Page 71 - ‘A Blaker Family History’ The family history of Joseph Blaker (1916-2007; ‘Joe’)

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• Joseph Albert: b. 1900, Lewisham, London
• William Henry: b. 1903, Sydenham, Kent
• George Arthur: b. 1909, Bromley, Kent
• Alfred John: b 1910, Bromley, Kent
• Ethel M. L.: b. 1911, Bromley, Kent
• Ivy M.: b. 1913, Bromley, Kent

In the 1901 Census, Emily and Joseph were recorded living, together with
their young son, at 3 Stanton Square, Sydenham. Joseph was then working
as a ‘Plate Layer’ for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
Emily’s brother, ‘Alf’ Blaker was living with the Grist family and was also
working as a ‘Plate Layer’ – perhaps Joseph had recommended his
brother-in-law for work?

By the time of the 1911 Census, Emily and Joseph were living with their
four children and Emily’s sister, Mary Ann (‘Polly’) Blaker, in 4 rooms at
32 Victoria Road, Bromley Common, Kent Joseph was then working as a
‘Newsagent’, and his sister-in-law was employed as a ‘Laundry Worker’.

Joseph died prematurely in 1928, leaving Emily as a widow. She survived
her husband by some 31 years, and died at the age of 79 years in 1959, in
Bromley, Kent. At the time of her death, Emily was living at 45 Haywood
Road, Bromley - the same road as her daughter, Ivy M. Austin (nee Grist).
The cause of her death was certified as ‘Haemopericardium with Ruptured

Myocardial Infarct and Coronary Thrombosis’. 45 Haywood Road is a small
terraced house that has been modernized with uPVC windows, a
mahogany front door and new tiles to the front elevation.

45 Haywood Road, Bromley: Contemporary View

6.23.3 Lavinia Hetty Blaker (1885- )
Born: 26 June 1885, Wellfield Road, Streatham, Surrey
Christened: 4 October 1885, St. Leonard’s, Streatham
Married: 24 December 1903, aged 18 years, married Thomas Charles
Hayes; The Register Office, Wandsworth, London
Died: ?

Lavinia was generally known as ‘Lily or ‘Lilly’. It is not known why ‘Lily’
and her parents were happy to see ‘Lavinia Hetty’ be abbreviated to ‘Lily’.

Tracing records of her life has proven to be very difficult, because she
changed her stated Christian name several times during her life, and was
very imprecise about her age.

‘Lilly’ was recorded in the 1891 Census as a 5 year-old girl living with her
parents at 64 Wellfield Road, Streatham. School records show that she
attended 3 schools: Eardley Road, St. Leonard’s and Salters Hill (Gipsy
Hill, Lambeth). She left school on 29 July 1899, aged just 14 years.