Christiana Frankland 1864-1940

Ancestry tree

1864. Christiana Frankland was born 4/12/1864 to William Frankland & Elizabeth Strainton

1871C.Christiana Frankland, 6, was living Cottage on Farm near Neilds, Worsley , Barton upon Irwell, Lancs

William	Frankland	Head	-	Male	41	1830	ag. foreman -	Craith Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth	Frankland	Wife	-	Female	40	1831	-	Thornton Yorkshire, England
Robert	Frankland	Son	-	Male	13	1858	-	Askham Yorkshire, England
Sarah A	Frankland	Daughter	-	Female	11	1860	-	Dringhough? Yorkshire, England
Christiana	Frankland	Daughter	-	Female	6	1865	-	Worsley Lancashire, England
Julia	Frankland	Daughter	-	Female	3	1868	-	Winton Lancashire, England
Amelia	Frankland	Daughter	-	Female	1	1870	-	Winton Lancashire, England

1881C.Christina Frankland, 17, silk winder, was living 131 Worsley Road , Barton upon Irwell, Lancs

William	Frankland	Head	Married	Male	51	1830	Ag lab	Craith Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth	Frankland	Wife	Married	Female	49	1832	Ag lab	Thornton Pocklington Yorkshire, England
Sarah Ann	Frankland	Daughter	Single	Female	21	1860	Cotton weaver	Yorkshire, England
Christina	Frankland	Daughter	Single	Female	17	1864	Silk winder	-Worsley
Julia	Frankland	Daughter	Single	Female	13	1868	Scholar	Winton, Lancashire, England
Amelia	Frankland	Daughter	Single	Female	11	1870	Scholar	Winton, Lancashire, England

1883. Christiana Frankland took her first Communion in the Salvation Army on 7/11/1883 at Eccles- from newspaper article on her retirement 1924

1883. 42 years ago(from 1925) Captain Frankland, and her lieutenants were described as the Southpart Pioneers who knew no fear and bravely stuck to their posts - from The War Cry 1/8/1925. She is described as the first S A Officer in Southport

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'Captain Frankland 1884'.: taken by Mallin, 177A Lord Street, Southport, a Portrait & Landscape Photographer

Photo (in the form of a post card) of Christiana - no date recorded.  Taken by 'R. Lyttle,  Photographer, 44 Dublin Road, Belfast (Late of Abernethys & Thompsons)'.

Likely taken before her 1893 marriage?

1891C.Christiana Frankland,26, head, Captain salvation army, was living Salvation Training Home, Hargrave Road, Islington, London & Middlesex, England

Christiana	Frankland	Head	Single	Female	26	1865	Captain salvation army	Worsley, Lancashire, England
Jeanie	Fairbairn	-	Single	Female	31	1860	Captain salvation army	Scotland
Isabella	Taylor	-	Single	Female	24	1867	Cadets in training	Bermondsey, Kent, England
Annie	Evans	-	Single	Female	19	1872	Cadets in training	London, Middlesex, England
Louie	Walton	-	Single	Female	19	1872	Cadets in training	Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Kathleen	Lane	-	Single	Female	22	1869	Cadets in training	Norwich, Norfolk, England
Milly	Harper	-	Single	Female	23	1868	Cadets in training	Harleston, Norfolk, England
Charlotte A	Thomas	-	Single	Female	26	1865	Cadets in training	Yorkshire, England
Nelly	Rees	-	Single	Female	22	1869	Cadets in training	Bideford, Devon, England
Emma	Brostrom	-	Single	Female	21	1870	Cadets in training	Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, England
Miriam	Swales	-	Single	Female	23	1868	Cadets in training	Allerton, Yorkshire, England
Nellie	Webb	-	Single	Female	20	1871	Cadets in training	London, Middlesex, England
Elizabeth A	Hole	-	Single	Female	31	1860	Cadets in training	Barton, Devon, England
Mary	Ravell	-	Single	Female	21	1870	Cadets in training	Bermondsey, Kent, England

She was in charge of cadet training in Battersea, Limehouse & Highgate at various times - from her 1924retirement Newspaper article

1893.Christiana Frankland, 28, married Charles Blundell on 29/2/1893 Swansea Wales. LOOK for this!

1895. Chrissie G Blundell was born Carlisle Mar 1895 to Charles & Christiana

1897. The family would appear to have beeen in Glasgow , Catherine Lillis Gordon Blundell having been born there on 29/1/1897

Then back to the Barnet area by 1899

1899. Charles David Frankland Blundell was born Barnet Sep 1899

1901C Charles Blundell, 35, Salvation army officer, was living 63, Kensington Road, Southport, Ormskirk, Lancashire with his wife, Christiana, Salvation army officer, and 2 children. Catherine Lillie was a visitor at 26, Boundary Street, Southport, Ormskirk with her aunt Ellen's family and her grandfather, James Blundell 1835

 

1901. Her husband, Charles Blundell, 35, died 10/4/1901 and is buried in Section 2, Duke Street, Cemetery, Southport, alongside his son, Charles D Frankland Blundell, 1899-1901 Ormskirk Jun 1901 . Long obituary on his page She was referred to as Mrs Major Blundell

1901. Her son, Charles D Frankland Blundell, died on 28th June 1901 aged just 1 year 10 months.  He was known as 'Little Frankie'.  It was tragic for Christiana because her husband died on 10th April 1901 (aged 36) and then her son died just over 2 months later.   : nothing on FMP Newspapers about this extra loss

 

1911C Christiana Blundell, 46, married?? NO, widowed , Salvation army officer, was living 19 Tudor Street Shaw Near Oldham, Crompton, Lancashire,. Christiana had been married 18 yrs, 3 children, 1 of whom had died, who was her son, Charles D F Blundell

1913/14. Christiana Blundell was a leading member of the teaching staff at Clapton Congress Hall, which is where Hugo Price- her son in law to be- was studying to bacome a Salvation Army Sergeant

1914. Christiana became matron of the S A Margate Home of Rest , Carleton House. Cannot find a photo of this!!! What was a Home of Rest?- so many children in the photo below

1921C Christina Blundell was living Thanet with her daughter, Catherine Lillis Gordon, Rosa May and 1 other . Probably in Carleton House??

Christiana Blundell (middle of the second row from the back) outside the SA Home of Rest in Margate. 

On the back of the postcard it says 'Visitors at Margate Home - September 1921'. 

 

1924. Christiana Blundell retired from her position of matron of the S A Margate Home of Rest , Carleton House

7 years of service at the International Training Garrison

1924 onwards A Soldier at Hadleigh, Balham, Whyteleaf, Plumstead, and Welling- from S A press article on her death in 1940

1927-1936. Her granddaughter, Marjorie Price 1927, was looked after by Christiana and her daughter Lillie , after Marjorie's mother, Chrissie Gladys Price/Blundell 1895, suffered from post natal depression and was instututionalized.

1936. Her daughter Lillie married John Logan, and she and Marjorie then lived in the Logan household

From 1939, Marjorie was looked after by her other grandfatherparents, Edward H Price and his 2nd wife, Jane, in Weymouth

1938/ Her granddaughter, Marjorie Price, was a Sunbeam in Plumstead, so Christiana obviously living round Plumstead

1939Register.Christina Blundell,, born 4/12/1864, retired Salvation Army, widowed, was living 8 Taleswood Drive, Bexley, Kent, with her married daughter, Catherine Her son in law was a Missionary . The closed record is likely the Logan's child, Amaris M C Logan 1937, who married Richardson

John S	Logan	18 Jul 1913	Male	London City Missionary	Married	117	1
Catherine L G	Lodge (Logan)	29 Jan 1897	Female	Unpaid Domestic Duties	Married	117	2

The record for this person is officially closed.

Christina

Blundell

04 Dec 1864

Female

Retired Salvation Army

Widowed

117

4

1940 Christiana Blundell, 75, died in Bexley, Kent on 22/7/1940 - Ancestry tree . Dartford Sep 1940. . She was buried in the Southport grave, where her husband and 1 year old son had lain since 1901

No obituary in FMP Newspapers, but Meryl inherited the above, written in the S A press.

A 1996 photo: says Salvation Army

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