18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Rachel Wallis    
                Born: ABT 1737               
                Died:  1 Dec 1763            1 (see note 1)
              Buried:  4 Dec 1763          in Trumpington   (see note 2)
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: Elias Bland     
             Married: 26 Nov 1761          in Trumpington   (see note 3)
                Born: ABT 1736               
          Christened:  4 Apr 1736          in Trumpington   (see note 4)
          Occupation: 1763                 Gamekeeper  2 (see note 5)
                Died:  9 Nov 1779            1 (see note 6)
              Buried: 12 Nov 1779          in Trumpington   (see note 7)
              Father: Elias Bland   (     - 1776) 
              Mother: Mary _____ 
Other spouse 2
Notes 
           F Child 1: Mary Bland      
                Born: ABT 1761               
          Christened: 30 Aug 1763          in Trumpington   (see note 8)
                Died:  1 Dec 1763            1 (see note 9)
              Buried:  4 Dec 1763          in Trumpington   (see note 10)

Sources:
(1) Monumental Inscriptions transcript. 
(2) Newspaper report. 


Event Notes
Note (1) No. 204.  Killed, with her daughter, by the gable-end of the house falling on
the family in a violent storm.  See note attached to her husband Elias Bland.
Note (2) Dec 4 BLAND Rachel
Note (3) Nov 26 BLAND Elias otp
WALLIS Rachall [BT Rachel] otp
wits: Benj HAILES, Thos TUNWELL
Note (4) Apr 4 BLAND Elias son of Elias & Mary
Note (5) See notes
Note (6) No. 204.  Age 43
Note (7) Nov 12 BLAND Elias
Note (8) Aug 30 BLAND Mary dau of Elias & Rachel
Note (9) No. 204.  Aged 2 years.  Killed, with her mother, by the gable-end of the
house falling on the family in a violent storm.  See note attached to her father
Elias Bland.
Note (10) Dec 4 BLAND Mary

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