Fourth Generation

68. Alfred Lawrence BLABER^4,265 was born on 22 April 1869 in Marylebone, London, England.^{157,409,410,411,412,413,414,415} He lived at 234 Sumner Road in Camberwell, Surrey, England in 1871.²³⁷ He lived at 228 Sumner Road in Marylebone, London, England in 1881.²³⁶ Between 1891 and 1911 Alfred was a Self-Employed Hairdresser.^235,416,417 He worked at home. He lived at 264 Sumner Road in Camberwell, Surrey, England between 1891 and 1901.^235,416 He lived at 33 Jocelyn Street in Peckham, London, England in 1911.⁴¹⁷ At the 1911 Census, Alfred was visiting G C Bushell (58 - Silk Hat Maker) and family. Alfred lived at 14 James Street in Enfield, London, England in 1939.⁴¹⁵ At the 1939 Register he was registered as a widower, and was living with Isaac and Harriet REID.
In 1939 he was a Retired Hairdresser (Gents).⁴¹⁵ He died in 1943 at the age of 74 in Edmonton, London, England.^4,418

Alfred Lawrence BLABER and Eliza Alice STRONG were married on 18 April 1892 in St Paul's Church, Stepney, England.^4,419,420 Eliza Alice STRONG⁴, daughter of William STRONG and Mary Anne SHEARMAN, was born on 3 February 1872 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.^{421,422,423,424,425} She lived at 264 Sumner Road in Camberwell, Surrey, England in 1901.⁴¹⁶ She lived at 59 Pentonville Road in Holborn, London, England in 1911.⁴²⁶ Eliza lived at 56 South Road in Herne Bay, Kent, England in 1939.⁴²⁷ In the 1936 Register she is recorded as being a widow. We also know that her husband Alfred Lawrence BLABER was also recorded as being a widower in the 1939 Register. They lived at separate addresses. They were either divorced, or more likely, separated.
Eliza was living with three other retired ladies.
In 1939 she was a Retired Draper.⁴²⁷ She lived at 36 The Broadway in Herne Bay, Kent, England in 1955.⁴²⁸ Eliza died on 4 January 1956 at the age of 83 at Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury, Kent, England.^4,423,428 She had her estate probated on 3 March 1956 in London, England.⁴²⁸ Probate was granted to her grandson, Michael Dand (sic) Beale, electrical engineer. Her effects amounted to £1946 16s. 2d.

Alfred Lawrence BLABER-4080 and Eliza Alice STRONG-4862 had the following children: