Blaber Family Genealogy

Fourth Generation


21. George Thomas BLABER149 was born on 8 January 1863 in Gravesend, Kent, England.131,149,354,355,356 George was born in New Tavern Fort. He lived at 2 Albion Road in Gravesend, Kent, England in 1871.162 He was educated from 13 October 1871 to 8 January 1878 at Royal Military Asylum (i.e., School) in Chelsea Barracks, London, England.131 This followed the recent death of his father Henry, an ex-Gunner in the Royal Artillery. George served in the Army between 1881 and 1901.122,357,358,359,360,361,362 He was in the Royal Engineers. At the christening of daughter Gladys he was a Sergeant. At the 1901 census he was a Company Sergeant Major.
He died on 14 December 1903 at the age of 40 in Plymouth, Devon, England.149,363

George Thomas BLABER and Elizabeth Jane LEWIS were married on 16 August 1895 in Plymouth, Devon, England.149,364 They149,364 lived at 1 Commercial Road in Plymouth, Devon, England in 1901.357 Elizabeth Jane LEWIS149 was born in 1866 in Brilley, Herefordshire, England.357,365 She lived at Garrison Cottage in Brilley, Herefordshire, England in 1911.366 In 1911 she was a Housekeeper.366

George Thomas BLABER-1565 and Elizabeth Jane LEWIS-1572 had the following children:

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Robert George Henry James BLABER-1573.

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Gladys May Annie Georgina BLABER-1574.

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William Lewis Rathbone BLABER was born in 1900 in Harwich, Essex, England.367,368 He was christened on 25 May 1900 at St Nicholas' Church in Harwich, Essex, England.369 He died in 1901 at the age of 1 in Plymouth, Devon, England.370