| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fourth Generation23. Robert Charles BLABER149 was born on 6 September 1866 in Gravesend, Kent, England.149,161,395 Born at 1 Commercial Road, Milton, Gravesend. He lived at 2 Albion Road in Gravesend, Kent, England in 1871.162 He lived at Boys' Industrial School in Exminster, Devon, England from 29 October 1877 to 14 March 1882.161,396 In 1881 Robert was a Trainee Shoemaker in Exminster, Devon, England.123,397 He served in South Africa and India in the Army between 1898 and 1901.122,324,398,399,400 He was a Trumpeter in the Royal Horse Artillery. He must have been in India at some time as his son Robert William was born in Bombay in 1898. He died in 1914 at the age of 48 in Marylebone, London, England.401,402 Robert has been ill in the Middlesex Hospital. Robert was buried on 22 September 1914 at St Nicholas' Church in Tooting Graveney, London, England.402 Robert Charles BLABER and Lucy Emily May SMALLWOOD were married on 23 December 1897 in St John's Church, Colaba, Bombay, India.122,149,403 Lucy Emily May SMALLWOOD122,149,404, daughter of Thomas SMALLWOOD and Lucy , was born on 22 November 1876 in Lucknow, Bengal, India.405,406,407 She was christened on 14 December 1876 in Lucknow, Bengal, India.407 She lived at 19 Defoe Road in Tooting, Wandsworth, London, England between 1915 and 1924.404,408,409 In 1916 Lucy was a Midwife.409 She died on 31 May 1924 at the age of 47 in Wandsworth, London, England.405,410,411 She was buried on 5 June 1924 at St Nicholas' Church in Tooting Graveney, London, England.406 Lucy had her estate probated on 23 June 1924 in London, England.411 Probate was granted to Pretoria Lilian May BLOUNT (wife of William Frederick BLOUNT and Lucy's daughter). Effects: £420 0s 6d. Robert Charles BLABER-1566 and Lucy Emily May SMALLWOOD-1579 had the following children:
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