Blaber Family Genealogy

Fourth Generation


63. Henry BLABER414 was born on 29 May 1851 in Berwick, East Sussex, England.265,415,416,417 He was christened on 3 August 1851 in Berwick, East Sussex, England.254 Between 1861 and 1871 he was an Agricultural Labourer.262,264 Henry lived at home in Berwick, East Sussex, England in 1871.262 In 1881–1886 he was a Brewers Drayman.222,418,419 He died in 1887 at the age of 36 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.420,421 Siblings Eliza and Thomas were living with Henry on the 1881 census.

Henry BLABER and Emma HOUNSOME were married on 13 August 1873 in East Marden, West Sussex, England.422,423 They422,423 lived at 6 Cambridge Steet in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 1881.222 They222 lived at 26 Richmond Hill in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 1883–1886.424,425 It appears from the Electoral Register of 1883 that Henry also owned the house at 6 Cambridge Street, Brighton.
Emma HOUNSOME414,422,423, daughter of Thomas HOUNSOME and Lucy SMITH, was born on 2 December 1847 in East Marden, West Sussex, England.422,426,427,428,429,430 She was christened on 2 January 1848 in East Marden, West Sussex, England.423,430 She lived at 6 Cambridge Street in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 1881.222 Emma lived at in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 1891.426 She lived at 26 Richmond Hill in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 1901.431 She lived at 43 Lansdown Road in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 1911.432 At the 1911 Census, Emma was living with her daughter, Laura Jewell, and family. Emma lived at 105 Boundary Road in Hove, East Sussex, England in 1939.433 At the 1939 Register, she was living with her son Percy and family.
She died about May 1944 at the age of 96 in Hove, East Sussex, England.428,434 She took in washing to keep her family following early death of husband Henry.

Henry BLABER-2282 and Emma HOUNSOME-1368 had the following children:

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Laura BLABER-1370.

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Henry Thomas BLABER was born in 1876 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.435 He was christened on 10 September 1876 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.436 He died about 1879 at the age of 3 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.437

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Lucy Alice Jane BLABER-1369.

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Sydney BLABER-1371.

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Ernest "Uncle" BLABER414 was born on 16 August 1882 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.414,438,439 Between 1901 and 1903 he was a Brewery Worker.414,440 He lived at 21 Richmond Hill in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 1901.440 At the 1901 census, Ernest was living with his brother-in-law William Jewell and family. Uncle emigrated in 1903 to Bradford, Ontario, Canada.414,439 He had some uncles on his mother's family side living in Canada (Hounsome). In 1903 he was a Farm Labourer in Canada.414 He lived at farm in McGee, Saskatchewan, Canada from 1913 to March 1927.439,441 Uncle lived at in Moose Range, Saskatchewan, Canada from 1928. He died in 1957 at the age of 75.414,439 He was buried in Moose Range Cemetary, Arborfield, Saskatchewan, Canada.414,439 Ernest never married.

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Percy Owen BLABER-577.

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Female BLABER was born on 2 July 1886 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.425 She was born at 26 Richmond Hill, Brighton.
She died in 1886 at the age of 0 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.442