Sixth Generation

79. Arthur Thomas BLABER^101,480,481 was born on 16 January 1871 in Peckham, London, England.^{369,482,483,484,485,486,487,488,489,490,491} Aged 25 on arrival in USA 3 Aug 1895. He lived at Brimmington Road in Peckham, London, England in 1871.³⁶³ He was christened on 19 March 1871 at St Jude's Temporary Church in Peckham, London, England.³⁶³ Arthur lived at 21 Holden Street in Wandsworth, London, England in 1877.³⁶⁹ He was educated on 8 October 1877 at Holden Street School, Grayshott Road in Wandsworth, London, England.³⁶⁹ He lived at 1 Furze Street (South End) in Bromley, Kent, England in 1881.¹⁰¹ Between 1891 and 1902 Arthur was a Clerk.^374,492,493 He lived at 8 Ruthven Street in Hackney, London, England in 1891.³⁷⁴ He lived at his home in London, England in 1892.⁴⁸⁰ Arthur emigrated on 23 April 1892 to New York City, New York, USA.^{480,489,493,494,495} He sailed from Liverpool on the 'Umbria'. He was unmarried at the date of this voyage. He arrived in New York City on 2 May 1892. The 1920 census states that he emigrated to USA in 1890. Ellis Island Records state 1892. He lived at Sound Beach Avenue in Greenwich Village, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA between 1895 and 1924.^{480,489,496,497,498} He sailed from Southampton to New York on the 'St Louis' on 27 July 1895.⁴⁹⁹ He was accompanied by Minnie and baby Alice. Arthur sailed from Southampton to New York on the 'St Paul' on 29 June 1901.⁴⁹² He was naturalized on 2 February 1909 at the Superior Court of Fairfield County in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.^{480,489,500,501} He sailed from Southampton to New York on the 'Kronprinzessin Cecilie' on 6 May 1914.⁵⁰² He was accompanied by his wife Minnie (44), daughter Alice (18), and son Arthur (7). In 1920 Arthur was a Manager of a Newspaper Company in Greenwich Village, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA.⁵⁰³ He applied for a USA Passport on 17 April 1922.⁴⁸⁹ He was described as 5'-7" tall, brown eyes, black hair on 17 April 1922.⁴⁸⁹ Arthur lived at his home in Soundbeach, Connecticut, USA on 17 April 1922.⁴⁸⁹ In 1922 he was a Newspaper Organiser/Newspaper Advertising Manager.^489,504 He sailed from Quebec to Britiain on the 'Empress of Scotland' on 3 May 1922.⁴⁸⁹ Arthur sailed from Southampton to Quebec on the 'Empress of France' on 1 June 1922.⁵⁰⁴ He sailed from Hamilton, Bermuda to New York aboard the SS 'Fort St George'. on 13 September 1924.⁴⁹⁸ The ship arrived in NewYork on 15 September 1924. Arthur was accompanied by his wife Minnie, daughter and son-in-law Alice and Kerson Barney, and his grandson Kerson Barney Jr aged 2. In 1926 he was an Eastern Manager of the Western Newspaper Union. Arthur died of pulmonary pneumonia on 17 February 1926 at the age of 55 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.⁵⁰⁵ He died in Trinity Hospital, Brooklyn.

Arthur and his family appear to have travelled to the UK many times. There are records of them sailing from UK and arriving in the USA on 3rd August 1895, 19th June 1907 and 12th May 1914, and Arthur and wife Minnie in 1924 (no children with them). Arthur first travelled to USA in 1892 at the age of 21. There is no record of other Blaber family members travelling with him.

Arthur Thomas BLABER and Minnie SCHNITGEN were married about 1893.⁴⁹⁶
From Bridgeport Telegram; 26 December 1918; Page 13: "Mr & Mrs Arthur T Blaber of Sound Beach, celebrated their thirty-eighth (JAB comment: This must be a typo for their 25th) anniversary of their wedding last Friday by entertaining at dinner at the Pickwick Inn. They were the recipients of many handsome and unusual gifts. Those present besides the host and hostess were Miss Alice Blaber, Miss Marjorie Blaber, Miss Dolly Snelling, George Delage, Thomas J Sprague, Mr & Mrs Eckerman Hall, Mr & Mrs C Dana Potter, Lieutenant William Potts, and Mr & Mrs William Hopkinson."

Minnie SCHNITGEN^480,506,507 was born in 1870 in New York City, New York, USA.^{480,508,509,510,511,512} We are not sure whether she was born in England (as per Ellis Island Records) or New York USA (USA 1920 census). The 1920 census also records that both her parents were born in New York, USA, so it is more likely that she too was born in New York, rather than England. She sailed from Southampton to New York on the 'St Louis' on 27 July 1895.⁴⁹⁹ She was accompanied by Arthur and baby Alice. She sailed from Southampton to New York on the 'St Paul' on 29 June 1901.⁴⁹² Minnie sailed from Southampton to New York on the 'Kronprinzessin Cecilie' on 6 May 1914.⁵⁰² She lived at Sound Beach Avenue in Greenwich Village, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA between 1914 and 1930.^{496,498,506,508} At the 1930 census, the house was valued at $12,000, and owned by Minnie. She sailed from Hamilton, Bermuda to New York abourd the SS 'Fort St George on 13 September 1924.⁴⁹⁸ The ship arrived in NewYork on 15 September 1924. Minnie was accompanied by her husband Arthur, daughter and son-in-law Alice and Kerson Barney, and her grandson Kerson Barney Jr aged 2. Minnie died before 1949 at the age of 79.⁵¹³ In the 1895 ship's manifest (SS St Louis) her name was given as Annie. It is assumed that this was a transcription error from the original ship's manifest. Her parents were both German according to the 1930 census.

Arthur Thomas BLABER-3961 and Minnie SCHNITGEN-3962 had the following children: