Mary Ann Bladen

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Bladen was born on 22 August 1839, in Foleshill, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Erasterus Bladen, was 23 and her mother, Mary Cattell, was 25. She married Joseph Thomas Clews about 1854, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in San Bernardino Judicial Township, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1900 and San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1910. She died on 25 June 1928, in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Thomas Clews
1831–1894
Mary Ann Bladen
1839–1928
Marriage: about 1854
Mary Ann Clews
1856–1931
Joseph Thomas Clews
1857–1904
Marian Elizabeth Clews
1860–1935
Emma Jane Clews
1862–1932
Albert J. Clews
1864–1888
Alice Clews
1867–1920
Ralph William Clews
1868–1905
Bertha Clews
1874–1956
Carrie Mio Clews
1878–1964
Winnie Belle Clews
1881–1961
Clarence Henry Clews
1882–1916

Sources (28)

  • Mary A Clews, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary A Clews Peck, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Mary Anna, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Los Angeles, California, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Bladon in Oxfordshire, Bladon in Derbyshire, or Blaydon in Tyne and Wear (formerly in County Durham). The first takes its name from a pre-English name (of uncertain origin and meaning) of the Evenlode river; the second is named with Old English blāw ‘cold’ + Old English dūn ‘hill’; the third is named with Old Norse blár ‘cold’ + Old English dūn ‘hill’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Mary Ann Clews Peck

Word was recieved yesterday of the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Clews Peck, pioneer, who passed away Monday 25 June 1928, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James E. Bond, in Glendale, Califorinia. Mrs. Peck …

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