once a hoosier

Joseph Ellsworth Bland

Joseph Ellsworth Bland
b. 24 October 1858, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, to James Jacob and Martha Jane (Monk) Bland
d. 26 October 1933, Juneau, Alaska

m. 26 September 1886, Edison, Skagit County, Washington
Margaret Virginia “Maggie” Ewing
b. 24 September 1869, Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois, to William Henry and Margaret Jane (Filey) Ewing
d. 28 December 1950, Juneau, Alaska

Children with Margaret Virginia Ewing:

  • Gertrude Amelia (1887-1953) married Edward Shields Jewell
  • Emma Etta (1889-1927) married Frank Talmage Thurman
  • Ethel Minerva (1892-1959) married Edward Newton Pettichord
  • Myrtle Martha (1895-1974) married Wilbur Bernie Converse
  • Anna Pearl (1898-1898)
  • Charles William (1900-1949) married Brownie Valentine Crosby
  • Myrna Neona (1904-1980) married George Francis Martin
  • Alta Margaret (1907-1932) married Robert Orme
  • George Earl (1911-1967) married Brita Karina Ask

Joseph emigrated from Greene County, Indiana, to Juneau, Alaska, in 1885.

Submitted by:
Burnetta West Ooley
Seattle WA

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