Fourth Generation

38. Janet Elizabeth BLABER was born on 2 October 1884 in Poplar, London, England.^{203,207,308,394,395,396,397,398} Her name was registered as "Janet" Elizabeth BLABER. She lived at 27 Tetley Street in Poplar, London, England in 1884.²⁰³ She was christened on 22 October 1884 at All Hallows' Church in Poplar, London, England.³⁹⁹ In the Baptism Register Janet Elizabeth is named "Jeannette" Elizabeth and her mother is noted as "Jeannette" BLABER. We can only assume that this is a mistake by the officiating priest as all other records give her mother's name as "Janet", and Janet/Jeannette Elizabeth seems to have dropped her first given name by 1891, calling herself Elizabeth BLABER. Janet lived at 65 Willis Street in Poplar, London, England in 1891.¹⁹⁹ At the 1891 Census and subsequently she is known as Elizabeth BLABER. She emigrated on 9 March 1893 to Canada.^192,308,400 Elizabeth BLABER sailed from Liverpool to Halifax, Canada, on the 'Sardinian'. She was in a large group of forty two children aged from 4 to 18, presumably 'Home Children' sent to Canada for adoption. Her elder sister had already been sent to Canada a year earlier. Both her younger sister and her mother had died within the previous five years. Her birth mother died when (Jeannette) Elizabeth was about 5 years of age. She lived at home in Osprey, Grey County, Ontario, Canada in 1911.⁴⁰¹ In the 1911 Canadian census, Elizabeth was shown as the wife of Robert Fachnie. His dates agreed with those of Robert, brother of James. Is it possible that James died sometime after John Edward's birth, and Elizabeth then married (or co-habited with) Robert?? No record of the death of James Fachnie has been found, nor any marriage for Robert Fachnie.. Janet was also known as Elizabeth Blaber.⁴⁰¹ In the 1911 Canadian census, Elizabeth was shown as the wife of Robert Fachnie. His dates agreed with those of Robert, brother of James. Is it possible that James died sometime after John Edward's birth, and Elizabeth then married (or co-habited with) Robert?? No record of the death of James Fachnie has been found, nor any marriage for Robert Fachnie.. She was also known as Jeannette Elizabeth Blaber.⁴⁰¹ In the 1911 Canadian census, Elizabeth was shown as the wife of Robert Fachnie. His dates agreed with those of Robert, brother of James. Is it possible that James died sometime after John Edward's birth, and Elizabeth then married (or co-habited with) Robert?? No record of the death of James Fachnie has been found, nor any marriage for Robert Fachnie..

Janet Elizabeth BLABER and James FACHNIE were married on 20 January 1904 in Osprey, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.⁴⁰² On their marriage schedule, Elizabeth gives her mother's name as Jessie JAMIESON. It is assumed that this is her Canadian adoptive mother. James FACHNIE, son of John FACHNIE and Sarah CRIPPS, was born about 1879 in Nottawasaga, Ontario, Canada.^403,404 In 1904 he was a Farmer.⁴⁰²

Janet Elizabeth BLABER-5940 and James FACHNIE-8378 had the following children: