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8. Thomas BLABER was born on 20 November 1850 in Northfleet, Kent, England.129,130,131,132 He was christened on 12 January 1851 at St George's Church in Gravesend, Kent, England. He lived at 46 Woolmore Street in Poplar, London, England in 1861.50 Between 1871 and 1877 Thomas was a Driller/Iron Driller.34,60,133 He lived at 23 Tetley Street in Bromley, Kent, England on 2 April 1871.60 In 1879 he was a Stoker.134 In 1881–1882 Thomas was a Gas Works Labourer.135,136 In 1883 he was a Driller.137 Between 1885 and 1887 he was a Labourer.138,139 Thomas lived at an asylum in January 1886.140 He was ordered to be removed from the Parish of All Saints Poplar. on 2 December 1886.141 "County of Middlesex to wit.
The Examination of Joseph Retallack Moloney for the Clerk to the Guardians of the POPLAR POOR LAW UNION, in the County of Middlesex, touching the Place of the last legal Settlement of
Thomas BLABER aged 36 years
taken on Oath before us the undersigned, being Two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the County of MIDDLESEX, this 2nd day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Six upon a certain Complaint of the Guardians of the Poor of the said Union unto us the said Justices, that the said Pauper has come to inhabit, and is now inhabiting in the Parish of All Saints Poplar (the same being one of the Parishes comprised in the said Union) endeavouring to settle there contrary to Law, not having gained a legal Settlement there, nor in any other Parish in the said Union, now having produced any Certificate acknowledging him to be settled elsewhere, nor being exempt from removal by reason of any provision of the law; that he is now actually chargeable to the Common Fund of the said Union through Sickness, which said Sickness will produce permanent disability in the said Thomas BLABER and that the Parish of Northfleet in the County of Kent (being one of the Parishes comprised in the North Aylesford Poor Law Union, in the County of Kent) is the place of his legal Settlement.
Signed..." "ORDER.
To the Guardians of the Poor of the Poplar Union, in the County of Middlesex, And to the Guardians of the Poor of the North Aylesford Union in the County of Kent.
Whereas Complaint has been made unto us, whose names are hereunto set and seals affixed, being two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, acting together in and for the County of Middlesex, by the Guardians of the Poor of the first above-named Union, that
Thomas BLABER aged 36 yrs
herein called the pauper has come to inhabit in the said Union, and has become and now is actually chargeable thereto, although he has not a legal Settlement in any Parish or place therein, and has not resided in any part of the said Union for the space of one year next before the application for this Warrant of Removal, and has become chargeable thereto in respect of relief made necessary by sickness.
WE, upon proof of the premises, do adjudge the same to be true:
And, upon due examination of Witnesses upon oath and otherwise, we do adjudge that the place of the last legal Settlement of the said Pauper is the Parish of Northfleet which is comprised in the said North Aylesford Union.
And having made due inquiry into the nature of the said sickness, we do hereby state that we are satisfied that the same will produce permanent disability to the said Thomas BLABER.
We do therefore hereby order you the Guardians of the Poor of the Union first above-named, at the time and in the manner prescribed by law, to remove and convey by yourselves, or by some person employed by you, the said pauper from your Union to the North Aylesford Union, and there to deliver him together with this Order, or a counterpart or true copy thereof, unto the Guardians of such last-named Union, or unto their officer, duly authorised to receive such pauper.
And we do require you, the Guardians of the Union last-named, to receive and provide for the said pauper according to law.
Given under our hands and Seals this Second day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty six at the Board Room, Town Hall, Limehouse, in the County aforesaid.
Signature and Seal 1 ...
Signature and Seal 2 ..." He was ordered to be received by North Aylesford Union on 3 December 1886.142 "To the Guardians of the Poor of the North Aylesford Union in the County of Kent.
I, the undersigned, being Clerk to the Guardians of the Poplar Union, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby give you Notice
That Thomas BLABER aged 36 years
hereinafter called the Pauper, inhabiting at the Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum in the Parish of Bromley St Leonard in the said County of Middlesex, has become actually chargeable to the said Union, and that an Order of Justices has been obtained for his removal therefrom to your Union above-named, comprising the Parish or Place of his legal Settlement, a copy of which Order is herewith sent, And I do also give you Notice that the Grounds of the Removal of the said Pauper, are these, that the said Thomas BLABER was born in the Parish of Northfleet in year said North Aylesford Union on or about the 20th November 1850 of parents Thomas and Mary Ann BLABER.
Witness my hand this third day of December 1886.
Signature...
Clerk to the Guardians of the Poor of the Poplar Union, in the County of Middlesex." "ORDER OF REMOVAL
To the Clerk to the Guardians of the Poor of the North Aylesford Union in the County of Kent
A duplicate of the within notice and statement of grounds, and a copy of the within order, addressed as above, was registered by me at the Post Office at King Street on Friday, the 3rd day of December 1886, at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
Signature..." Thomas had his health checked on 7 January 1887.143 "POPLAR UNION
I do hereby certify that Thomas BLABER is suffering from Arthritis which will produce permanent disability, also that he is able to travel, and it would not be dangerous for him to do so.
Dated this 7th day of January 1887.
Signature...
Medical Officer."
