Second Generation

6. James BLABER¹⁰⁰ was born about 1835 in Otford, Kent, England.^{101,102,103,104,105} He was christened on 15 February 1835 at St Bartholomew's Church in Otford, Kent, England.⁶ Between 1851 and 1901 he was a Farm/Agricultural Labourer.^{7,101,106,107,108} James lived at Stannell in Wilmington, Kent, England in 1851.⁷ At the 1851 Census, James is living with his sister Elizabeth and family. He died in 1912 at the age of 77 in Dartford, Kent, England.¹⁰⁹

James BLABER and Lydia SMITH were married on 24 September 1859 at St John's Church in Stratford, London, England.^110,111 They^110,111 lived at Maidstone Road in Bromley, Kent, England in 1861.¹⁰⁸ They¹⁰⁸ lived at 104 Dartford Road in Dartford, Kent, England in 1881.¹⁰¹ In 1881, their nieces Mary Ann Henry (14) and Elizabeth Henry (9) were staying with them. James and Lydia¹⁰¹ lived at 242 Dartford Road in Dartford, Kent, England between 1901 and 1911.^106,112 Lydia SMITH, daughter of Thomas SMITH, was born in 1839 in Wilmington, Kent, England.^{113,114,115,116,117} In 1881 she was an Agricultural Field Hand.^100,118 She died in 1921 at the age of 82 in Dartford, Kent, England.¹¹⁹