Eighth Generation

108. Dr Harry Patrick BLABER Jr¹⁴⁸ was born in 1904 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.^{34,674,686,687,688} He lived at 449 54th Street in Brooklyn, New York, USA in 1920.⁵⁶⁰ He was educated at Long Island College Hospital Medical School and received his medical degree in 1928 in Long Island, New York, USA.⁶⁸⁹ In 1930 Harry was an Interne/Hospital Doctor in Brooklyn, New York, USA.^561,689,690 He lived at Hospital at 121 Dekalb Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, USA in 1930.⁶⁹⁰ Harry appears twice in the 1930 census. He lived at 472 50th Street in Brooklyn, New York, USA in 1930.⁵⁶¹ Harry lived at Kongmoon in China from 1930 to 1938.^691,692 Harry established a leper colony in Sun Wui (now Xin Hui), China. During this time he worked for, or was associated with, the US-based Catholic missionary society - Mary Knoll.

From The Toronto Star Newspaper, Edition 14 December 1934: "When Dr and Mrs Harry BLABER of New York complete their honeymoon in Connecticut, they will leave for the leper colony at Sun Wui, China. Dr BLABER established the colony and he takes back his wife, the girl he met while an intern in a Brooklyn hospital seven years ago."

From The Belfast Telegraph, Edition 1st December 1937, Page 9.
THE ATTACK ON A BRITISH 'PLANE.
HONG KONG. Wednesday. - Yesterday's incident in which a British naval aeroplane belonging to HM aircraft carrier Eagle, was fired on, occurred 40 miles south-east of the Waglan light, outside Hong Kong, it is officially learned here.
The aeroplane, after emerging from a bank of cloud, dropped a smoke float to ascertain the direction of the wind.
Then an unidentified warship opened fire, evidently being under the impression that it was being bombed.
No further details are available pending the return of HMS Eagle to Hong Kong.
The affair has been referred to Admiral Sir Charles Little, Commander-in-Chief China Station, for further inquiry.
Dr Harry BLABER, an American belonging to the Roman Catholic Mary Knoll Mission, who arrived here today, stated that while travelling to Macao from Toishan yesterday, he saw a large number of Japanese troops landing at Chikkai.
It is believed at Hong Kong that this presages the establishment of a powerful base from which further air raids on Canton and possibly later land operations can be effected. - Press association Foreign Special.
He lived at 517 59th Street at Brooklyn in New York City, New York, USA in 1952.⁶⁹³ He sailed aboard the SS Puerto Rico, bound for San Juan, Puerto Ric on 10 April 1952.⁶⁹³ Harry died on 20 January 1961 at the age of 57 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.^34,674,689 He died in Brooklyn Hospital.
A copy of his Obituary in the New York Times editon of 22 January 1961 is held by John A Blaber. He was buried in St Charles' Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, USA.^674,694 The funeral and Requiem Mass was held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church.

Dr Harry Patrick BLABER Jr and Constance C WHITE were married on 14 November 1935 or 27 November 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.^34,695,696 From the 24 November 1935 Edition of The Hartford Courant:
Catholic Mission Doctor to Wed Ex-Conn. Girl
The wedding of Dr Harry P BLABER and Miss Constance White, believed to be the first Catholic foreign mission marriage in America, will take place at St Ambrose's Church, Brooklyn, next Wednesday morning.
Dr BLABER, who was an intern in the Brooklyn Hospital, left in 1930 for five-years service in China, becoming one of the few Catholic lay doctors in the mission filed. In the last three years he has built up the Sacred Heart Hospital in Kongmoon Vicariate, near Hong Kong, from a one-room hut with five tubercular patients to a 30-bed hospital caring for 6000 patients a year. Dr BLABER also has been in charge of the medical camp of 250 lepers in Kongmoon, spending every week-end there.
Miss White, blonde and petite, is the daughter of Anthony White of Naugatuck, Conn. She is a nurse at the Brooklyn Hospital.
Father Louis BLABER, an uncle of Dr BLABER, and pastor of St Ambrose's Church, will celebrate the nuptial mass. Miss Ann White, sister of the bride, will be bridesmaid. Leo BLABER will be his brother's best man. Dr BLABER will return in February to his mission work in China with his bride.

And from the Derry Journal 5 June 1936
Romance of Intern and Nurse
There were two missing from the Christmas dinner who will be there for the Easter affair. They are Dr Harry BLABER, young American from Brooklyn, NY and his wife, Constance. I met them before they sailed for China last February. Mrs BLABER is young, trim, and blonde with remarkably steady eyes, deep grey, which belied the frivolity of her high heels. The heels have probably changed by now, but I think the eyes are as steady as ever.
This is their story. Dr BLABER was a young intern at the Brooklyn Hospital, when he met and won Miss Constance WHITE, a nurse. They were engaged to be married at the end of Dr BLABER's internship in 1930. But the young doctor felt himself urged to devote some time to the foreign missions. So he presented himself beofer Bishop, then Father, James A WALSH and said in that crisp professional manner of his, to the superior general of Maryknoll: "Please accept my services on your missions for the space of five years. At the end of that time, I wish to return, marry, and set up in practice in Brooklyn, as my grandfather and uncles have done before me."
But five years steeped in China's sufferings are only enough to show any generous man that he must give life itself if he is to alleviate even a fraction of the ills he sees. Dr BLABER considered; Miss WHITE considered. With eyes open, knowing well the career ahead of them, they agreed to choose each other "for life" and the mission cause into the bargain.
In September, Dr BLABER left the leper colony for a brief respite. In November, his uncle, Father Louis BLABER, officiated at the Nuptial Mass in Brooklyn. They sailed in February, stopping at Hawaii for two weeks to observe leper work at Molokai. And they tell me the days of high romance are over.
They^34,695,696 lived at 521 59th Street in Brooklyn, New York, USA in 1960.⁶⁸⁹ In 1935 Constance C WHITE, daughter of Anthony WHITE and Unknown , was a Nurse in Brooklyn, New York, USA.⁶⁹⁶ She emigrated in February 1936 to China.⁶⁹⁷ Constance moved to China, where Harry was already living, after their marriage in Brooklyn.

Dr Harry Patrick BLABER Jr-707 and Constance C WHITE-711 had the following children: