Ninth Generation

57. John BLABER was born in 1814 in Albourne, West Sussex, England.^222,223,224 He was christened on 18 December 1814 in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England.²²⁵ He served in the Army between 8 March 1831 and 11 January 1853.^226,227,228 He served in the 1st Bn Rifle Brigade in North America, Malta (1941), The Ionian Islands, and the Cape of Good Hope, Africa. His Service Number was 804. At the 1851 census he had the rank of Private. He was discharged in 1853 at the age of 39. John lived at Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich Dockyard in Woolwich, Kent, England in 1851.²²⁷ Between 1856 and 1861 he was a Gardener/Market Gardener.^229,230 In 1871 he was an Agricultural Labourer and a Chelsea Pensioner.²³¹ John died on 25 January 1875 at the age of 61 in Steyning, West Sussex, England.²³²

John BLABER and Elizabeth HARTLAND were married on 22 January 1856 in St John Sub Castro Church, Lewes, East Sussex, England.^233,234 They^233,234 lived at Portslade Street in Portslade-by-Sea, East Sussex, England in 1861.²²⁹ They²²⁹ lived at the Village in Portslade-by-Sea, East Sussex, England in 1871.²³¹ Elizabeth HARTLAND²³⁵, daughter of Joseph HARTLAND, was born about 1823 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.^{235,236,237,238} She lived at the Village in Portslade-by-Sea, East Sussex, England in 1881.²³⁹ Elizabeth is a widow, and has a lodger, Edwin Caswilt (26), a Cooper, born in Somerset. She lived at High Street in Portslade-by-Sea, East Sussex, England in 1891.²⁴⁰ At the 1891 census, Elizabeth was living with her daughter Mary, husband William Town, and family. Elizabeth died in 1899 at the age of 76 in Steyning, West Sussex, England.²⁴¹

John BLABER-1440 and Elizabeth HARTLAND-5925 had the following children: