Page 75 - ‘A Blaker Family History’ The family history of Joseph Blaker (1916-2007; ‘Joe’)

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Regiment’ and a ‘Journeyman Baker’. ‘John’ was awarded the Victory Medal
on his discharge from the army; his Regimental number was TF/240780;
Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment. After their marriage in 1916,
‘John’ and Ada lived in Lambeth, where their son, Edward was born.

‘John’ and Ada had a single child:
• Edward John: b. 1918, Lambeth

Sadly, in November 1918, Ada died at their home in Elm Park, , shortly
after the birth of her son. The cause of her premature death was certified
as ‘Puerperal Fever and Pneumonia’. This left ‘John’ as a widower with a
young child. It is not known how ‘John’ coped with a young child. Did he
give Edward to others to look after whilst he worked? We will never
know.

In 1920, ‘John’ married Beatrice Eugene Blaxland. It is not known how, or
where, they met. At the time of their marriage, ‘John’ was living at 26
Homendale Road, and was working as a ‘Baker’.

Christopher John Blaker & Beatrice Eugene Blaxland: Unknown Date

6.23.4.3 Beatrice Eugene Blaxland (1879-1965)
Born: 1882, New Brompton, Kent
Married: 18 July 1920, aged 38 years, married Christopher John Blaker;
St. George’s Church, Bickley, Kent
Died: 23 December 1965, ‘Fallowfield’, Ashfield Lane, Chiselhurst, Kent

Beatrice was one of 2 daughters born to Thomas Blaxland (1852-1922)
and Ellen Denison (1852-1889). Thomas was a ‘Carpenter and Joiner’, who
was born in Milton-by-Sittingbourne, Kent. In 1889, Ellen died at a young
age and Thomas married Eliza Costa Richmond (1858-1934). Eliza then
became Beatrice’s stepmother.

Beatrice was known as ‘Beatie’. In the 1891 Census, ‘Beatie’ was recorded
as a 9 year-old girl, living with her father and stepmother at 48 Luton
Road, Chatham, Kent. In the 1901 Census, ‘Beatie’ was working as a
‘General Servant’ to Susan Cadel and her family at South Hill House, South
Hill, Milton, Kent. Ten years later, in the 1911 Census, ‘Beatie’ was
recorded as a 29 year-old ‘Domestic Cook’, employed by John and
Charlotte Solomon, living at 7 Westbourne Villas, Hove, Sussex.

6.23.4.4 Christopher John Blaker and Beatrice Eugenie Blaxland
‘John’ and ‘Beatie’ had a single child:
• Winifred Mary Maud: b. 1923, Bromley, Kent

It is not known whether Edward, ‘John’s’ son from his first marriage, lived
with ‘John’ and’Beatie’.