Street Address: High Street

Occupation: Scholar

Registration District: Hendon

Name Age

Robert Lawrance 51

Harriett Lawrance 42

Grace Lawrance 11

Bob Lawrance 9

William Lawrance 7

Ellen Lawrance 5

L. Owen 70^[4]

1891

Name: Grace Laurence

Gender: Female

Age: 20

Relationship: Servant

Birth Year: 1871

Birth Place: Great Stanmore, Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Holy Trinity

Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity

Residence Place: Hastings, Holy Trinity, Sussex, England

Registration District: Hastings

Sub registration district: St Mary in the Castle

Name Age

John H Blomfield 40

Mary E G Blomfield 29

William A B Blomfield 8

John H Blomfield 6

Edwin H Blomfield 4

Gladys M Blomfield 3

Mary B Blomfield 1

Margaret A Doyle 35

Grace Laurence 20

Agustine Taute 44

Florence H Morgan 29^[5]

Marriage

The marriage of Grace Lawrance to Thomas Nevill Blomfield was registered in 1891 in the April-May-Jun Quarter in the District of Watford, the Parish of Ecclesiastical Parishes of Hertfordshire, England^[6]

Death and Interment

The death of Grace Lawrance Blomfield was registered in the Jul-Aug-Sep quarter of 1943. She died on the 10 Sept 1943 in Auckland, New Zealand. Grace was 73 years of age approximately at the time of her death. She is buried at the historic Waikumete Cemetery in Auckland the oldest cemetery in New Zealand. ^{[7] [8][9]}

Research Notes

Grace was born either in Stanmore Australia OR Croxley Green OR Mill Hill Middlesex, sources all differ.

Unsourced also, her immigration to NZ on board the SS Frenchman in 1860 and then SS Gertrude in 1863. England to Australia then Australia to New Zealand.

Acknowledgements

Prior to 2022

L C Siers ' The Blomfields of Dedham & Colchester' 1924

J E Blomfield

H G Blomfield

Michael J Wood

Anita Armstrong-Lee

Amanda Han

Johnny Blomfield

MIchael Griffiths

After July 2022

Sources

1. ↑ "FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006"; [1]:
2. ↑ "Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 (database on-line); London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers"; Ref: DRO/014/A/01/014; [2]
3. ↑ "The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 1326; Folio: 64; Page: 12; GSU roll: 828271. Ancestry.com";[3]
4. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1881. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census . 1881 England Census image (shared free to view)
5. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1881. Images © Crown copyright. Images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, England. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census. 1891 England Census image (shared free to view)
6. ↑ "General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com";[4]
7. ↑ "New Zealand Death Indexes. Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966"
8. ↑ New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records. Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007. Cemetery Record image (shared free to view)
9. ↑ "Find a Grave, database and images; accessed 07 June 2021"; [www.findagrave.com/memorial/192994850/grace-violet-blomfield] : memorial page for Grace Violet Lawrence Blomfield (1870–10 Sep 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 192994850, citing Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium, Glen Eden, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand. Find A Grave: Memorial #192994850