Sixth Generation

41. John Mountford BLABER¹²⁹ was born on 28 April 1843 in Epsom, Surrey, England.^{129,143,305,306,307,308,309,310} He was christened on 5 June 1843 at St Martin's Church in Epsom, Surrey, England.¹⁴³ He lived at Aged 30 at marriage to Mary Ann. in Epsom, Surrey, England in 1851.¹⁴⁰ In 1861 John was a Shoemaker.³¹¹ He lived at 3 West Street in Sutton, Surrey, England in 1861.³¹¹ At the 1861 census, John was a lodger at the home of James Ladd (64) and family. Between 1871 and 1903 he was a Painter.^{148,149,312,313,314} John lived at 17 Providence Place in Epsom, Surrey, England in 1871.¹⁴⁸ At the 1871 Census, John was living with his parents. In 1901 he was a Domestic Gardener/Labourer.^315,316 He died in 1908 at the age of 65 in Lambeth, London, England.³¹⁷

John Mountford BLABER and Ann SIMMONDS were married in 1895 in Epsom, Surrey, England.³¹⁸ They³¹⁸ lived at Little Burgh in Barnstead, Surrey, England in 1901.³¹⁵ Ann SIMMONDS was born about 1862.³¹⁹ In 1901 she was a Laundress.³¹⁵ In 1911 she was a Domestic Nurse.³²⁰ Ann lived at 3 Holly Cottages in Lower Kingwood, Reigate, Surrey, England in 1911.³²⁰ At the 1911 Census, Ann was a live-in servant. She died in 1944 at the age of 82 in Surrey, England.³¹⁹

John Mountford BLABER and Mary Ann ISAAC were married on 3 November 1873 in Croydon, Surrey, England.¹²⁹ They¹²⁹ lived at 10 Manor Place, High Street in Sutton, Surrey, England in 1881.¹⁴⁹ At the 1881 Census, John's father, William Gream BLABER was living with them. They¹⁴⁹ lived at Harold Road in Carshalton, Surrey, England in 1891.³¹² John and Mary³¹² lived at 14 Queen's Road in Sutton, Surrey, England in 1893.³¹⁴ Mary Ann ISAAC¹²⁹, daughter of Charles ISAAC, was born about 1852 in Blandford, Dorset, England.^{129,321,322,323} She died of consumption of irritant poison such as spirits of salts on 9 September 1893 at the age of 41 at home in Sutton, Surrey, England.^314,323 The inquest into Mary's death was reported in the London Standard on 14 September 1893:

"Mr percy Morrison held an inquest yesterday at Sutton, with reference to the death of Mary Ann BLABER, 41, wife of a painter residing at 14 Queen's Road, Sutton. John BLABER, the husband, stated that his wife was given to drinking to excess. When he returned home from work on Saturday afternoon, she was out, but she came in at twenty minutes past two, when she was so much the worse for liquor that she could not walk straight. When Witness did not give her money, she would pawn and sell things. At seven o'clock he went to a barber's to be shaved, after which he called at the Cock and had some whisky. While he was there his daughter came, and told him that her mother was dead. He did not believe the statement, and went back and finished his whisky. When he got home, he found his wife lying on the sofa dead. He sat down in a chair, and did not go out again that night. By the Coroner: He was intoxicated, but his wife drove him to it. A Constable showed him a bottle which had contained "Solderine," and which had been on the mantleshelf for four years. The deceased had often threatened to destroy herself and the children. Being warned by the Coroner to answer questions straightforwardly, the Witness exclaimed, "I never ought to have taken her back after she went away last time." She had had 'delerium tremens'. Elizabeth BLABER, a girl of 14, who cried bitterly, said her mother was often in drink, and quarrels were the result. Her mother was drunk at seven o'clock on Saturday morning, and she had been overnight - in fact, she had not been sober all the week. She threatened Witness with a knife. In the afternoon she saw the deceased take a bottle off the shelf, and took it away from her, but she again got possession of it, and, pouring the contents into a cup, swallowed them, remarking "I am going." Witness did not like to go for her father, as she was afraid of her mother. Her father came in to his tea, but he did not see the deceased, who was upstairs. After he had gone out again, her mother came downstairs, appearing in great pain, and Witness afterwards found her lying in the chicken-house. A neighbour carried her indoors, and said she was dead. Witness then went and told her father, who seemed surprised. He was sober. By the Coroner: Her father had not told her what evidence she was to give. Dr Horatio Scott, who made a post-mortem examination, stated that death was due to the action of an irritant poison, such as spirits of salts. After some deliberation, the Jury returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity. The Coroner told the husband that the Jury regarded his evidence as a tissue of falsehoods, and he was not sure that the depositions would not be sent to the Public Prosecutor, in order that he might be proceeded against for perjury. They believed that he knew his wife had taken the poison when he went to the barber's, and that he left her to suffer."

John Mountford BLABER-4963 and Mary Ann ISAAC-4965 had the following children: