Individual Details

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Border Crossings from U.S. to Canada
Orval Bland of RR 1, Macomb, IL, age 22, farm hand. Born in Macomb. Claims to be Sandinavian
He was a Baptist by religion, could read and write. Had never lived in Canada.
He had $220 and was going to farm with his uncle in Canada, who was Earl Webster, Estlin, Saskatchewan.
His health was good.
Apparently he rode the CB&Q Railroad from Galesburg, IL to Wilcox, Saskatchewan.
No date, but must have been in 1920.

1930 Census. Highland, Greene, Iowa, Hh 113
Lewis Wilson, 56, married at age 23, b. IL, Laborer, odd jobs
Lillie, wife, 52, married at 20, b. IL
Edith Bland, dau, 28, married at 21, b. IL
Betty, granddau, 5, b. Iowa. Barbara, granddau, 2, b. IL. Lewis, grandson, age 1 year 2 months, b. Iowa

1930 Census. Emmet, McDonough, IL, Hh 129
Samuel Bland, 37
Thomas A., father, 67, married at age 25
Harret J., mother, 62, married at 20
Jessie L. sister, 34
Alfred, brother, 23
Orval A., brother, 31, married at 24

Birth	24 Oct 1898	Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois
Marriage	Abt 1921	Edith Roosevelt Wilson
Death	14 May 1934	Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois

Spouse	Edith Roosevelt Wilson (1902 - )
Child	Betty Louise Bland (1924 - 2010)

Father	Thomas Allen Bland (1862 - 1938)
Mother	Hattie J. Murray (1868 - )