Blaber Family Genealogy

Fourth Generation


79. Walter George BLABER3,4 was born on 17 December 1868 in Harlesden, Middlesex, England.3,4,5,304,520,521 He lived at 2 Manor Terrace in Harlesden, Middlesex, England in December 1868.5,48 He lived at 23 Carlton Terrace in Paddington, London, England in 1871.304 Walter lived at 2 Woodfield Crescent in Paddington, London, England in 1881.265 In 1896 he was a Plumber.5 Between 1901 and 1903 he was a General Labourer.522,523,524,525 Walter died of acute hepatitis on 23 May 1908 at the age of 39 in Willesden, Middlesex, England.3,526,527

Walter George BLABER and Rose Mary Ann Julia KING were married on 6 September 1896 in St John's Church, Fitzroy Square, St Pancras, London, England.3,5,528 They3,5,528 lived at 39 Warlock Road in Kilburn, London, England in 1897.529 They529 lived at 116 Kensal Road in Kensal Green, Kensington, England between 1901 and 1904.522,523,524,525,530 Rose Mary Ann Julia KING3,4, daughter of Edmund KING and Louisa EDMISTON, was born on 11 January 1878 in Westminster, London, England.4,5,531,532 She lived at 17 Sherwood Street, Piccadilly Circus in London, England in 1878.5 She lived at 119 Granville Road in West Kilburn, Willesden, London, England between 1911 and 1913.533,534,535 Between 1911 and 1913 Rose was a General Domestic/Charwoman.533,534,535 She lived at 29 Albert Road in Kilburn, London, England in 1917.536 Her eldest son, George, named her as next of kin, and he was killed in 1917.

Walter George BLABER-2317 and Rose Mary Ann Julia KING-2318 had the following children:

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George BLABER4,5,536,537 was born on 7 November 1896 in Willesden, Middlesex, England.4,5,530,538,539,540 He lived at 39 Warlock Road in Kilburn, London, England in 1897.529 He was christened on 10 February 1897 at St Augustine's Church in Kilburn, London, England.529 George lived at 116 Kensal Road in Kensal Green, Kensington, England in 1901.525,530 He was educated on 30 September 1901 at Moberley School in Westminster, London, England.541 He lived at 119 Granville Road in West Kilburn, Willesden, London, England in 1911.533 In 1911 George was a Grocer's Boy.533 He lived at 29 Albert Road in Kilburn Park, London, England.542 He served in the Army from September 1914 to 5 April 1917.536,542,543,544 He served in the 1st (or 11th?) Bedfordshire Regiment (14741). He volunteered in September 1914, and in the following year was drafted to France.
On 25th August 1915 he was admitted to the 14th Field Ambulance Hospital suffering from Malaria. He was still a Private (14741) in the Bedfordshire Regiment.
On 20th June 1916 he was admitted to the 14th Field Ambulance Hospital suffering from PMO. He was discharged from hospital on 23rd June 1916. He was still a Private (14741) in the Bedfordshire Regiment.
On 27th July 1916 he was again admitted to the 14th Field Ambulance Hospital suffering from a Gun Shot Wound in his left foot. He was still a Private (14741) in the Bedfordshire Regiment.
He took part in the battles of Neuve Chapelle, Loos, Ypres and Hill 60.
He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, General Service, British and Victory Medals.
George died on 5 April 1917 at the age of 20 in Belgium.5,536,542,543 He was killed in action during an engagement on the Arras Front.
He was buried in 1917 in La Laiterie Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.536 Grave reference: I.B.33.

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Herbert Walter "Bertie" BLABER-2706.

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Ada Louisa BLABER-2707.

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Sidney William BLABER-2708.

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Ernest Henry BLABER4,5,545 was born in 1902 in Paddington, London, England.4,5,546 He died in 1902 at the age of 0 in Paddington, London, England.4,5,547

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Dorothy Rose BLABER-2710.

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Rose Mary BLABER-2711.

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William Francis BLABER-2319.

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Louisa Eleanor BLABER4,5,548 was born in 1907 in Willesden, Middlesex, England.4,5,549,550,551 She lived at 119 Granville Road in West Kilburn, Willesden, London, England in 1911.533 She was ill in 1939 at Shenley Psychiatric Hospital in Shenley, Hertfordshire, England.551 The hospital was completed in 1932. During WWII, part of the hospital was used as a military hospital, but Louisa was in a psychiatric ward. The hospital was closed in 1998 and subsequently redeveloped for housing as Shenley Park.
Louisa died in 1979 at the age of 72.4,5

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Elsie Maud BLABER was born on 13 July 1911 at 119 Granville Road in Willesden, Middlesex, England.534,552 Clearly, Walter George BLABER, who died in 1908, was not her father, but she took her mother's married surname. She lived at 119 Granville Road in Willesden, Middlesex, England in 1911.534

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Frances BLABER was born on 7 January 1913 at 119 Granville Road in Willesden, Middlesex, England.535,553 Clearly, Walter George BLABER, who died in 1908, was not her father, but she took her mother's married surname. She lived at at 119 Granville Road in Willesden, Middlesex, England in 1913.535 She died in 1916 at the age of 3 in Willesden, Middlesex, England.554