Eleventh Generation

364. Ernest George BLABER was born on 26 November 1890 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.^{2514,2515,2516,2517} He was christened on 15 February 1891 at St Peter's Church in Brighton, East Sussex, England.²⁵¹⁸ He lived at 11 Hastings Road in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 1891.¹³¹³ Ernest lived at Warren Road at Warren Farm Industrial Schools in Rottingdean, East Sussex, England in March 1901.²⁵¹⁷ Ernest was an Inmate. Known as the Warren Farm Industrial Schools, it was an industrial school for poor children whom it was not considered appropriate to keep in the workhouse with adults. The boy inmates were taught skills in gardening, tailoring and boot making, etc., while girls were instructed in domestic service. The Warren Farm Industrial Schools continued until the replacement of the workhouse system in 1930 and then continued as a children's home until the early '50s.
In 1911 he was an Unemployed General Farm Labourer.²⁵¹⁹ He lived at Hammonds Farm in Lingfield, Surrey, England in 1911.^2519,2520 Hammonds Farm is Ernest's home address, but at the 1911 Census he was visiting his girfriend Eliza Slarks and family at 88 Lower Housedean Cottages, Falmer, Sussex, England. Between 15 January 1916 and 6 June 1918 Ernest was a Carter at Pleystowe Farm in Capel, Surrey, England.^2521,2522 He was granted exemption from military service on 10 February 1916 at the Military Tribunal in Dorking, Surrey, England.²⁵²² The person successfully appealing was his employer F MANDER - Farmer. He was temporarily excused military service on 6 June 1918 at the Military Tribunal in Dorking, Surrey, England.²⁵²³ The person successfully appealing was his employer F MANDER - Farmer.
In 1939 Ernest was a Forester for the National Trust.²⁵¹⁶ He lived at 1 Red Gables at Dunley Hill in Ranmore Common, Surrey, England in 1955.²⁵²⁴ He died on 14 August 1955 at the age of 64 at The Cottage Hospital in Leatherhead, Surrey, England.^2524,2525 Ernest had his estate probated on 15 November 1955 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.²⁵²⁴ Probate was granted to Philip Ernest BLABER, farm hand, and Joseph Charles BLABER, motor mechanic. Effects: £549 12s 11d.

Ernest George BLABER and Eliza STARKS were married in 1915 in Falmer, East Sussex, England.²⁵²⁶ They²⁵²⁶ lived at Oak Cottage in Capel, Surrey, England on 10 February 1916.²⁵²² They²⁵²² lived at Hope Cottage in Capel, Surrey, England on 6 June 1918.²⁵²¹ Ernest and Eliza²⁵²¹ lived at 2 Bishops Cottages in Lower Morden, Surrey, England in 1921.²⁵²⁷ They²⁵²⁷ lived at home in Epsom, Surrey, England in 1930.²⁵²⁸ They²⁵²⁸ lived at Kelsey's Farm, Bookham Common in Great Bookham, Surrey, England in 1939.²⁵¹⁶ Eliza STARKS, daughter of Thomas STARKS and Eliza , was born on 28 January 1892 in Falmer, East Sussex, England.^{2516,2529,2530} She lived at 88 Lower Housedean Cottages in Falmer, East Sussex, England in 1911.²⁵¹⁹ In 1911 she was an Unemployed Domestic Servant.²⁵¹⁹ Eliza died in 1952 at the age of 60 in Surrey, England.²⁵³¹ She was also known as Eliza Slarks.²⁵³¹

Ernest George BLABER-5455 and Eliza STARKS-11230 had the following children: