She was the second of seven children born to Henry Blake and his wife Emma nee Hatcher born in Longparish, England. She had to leave school at the age of 14 when her father died so she could help her mother with her siblings. She worked as a maid when she was younger but followed in her mother's footsteps as a midwife and was well-known and liked in the village of Bishopstoke. She was very proud to have never lost a baby or a mother due to negligence.
In 1914 she married Albert Arthur Sibley in Longparish who went away to war. He was killed in action on the first day of the battle of Messines which is well known in history for detonating 19 mines underneath German lines on 7 June 1917.
In 1919 she remarried to Augustus Arthur Baker and had two children Violet born in 1920 and Albert Arthur born 1924. In her later years she lived with her son Albert Arthur and at age 47 took in and raised her granddaughter Jacqueline Baker.
She worked very hard her whole life just to get a little ahead. She died at the age of 89 after she broke her hip and had to have surgery on the 26th of December 1980. She never woke up and the next morning around three o'clock she passed away and was buried in Bishopstoke Cemetery.
In 1914 she married Albert Arthur Sibley in Longparish who went away to war. He was killed in action on the first day of the battle of Messines which is well known in history for detonating 19 mines underneath German lines on 7 June 1917.
In 1919 she remarried to Augustus Arthur Baker and had two children Violet born in 1920 and Albert Arthur born 1924. In her later years she lived with her son Albert Arthur and at age 47 took in and raised her granddaughter Jacqueline Baker.
She worked very hard her whole life just to get a little ahead. She died at the age of 89 after she broke her hip and had to have surgery on the 26th of December 1980. She never woke up and the next morning around three o'clock she passed away and was buried in Bishopstoke Cemetery.
She was the second of seven children born to Henry Blake and his wife Emma nee Hatcher born in Longparish, England. She had to leave school at the age of 14 when her father died so she could help her mother with her siblings. She worked as a maid when she was younger but followed in her mother's footsteps as a midwife and was well-known and liked in the village of Bishopstoke. She was very proud to have never lost a baby or a mother due to negligence.
In 1914 she married Albert Arthur Sibley in Longparish who went away to war. He was killed in action on the first day of the battle of Messines which is well known in history for detonating 19 mines underneath German lines on 7 June 1917.
In 1919 she remarried to Augustus Arthur Baker and had two children Violet born in 1920 and Albert Arthur born 1924. In her later years she lived with her son Albert Arthur and at age 47 took in and raised her granddaughter Jacqueline Baker.
She worked very hard her whole life just to get a little ahead. She died at the age of 89 after she broke her hip and had to have surgery on the 26th of December 1980. She never woke up and the next morning around three o'clock she passed away and was buried in Bishopstoke Cemetery.
In 1914 she married Albert Arthur Sibley in Longparish who went away to war. He was killed in action on the first day of the battle of Messines which is well known in history for detonating 19 mines underneath German lines on 7 June 1917.
In 1919 she remarried to Augustus Arthur Baker and had two children Violet born in 1920 and Albert Arthur born 1924. In her later years she lived with her son Albert Arthur and at age 47 took in and raised her granddaughter Jacqueline Baker.
She worked very hard her whole life just to get a little ahead. She died at the age of 89 after she broke her hip and had to have surgery on the 26th of December 1980. She never woke up and the next morning around three o'clock she passed away and was buried in Bishopstoke Cemetery.
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