He was removed from Poplar and delivered on 15 January 1887 in North Aylesford, Kent, England.144 "POPLAR UNION, MIDDLESEX
to
NORTH AYLESFORD (STROOD) UNION
Thomas Blaber
The Pauper within mentioned was this Fifteenth day of January 1887, delivered to the Workhouse Strood Union to The Master Mr Tomlinson by me, Fred Butler, and again on the 24th of February 1887 by me (Signature unreadable)"
He lived at 50 Salmon Lane at Ratcliff in Stepney, London, England on 18 February 1887.139 Thomas was again removed from Poplar and delivered on 24 February 1887 in North Aylesford, Kent, England.145 He died in 1888 at the age of 38 in Whitechapel, London, England.146 Thomas BLABER and Amelia Frances "Fanny" HILLYARD lived at 50 Salmon Lane at Ratcliff in Stepney, London, England in 1873.34,147 They34,147 were married on 10 February 1873 at St John's Church, Limehouse in Stepney, London, England.34,148 Possibly a double wedding with his sister, Sarah. They34,148 lived at 22 Willis Street in Bromley-by-Bow, London, England in 1877.133 Thomas and Fanny133 lived at 50 Salmon Lane at Ratcliff in Stepney, London, England in 1880.149 They149 lived at 1 Crown Terrace at Bell Green in Lower Sydenham, London, England in 1881.135 They135 lived at 28 Vail Road at Bell Green in Lower Sydenham, London, England in 1882.136 Thomas and Fanny136 lived at 14 Etrrick Street in Tower Hamlets, London, England in June 1883.150 They150 lived at 75 Culloden Street in Poplar, London, England in October 1883.151 They151 lived at 11 Charles Terrace in Cubitt Town, London, England in 1885.152 Amelia Frances "Fanny" HILLYARD100,153, daughter of Samuel HILLYARD and Mary HOSKIN, was born in 1849 in Bromley-by-Bow, London, England.154,155,156,157,158,159 She lived at 1 Catherine Street in Limehouse, London, England in 1861.160 In 1881 she was a Dressmaker.135 Fanny lived at 50 Salmon Lane at Ratcliff in Stepney, London, England on 9 February 1886.161 In 1891 she was a Needlewoman.162 She lived at at Gressenhall Workhouse in Gressenhall, Norfolk, England in 1901.159 In 1901 Fanny was a Laundress.159 She died in 1908 at the age of 59 in Mitford, Norfolk, England.163 She was also known as Frances Beckett.163 Thomas BLABER-5433 and Amelia Frances "Fanny" HILLYARD-10101 had the following children: 26 | i. | Emily BLABER was born on 24 January 1871 in Old Ford, London, England.149,164,165 She lived at 50 Salmon Lane at Ratcliff in Stepney, London, England in March 1880.149 She was educated on 8 March 1880 at Dalgleish Street School in Tower Hamlets, London, England.149 Emily lived at 50 Salmon Lane at Ratcliff in Stepney, London, England in 1881.166 At the 1881 Census, Emily was living with her grandparents, Samuel and Mary HILLYARD. She lived at 10 Ashmount Road, off High Road in Tottenham, London, England in 1891.165 This may not be Emily BLABER, but age and place of birth are the same. She was born before her parents were married, and lived some time with her maternal grandparents, Samuel and Mary HILLYARD. It is possible that in her adult life she used the surname HILLYARD.
In 1891 she was a Domestic Servant.165 Emily is a live-in servant at the home of Eliot W GILL (42 - Coachbuilder's Clerk) and family. | 27 | ii. | Ada Louisa M BLABER was born in 1873 in Stepney, London, England.167,168 She died in 1874 at the age of 1 in Stepney, London, England.167 | +28 | iii. | Alice Mary A BLABER-3833. | 29 | iv. | Samuel Henry BLABER was born on 5 June 1877 in Poplar, London, England.133,169 He lived at 22 Willis Street in Bromley-by-Bow, London, England in 1877.133 He died in 1878 at the age of 1 in Poplar, London, England.170 | 30 | v. | Frederick Samuel BLABER was born on 14 September 1878 at 3 Brunton Street, Limehouse in Stepney, London, England.134,171,172 He lived at at 3 Brunton Street, Limehouse in Stepney, London, England in 1878.134 He died in 1879 at the age of 1 in Stepney, London, England.173,174 | +31 | vi. | Louisa Florence "Florie" BLABER-3834. | 32 | vii. | Alfred Arthur BLABER was born on 14 March 1882 in Lewisham, London, England.136,175 He lived at 28 Vail Road at Bell Green in Lower Sydenham, London, England in 1882.136 He died in 1882 at the age of 0 in Poplar, London, England.176 | +33 | viii. | Maud BLABER-9636. | 34 | ix. | Louisa Mary BLABER was born on 14 October 1883 in Poplar, London, England.177,178 She lived at 75 Culloden Street in Poplar, London, England in 1883.178 She was christened on 31 October 1883 at All Hallows' Church in Poplar, London, England.178 It is possible that Louisa Mary and Maud were twins and that Louisa Mary died soon after birth. The quick christening, 17 days after her birth, tend to bear this out. We have been unable to find any further records of Louisa Mary.
| 35 | x. | Thomas George BLABER was born about 1885 in Poplar, London, England.179 He was christened on 26 February 1885 at St John's Church in Cubitt Town, London, England.152 He lived at 11 Charles Terrace in Cubitt Town, London, England in 1885.152 Thomas died between July 1885 and September 1885 at the age of 0 in Lambeth, London, England.180 | +36 | xi. | Frank Albert BLABER-9075. |
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