Who Do You Think You Are - Brian Blessed 14th Aug

[kiterunner]

William Curven Blessed, of the parish of Christ Church, bachelor, married Isabella Storey of the same parish, spinster, 18 Oct 1825, at Christ Church and St Leonard Foster Lane, City of London.
London marriages on ancestry

[kiterunner]

William and Isabella's daughter Isabella Elizabeth born 26 Jul 1826 and baptised 20 Aug 1826, abode Sewin Street, bookbinder.

I'm wondering why William couldn't take his brothers in?

[kiterunner]

There is an Elizabeth Grace Blissett, child, buried 16 Apr 1812 at St Martin in the Fields.

[Viv in Herts]

Oh you ladies do this so much better than the show- look at all the information you've found

I have family baptised and married in Old St Pancras Church. I got to look around the churchyard but the church was closed. So glad I didn't have the distraction of him!

[kiterunner]

Here is George in 1841 and it must be the right George as he is a bookbinder too:
1841 census ancestry
Clothfair, St Bartholomew the Great, London:
George Blessed 35 Bookbinder Y
Ann Do 40 Y
George 13 Y
Jabez Blessed 10 Y
Cornelius Do 8 Y
Amelia Do 3 Y
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Mary Leadge 58 Needlework Y
Mary Do 19 Servant Y

Edit: the 1842 street directory lists Blessed, bookbinder, at 44 Cloth Fair.

[kiterunner]

And here is George's marriage to Ann Leage at St Leonard Shoreditch 14 Nov 1824:
London marriages on ancestry

[kiterunner]

George and Ann had a son George Charles born 18 Feb 1828 and baptised 9 Mar 1828, abode Wardrow Terrace, Doctor's Commons, bookbinder. Just a few months after Jabez ran away from the workhouse and returned to it.

[Guinevere]

I enjoyed it. I really want to know what made the family move out of London and into poverty, though.

I was surprised at his tears but my eyes were a bit moist to discover the family managed to stay in touch.

Brian is like that in real life. A friend works at a venue where he gave a talk about his mountaineering and backstage he was just like that. Totally OTT.

[Shona]

I accepted BB was going to be a bit of a luvvie - as Gwynne says it is how he behaves off camera as well as on camera!

Did others feel that there was a huge gap in Jabez Blessed's story? In 1828, he was apprenticed to a Newcastle-based coal shipper. Then nothing until he pops up as a married man living in Lincolnshire in 1851.

Off to see if I can find out more.

[Shona]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

Surely Barnabas and Elizabeth must have had more than 4 children over 21 years? Off to look...

Even my OH wondered about that!

Good work tracking down the other siblings, Kate.