| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Third Generation7. Ellen BLABER1,7,16 was born about 1830 in Ringmer, Lewes, East Sussex, England.166,167,168,169,170,171,172 Ellen's father may have been James EVANS. She was christened on 6 November 1836 in Ringmer, Lewes, East Sussex, England.1,173 She lived at North Court in Cliffe, Lewes, East Sussex, England on 7 June 1841.22 Ellen lived at 206 Brook Street in Lewes, East Sussex, England on 30 March 1851.23 At the 1851 census, Ellen was living with her mother at the home of her mother's employer, James EVANS, Labourer at Chalk Pit, widower aged 60. Between 1851 and 1861 she was a School Mistress.23,174,175 She lived at Eastport Lane in Lewes, East Sussex, England in 1861. Ellen lived at Eastport Lane in Southover, Lewes, East Sussex, England in 1861.174 She lived at Roffey at Horsham Union Workhouse in Horsham, West Sussex, England between 1881 and 1901.176,177,178 She was a widow by the 1891 Census. At the 1891 Census Henry and Catherine Blackman were Master and Matron of the Workhouse. She died in 1913 at the age of 83 in Horsham, West Sussex, England.111,179 Ellen BLABER and Henry BRIGGS were married on 5 May 1861 in St John the Baptist's Church, Southover, Lewes, East Sussex, England.180,181,182 Their marriage was witnessed by George Herriot? (signed with his mark), and Martha Lindfield - probably her half-brother Daniel's wife. They180,181,182 lived at Late Toll Gate House in Rudwick, Horsham, West Sussex, England in 1871.26 Henry BRIGGS7, son of John BRIGGS, was born about 1816 in Rudwick, Horsham, West Sussex, England.183,184 In 1861 he was a Labourer.174,185 He lived at Eastport Lane in Lewes, East Sussex, England in 1861.174,185 At the 1861 Census, Henry was a 'lodger' at the home of Ellen Blaber, whom he was to marry the following month. In 1871 Henry was an Agricultural Labourer.26 He died before 1891 at the age of 75. Ellen BLABER-3694 and Henry BRIGGS-981 had the following children:
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