Tenth Generation

256. Joseph "Jessy" BLABER⁶⁹⁵ was born in 1848 in Bangalore, India.^{694,712,2141,2142,2143,2144} 1881 census has birth place as East Indies. He lived at 2 Earl Street in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England in 1861.⁷²² He lived at Lambeth Road in Lambeth, London, England in 1870.²¹¹⁶ In 1879–1881 Jessy was a Grocer's Porter.^{214,2145,2146} He lived at 44 Rutland Street in St George, Hanover Square, Westminster, London, England in 1879–1881.^2145,2146 At the 1881 census, Elizabeth Head, Joseph's future wife, is recorded as "Boarding" with Joseph and family. In 1885 he was a Labourer.²¹⁴⁷ Between 1889 and 1893 Jessy was a Warehouse Porter.^{2148,2149,2150,2151,2152,2153} He died of an aneurism of the aorta on 23 June 1894 at the age of 46 in Lambeth, London, England.^2154,2155 His wife was present at his death at 30 Oakley Street. He was a Sergeant in the Grenadier Guards.²¹⁵⁶ So far, we have only found mention that Joseph (deceased) was in the Grenadier Guards on his daughter Ada's Marriage Certificate in 1902

Joseph "Jessy" BLABER and Elizabeth HEAD were married in 1881 in St George, Hanover Square, Westminster, London, England.^2157,2158 They^2157,2158 lived at 2 Pembroke Place in Lambeth, London, England in 1885.²¹⁵⁹ They²¹⁵⁹ lived at 7 Pembroke Place in Lambeth, London, England between 1887 and 1891.^{2148,2149,2150,2160} Jessy and Elizabeth^{2148,2149,2150,2160} lived at 30 Oakley Street in Lambeth, London, England on 10 April 1893.²¹⁶¹ Elizabeth HEAD, daughter of Walter HEAD and Elizabeth MATTHEWS, was born about 1856 in Churston Ferrers, Devon, England.^{2162,2163,2164,2165,2166,2167} She lived at Alston Farm in Churston Ferrers, Devon, England in 1861.²¹⁶⁸ She lived at home in Churston Ferrers, Devon, England in 1871.²¹⁶⁹ Elizabeth lived at 44 Rutland Street in St George, Hanover Square, Westminster, London, England in 1881.²¹⁷⁰ She was boarding with her late sister's husband, Joseph and family at the 1881 census. She lived at 30 Oakley Street in Lambeth, London, England in 1894.²¹⁷¹ She lived at 214 Farmer's Road in Camberwell, Surrey, England in 1895.²¹⁷² In 1901 Elizabeth was a Charwoman.²¹⁷³ She lived at 247 Queens Buildings, Scovell Road in Southwark, London, England in 1901.²¹⁷³ At 1901 census she was a widow, and head of the household. She lived at 38 Burdett Buildings in Lambeth, London, England in 1911.²¹⁷⁴ At the 1911 Census, Elizabeth's granddaughter, Bertha Wilshin, was living with them. Elizabeth lived at 35 Barrack Buildings in London, England in 1912.²¹⁷⁵

Joseph "Jessy" BLABER-1409 and Elizabeth HEAD-5579 had the following children:

Joseph "Jessy" BLABER and Jane Matthews HEAD were married on 25 May 1870 in St Mary's Church, Lambeth, London, England.^2133,2180 Married same day and place as his brother Charles. Witnesses to marriage: Janet Fairbain; Francis Fairbain. They^2133,2180 lived at 59 Willow Street in Westminster, London, England in 1878.²¹⁸¹ Jane Matthews HEAD²¹³³, daughter of Walter HEAD and Elizabeth MATTHEWS, was born on 15 January 1850 in Churston Ferrers, Devon, England.^{2182,2183,2184} She was christened on 3 March 1850 in Churston Ferrers, Devon, England.²¹⁸⁴ She was born about 1850 in London, England.²¹⁸⁵ Jane lived at Alston Farm in Churston Ferrers, Devon, England between 1851 and 1861.^2168,2186 She lived at 11 Carter Place in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England in 1871.⁷²³ At the 1871 Census, Jane is living with her in-laws. We do not know where her husband Joseph was at that time.
She died in childbirth in 1878 at the age of 28 in St George, Hanover Square, Westminster, London, England.^{2145,2187,2188} Jane was buried on 1 June 1878 at Middlesex Brompton Cemetery in Westminster, London, England.²¹⁸¹ According to the cemetery records, she was buried in a 'common grave' at St Margaret's, Westminster.
She was also known as Jane Head.²¹⁸¹ According to the cemetery records, she was buried in a 'common grave' at St Margaret's, Westminster.

Joseph "Jessy" BLABER-1409 and Jane Matthews HEAD-8975 had the following children: