Fourteenth Generation

1221. John Henry BLABER⁴⁶⁹⁴ was born on 27 December 1923 in Shoreditch, London, England.^{4898,4899,4900} He lived at Pakefield Hall Holiday Camp in Gisleham, Suffolk, England on 29 September 1939.⁴⁸⁹⁹ Pakefield Hall Holiday Camp was requisitioned by the UK Parliament to be a school for children evacuated from London during WWII. At the 1939 Registry, there were some 340 children and staff living at the holiday camp.

Here is an interesting excerpt from Hansard, the UK Parliament's record of Parliamentary proceedings:

HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1930s → 1939 → October 1939 → 26 October 1939 → Commons Sitting → EDUCATION.

PAKEFIELD HOLIDAY CAMP, LOWESTOFT.

HC Deb 26 October 1939 vol 352 c1543

§ 25. Mr. R. C. Morrison
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether Pakefield Holiday Camp, Lowestoft, has been inspected recently; and whether it is considered suitable for evacuated children during the winter months?

Mr. Lindsay The Pakefield Holiday Camp has been inspected recently and it has been decided that it is unsuitable for continued occupation by handicapped children during the winter months. Steps are being taken to move the children to more suitable accommodation at the earliest possible date.

In 1946 he was a Labourer.⁴⁹⁰¹ John died in 1981 at the age of 58 in Hackney, London, England.⁴⁹⁰⁰

John Henry BLABER and Elizabeth Rose BAYLISS were married on 23 November 1946 in Bethnal Green, London, England.^4901,4902 Their Marriage was witnessed by: Amy M PAGE and Hilda G COX.
In 1946 Elizabeth Rose BAYLISS, daughter of Walter BAYLISS, was a Toymaker.⁴⁹⁰¹