Blaber Family Genealogy

Tenth Generation


76. William Benjamin BLABER22,397 was born about 1824 in Sussex, England.398,399,400 In the 1861 census, his aged is given as 32 (born about 1829) and place of birth is given as Australia. He was christened on 1 August 1824 in Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, England.111 He was baptised by the curate, Rev H O Middleton. Between 1841 and 1861 he was a Plumber, Builder, Painter and Glazier.108,357,401,402,403,404 William lived at Butcherhall Lane in London, England in 1841.357 He was tried for assault on 16 February 1850 at Sessions of the Peace, Guildhall in London, England.405 He was found guilty and fined.
He lived at 20 Little Britain in St Botolph without Aldgate, London, England between March 1850 and 1852.398,401,405 William was declared bankrupt on 21 June 1850 at the Court of Bankruptcy in London, England.404 From 'The Jurist':

Edition 30 March 1850, Page 105
Friday Mar 29, 1850.
Bankrupts
William Benjamin Blaber, Little Britain, London; plumber, glazier and painter, dealer and chapman.
Apr 6 and May 10 at half past 11.
Court of bankruptcy, London Off. Ass. Cannan, Sols Mardon and Prichard. Christchurch Chambers, Newgate St. Petition dated Mar 28.

Edition 1 June 1850, Page 202.
Certificates.
To be allowed, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before the day of Meeting.
William Benjamin Blaber, Little Britain, London, plumber.
June 21 at 12.
Court of Bankruptcy, London.
He died before 1881 at the age of 57. A letter dated 1855 from Benjamin William's mother Ann to George Edwin, talks of Robert and family staying with William. Robert was known to be in Australia in 1856 so probably William was also there.
Lynne Vickson records his name as Benjamin Ellison Blaber.

William Benjamin BLABER and Hannah WASE were married on 31 January 1850 in St Bartholomew the Great, London, England.108,406,407 They were married by license. Their marriage was witnessed by Robert BLABER and Lydia WASE, and performed by Rev James Thomson MA.
They108,406,407 lived at 52 Percival Street in Islington, London, England in 1857.408 They408 lived at 14 New Charles Street, City Road in Finsbury, London, England in 1861.403 Hannah WASE397, daughter of William WASE and Sarah DENNANT, was born on 17 September 1828 in St Botolph without Aldgate, London, England.409,410,411,412 She was christened on 19 October 1828 in St Botolph without Aldgate, London, England.413 She lived at 177 Goswell Street in London, England in 1850.108 Hannah lived at 20 Little Britain in Cripplegate, Middlesex, England on 30 March 1851.397,402 Between 1861 and 1881 she was a Governess.403,414,415 She lived at 280 City Road in Finsbury, London, England between 1871 and 1891.414,415,416 In 1891 Hannah was a Writer.414 She died in 1900 at the age of 72 in Shoreditch, London, England.417 She was also known as Hannah Wade.417

William Benjamin BLABER-140 and Hannah WASE-1327 had the following children:

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Hannah BLABER418 was born in February 1850 in London, England.419,420 She died in February 1850 at the age of 0 in London, England.419,421 She was 7 days old at her death. She was buried on 23 February 1850 in Abney Park Cemetery, London, England.419 Burial ref: 005086, Section C06, Index 1S04.

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William BLABER397 was born in February 1851 in Cripplegate, Middlesex, England.422,423,424,425,426 He lived at 20 Little Britain in St Botolph without Aldgate, London, England on 30 March 1851.397,427 He lived at 52 Percival Street in Islington, London, England in 1857.408 William was christened on 12 April 1857 at St Matthew's Church, City Road in Islington, London, England.408 He lived at 14 New Charles Street, City Road in Finsbury, London, England in 1861.403 He lived at 280 City Road in Finsbury, London, England in 1871.414 In 1871 William was a Chaser.414 He lived at Various Workhouses in London, England between 1872 and 1896.428,429 He was a Pauper Inmate. At the 1891 census, William was in the Workhouse Infirmary. He was a Workhouse inmate or patient on and off between 1872 and 1896 at various addresses including Holburn Union, Farr Road, Gray's Inn Road, Highgate, Mitcham, Homerton.
Between 1881 and 1891 he was a Painter.428,429 William lived at Bow Road at City of London Union Infirmary in Bromley-by-Bow, London, England in 1901.430 William was a patient.
In 1901 he was a General Porter.430 He lived at Clifden Road at Lower Clapton Workhouse (Formerly Homerton WH) in London, England in 1911.431 He was a patient.
In 1911 William was a Formerly a Drapery Warehouse Porter.431