Page 78 - ‘A Blaker Family History’ The family history of Joseph Blaker (1916-2007; ‘Joe’)

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‘Jim’ died in 1971, leaving ‘Polly’ as a widow. ‘Polly’ died in 1975, aged 85
years. She was living with her daughter, Sylvia Joan Holmes at the time of
her death. Her death certificate records the cause of death as ‘Chronic

Aortic Reflux and Atheroma’.

6.23.6 Emma Maude Blaker (1893-1979)
Born: 22 June 1893, 30 Leverson Street, Streatham
Christened: 3 September 1893, Immanuel Church, Streatham High Road,
London
Married: 13 April 1912, aged years, married Cecil Maurice Gardner; The
Register Office, Wandsworth, London
Died: 4 July 1979, aged 86 years; Clifton, 42 Clarence Avenue, London

Emma Maude was known as ‘Maude’. Very little is known about ‘Maude’s’
early life. She commenced her education at Salters Hill School, Streatham
on 29 March 1897, aged just under 4 years. There is a record of her
leaving that school on 29 September 1900, aged 7 years, but it is not
known if she attended school thereafter.

‘Maude’ was recorded in the 1901 Census as a 6 year-old girl, living with
her parents and siblings at 63 Eardley Road, Streatham. In the next
Census, she was recorded as a 20 year-old unmarried girl, living with her
parents and siblings at 9 Wellfield Road, Streatham.

In 1912, ‘Maude’ married Cecil Maurice Gardner.

6.23.6.1 Cecil Maurice Gardner (1890-1968)
Born: 1890, Streatham, Surrey
Married: 13 April 1912, aged 21 years, married Emma Maude Blaker; The
Register Office, Wandsworth, London
Died: 1968, aged 78 years; Thanet, Kent

Cecil was one of 9 children born to Alfred Garner (1842-1923) and
Cecillia Ann Norman (1848- ). Alfred was born in Sheldon, Surrey and
worked as a ‘Labourer’ and ‘House Painter’.

Cecil was recorded in the 1891 Census, living with his parents and
siblings at 55 Sunny Hill Road, Streatham. His father, Alfred, was then a
‘Working Maltster’. The family was still living at the same address at the
time of the 1901 Census, where Cecil was recorded as a 9 year-old boy.
His father was then working as a ‘House Painter’.

By the time of the 1911 Census, Cecil was working as a ‘Railway Porter’,
living with his widowed father at the same address in Sunny Hill Road.

In 1912, Cecil married Maude Blaker – i.e. Emma Maude Blaker. At the
time of their marriage, Cecil was living at 55 Sunny Hill Road, Streatham,
working as a ‘Motor Mechanic’ and ‘Maude’ was living at 96 Sunny Hill
Road.