Sixth Generation

152. Arthur John BLABER was born on 21 July 1902 in Seaford, East Sussex, England.^{997,998,999,1000,1001,1002} He was born at 11 Guardswell Place. From 1921 to 1941 he was a Merchant Navy Seaman.^1001,1003 His CR10 Identity Certificate No. was 502069 and Discharge Number was 1065716. On 30 August 1921 he was signed on as a Deck Boy on board the 'Nariva' (143562). He was signed on ship number 139066 on 21 November 1921 as a Wireless Watcher. He joined ship number 118387 (SS Durham Castle) on 23 March 1926, and sailed on voyages on: 2 November 1926; 23 February 1927; 15 June 1927; 6 October 1927; 26 January 1928; 15 May 1928; 4 September 1928; 11 December 1928; 3 April 1929 and 23 July 1929. He was still on board 'SS Durham Castle in November 1934. We don't yet have details of when he left the Merchant Navy. He was described as 5' 6" with brown hair, fair hair and fair complexion (plus scars on back of right hand-1934) on 10 November 1921 in Southampton, Hampshire, England.¹⁰⁰³ Between 1950 and 1957 Arthur was a Stevedore in Tanzania.^{1004,1005,1006} He died on 19 October 1997 at the age of 95 at Eastbourne & District Hospital in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England.^997,1002

Arthur John BLABER and Dorothy Emily HAYNES were married in 1927 in Newhaven, East Sussex, England.¹⁰⁰⁷ They¹⁰⁰⁷ lived at Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania on 9 June 1950.^992,1006 They sailed from London on the 'Madura'. Arthur worked for the Union Castle Line which travelled between Germany and East Africa. He was eventually offered a job as a Stevedore in Tanzania to oversee the loading and unloading of ships and once he acquired a home, his wife Dorothy joined him. They lived in Mombassa for 25 years before returning home to Seaford in the latter years of their life.
They^992,1006 lived at 87 Vale Road in Seaford, East Sussex, England between 1950 and 1957.^1004,1006 This was the 'official' UK address given on Passenger Lists, although they were actually residents of Tanzania at the time. It is actually the home of Eli David BLABER, Arthur's father. Arthur and Dorothy^1004,1006 lived at Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania on 1 October 1953.¹⁰⁰⁵ They sailed from London on the 'Modasa'. They¹⁰⁰⁵ lived at Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania on 1 May 1957.¹⁰⁰⁴ They sailed on the 'Warwick Castle'. Dorothy Emily HAYNES, daughter of Francis Percival HAYNES and Emily Laura HUTSON, was born on 21 February 1906 in Seaford, East Sussex, England.^1008,1009 She died on 18 June 2000 at the age of 94 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England.¹⁰⁰⁹