Eleventh Generation

496. Samuel BLABER^118,2050 was born on 26 October 1884 in 6 Wellington Yard, Brook Street, Derby, England.^{118,3158,3159,3160,3161,3162,3163} In 1910 he was a soldier in 4th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters.³¹⁶¹ He was invalided out in 1910. He lived at 16 Bedford Square in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England in 1911.²⁰³⁸ In 1911 Samuel was a Labourer.²⁰³⁸ In 1914 he was a Miner Banksman.³¹⁶⁴ He served in the Army between 28 September 1914 and 4 December 1914.³¹⁶¹ He enlisted as a Private in the Army Reserve in the 13th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. His Service Number was 7600. He was discharged the following December as 'not likely to become an efficient soldier' - 'physically unfit for further war service'.
Samuel was described as 5'-2" tall; grey eyes; brown hair; a strong sturdy man on 28 September 1914.³¹⁶⁴ He served in the Army from 24 June 1916 to 16 August 1916.³¹⁶² Samuel re-enlisted in Derby as a Private in the Army in the 5th Lincoln Regiment. His Service Number was 5682. He was discharged the following August as again 'not likely to become an efficient soldier' - 'physically unfit for further war service', and suffering from several epileptic fits.
He lived at 16 Bedford Square, Radford Road in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England in 1924–1925.^2046,2047 Samuel lived at 19 Newbury Street in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England in November 1933.³¹⁶⁵ From Nottingham Evening Post, 27 November 1933, Page 8
Mr Samuel BLABER, 51, of 19, Newbury Street, was riding a bicycle in Castle Boulevard on Saturday night when he came into collision with a motor car belonging to Mr W E SMITH, of 4, Trafalgar Road, Beeston. His injuries consisted of a lacerated head. [He was admitted to Nottingham General Hospital].

In 1939 he was a General Dealer.³¹⁶³ He died about 1951 at the age of 67.¹¹⁸ Both the father Samuel Blaber & the mother Annie Dennis were present at the time of registration of Samuel's birth, this acknowledges the fact that the couple were not married at this time!

Marriage: Samuel Blaber age 28 years Bachelor General Hawker. 16 Bedford Square, Radford Road.
Son of Samuel Blaber House Painter (Journeyman)
Emma Bland age 33 years Widow. 31 Northwitle Street. Daughter of Alfred Charles Stableman.
Samuel was also in the army The Sherwood Forresters. Going by his pension records now released on line at http://www.ancestry.co.uk/
He was invalided out in 1910 re-enlisted 1914, discharged to the reserves 1915, called up & served in the Leicester Rgt, medically discharged 1916.
I will endeavour to research further into his army career.
Amongst the said papers is an affiliation order of maintenance for the up keep of a child!
The order was made in respect of a child born 16th August 1910.(No name or sex of the child is given)
The payment was to be paid to a Mrs J Clarke, 11 Willoughby Street Nottingham.(I assume this to be the mother of the child)
I have written to the Nottinghamshire County Record Office, in the hope more info is recorded and is held there.

Death Reg. March 1951. Age 68.Nottingham.3c-482

Miss Mary Jane CLARKE³¹⁶⁴ lived at 11 Willoughby Street, New Lenton in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England between 1910 and 1914.³¹⁶⁴ During Samuel's spell in the Army in 1910 he was ordered by the Magistrates Court to pay Miss Clarke two shillings per week for the upkeep of his son Alexander. Druring his spell in the Army Reserves in 1914, his pay was deducted by four pence per day and this was forwarded to Miss Clarke for the upkeep of Alexander.

Samuel BLABER and Emma CHARLES were married on 24 December 1912 in Register Office, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.^{118,3164,3166} Marriage witnessed by Samuel BLABER and Elizabeth SWIFT.
They^{118,3164,3166} lived at 16 Bedford Square, Radford Road in Hyson Green, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England in 1914.³¹⁶¹ They³¹⁶¹ lived at 19 Bedford Square, Radford Road in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England in 1920.³¹⁶⁷ Samuel and Emma³¹⁶⁷ lived at 119 Peas Hill Road in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England in 1939.³¹⁶³ Emma CHARLES¹¹⁸, daughter of Alfred CHARLES, was born on 6 November 1878 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.^{118,3163,3168} She lived at 26 Festus Street in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England in 1911.³¹⁶⁸ At the 1911 Census, Emma BLAND (widow) and her son Alick (sic) G BLAND (2) are living with her father Alfred CHARLES.
At her marriage to Samuel, her surname was Bland her condition was a Widow.

Samuel BLABER-7162 and Emma CHARLES-7164 had the following children: