Seventh Generation

93. Colonel Hugh Kenneth BLABER CBE⁹⁸ was born on 22 August 1899 in Brondesbury, London, England.^{432,611,612,613,614} He lived at 34 Cromwell Street in Hove, East Sussex, England in 1901.²⁰⁰ At the 1901 census, Hugh was living with his grand-parents, William and Elizabeth Blaber. He lived at Lauriston, 70 Shoot-up-Hill in Hampstead, London, England in 1911.⁴⁴² Hugh served in the Army from about 1917.^{467,615,616,617} Hugh trained at Wellington Cadet College and was made a 2nd Lieutenant on 31st January 1918. On 4th February 1918 Hugh was admitted to the Indian Army on the approval of the King. On 31st January 1919 he was promoted to Lieutenant. In 1928 at his marriage to Hilma, Hugh was a Captain in the Indian Army. He was then a Second Lieutenant, 1/70th Burma Rifles, Indian Army. Later, he was a Colonel in H.M. Army, and was awarded the CBE.
He lived at at Earl's Hotel, Grosvenor in London, England in 1928.⁶¹⁸ He died in 1976 at the age of 77 in Berkshire, England.^613,619

Colonel Hugh Kenneth BLABER CBE and Hilma Wells BIGELOW were married on 21 July 1928 at St George's Church, Hanover Square in Westminster, London, England.^432,619,620 Their marriage was witnessed by Maurice W BIGELOW (Hima's father); Hilda BIGELOW (Hilma's mother); P L BLABER (Hugh's father) and Effie BLABER (Hugh's mother). They^432,619,620 were divorced.⁶²¹ Hilma Wells BIGELOW⁹⁸, daughter of Maurice Wells BIGELOW and Hilda Tatham , was born on 15 May 1907 in Marylebone, London, England.^{432,621,622,623} She lived at 35a Welbeck Street in London, England in 1907.⁶²⁴ She was christened on 9 June 1907 at St George's Church, Hanover Square in London, England.⁶²⁴ Hilma emigrated in 1910 to New York City, New York, USA.⁶²⁵ She travelled from Liverpool to New York City on the 'Baltic'. We do not have a copy of the Passenger List, only a transcript. She lived at 52 Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square in London, England between 1927 and 1928.^432,626 She is recorded on the Passenger List as a USA citizen. She emigrated on 4 November 1927 to Rangoon, Burma.⁶²⁶ She sailed 1st Class from Liverpool on board the 'Lancashire'. She was unaccompanied. Hilma died in 1995 at the age of 88 in Uckfield, East Sussex, England.⁶²³

Colonel Hugh Kenneth BLABER CBE-343 and Hilma Wells BIGELOW-1067 had the following children:

Colonel Hugh Kenneth BLABER CBE and Margaret Joyce "Peggy" CHURTON were married on 5 November 1948 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.⁴⁶⁰ Newspaper cutting, possibly from the London Gazette of 9th November 1948:
MARRIAGES
BLABER : CHURTON - On Nov 5 1948, at Melbourne, Australia, COLONEL HUGH KENNETH BLABER, C.B.E., elder son of Dr. and Mrs. P. L. BLABER, of the Boat House, Marlow, Bucks, to MARGARET JOYCE CHURTON, of Kilsyth, Victoria.
Margaret Joyce "Peggy" CHURTON⁹⁸ was born on 3 July 1931.⁶²⁷ She died in 1992 at the age of 61 in Berkshire, England.⁶²⁷