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

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On BBC1 at 9 p.m.

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Episode Synopsis

Brian Blessed was born in Mexbrough, Yorkshire, in 1936, and now lives in Surrey with his wife. His father and his grandfather George William Blessed were both coal miners, working at Hickleton. His grandmother's name was Alice. His great-grandfather was George Blessed and his 2x-g-grandfather Jabez Blessed, who was born about 1817, the son of Barnabas Blessed and Elizabeth Atkinson who married in 1801 at St Pancras Chapel.

The Land Tax records show that "Barnaby" Blessed lived at Bull Inn Court, off the Strand, paying a yearly rent of £32. Bull Inn Court is still there, so Brian went and had a look.

He was shown baptism records of Barnabas and Elizabeth's children: Martha Atkinson in 1808, Barnabas Charles Atkinson in 1814. Charles was baptised at Portsea, Hampshire (now Portsmouth), where Jabez was also born, so Brian went down there to find out more. The church records showed that another child, Elizabeth jr was born in 1820, the baptism record showing that the family were paupers by then. Burial records showed that both Elizabeth sr and Barnabas sr died in 1822, Elizabeth aged 40 and Barnabas aged 41. Their place of residence was shown as Queen Street.

At Portsmouth History Centre, Brian was told that there was no record of the Blessed children in the local workhouse records, and that he should go back to London, to look at the records of the workhouse at St Martin in the Fields which was the parish for Bull Inn Court. At the City of Westminster Archives, Brian was shown the settlement examination records and the St Martins Workhouse Day Book, which showed that Charles age 8, Jabez 6, Martha 14 ("an Idiot"), and Elizabeth 22 months, arrived on the 11th November 1822, removed from Portsea. This was only 3 days after their father's death.

The burial register showed that Martha died on the 19th November, Jabez and Elizabeth were baptised on the 20th November, and Elizabeth was buried on the 3rd December. Workhouse records showed that Jabez was sent to the Infant Poorhouse at Highwood Hill in North London for three years while Charles stayed at St Martins Workhouse until he was apprenticed to a shoemaker at the age of 11. The records also showed that Jabez ran away while at church on the 29th July 1827 but returned to the workhouse on the 10th August. He was apprenticed on the 22nd August 1828 to David Davis a Master Mariner of Newcastle on Tyne (a coal transporter).

The 1851 census showed Jabez living at Calvin Chapel Yard, Brigg, Lincolnshire with wife Ellen and children Harriet, Elizabeth, William and Emma. In 1861 the family were still at Brigg, with more children: Charles, Anna, Alice, George, Jabez, and Ellen. The 1871 census shows that they had more children, making 13 altogether, all of whom survived to adulthood. Brian visited Calvin Chapel Yard and had a look at a house still standing there, currently being renovated.

Ellen died in 1875 and Brian was shown Jabez's second marriage certificate. He married a Sabina Johnson on the 1st Aug 1876, giving his address as 463 Cold Harbour Lane, Brixton, London. Sabina's residence was Winterton, Lincolnshire. The witnesses were B C Blessed and Mary Ann Blessed. The 1881 census shows the occupant of 463 Cold Harbour Lane as Barnabas C Blessed, a shoemaker, i.e. Jabez's brother Charles.

Brian went to look at Jabez's gravestone which shows that he died 20th June 1890 age 73, "of Winterton".

[Margaret in Burton]

As I expected, he was very much over the top. How many different ways can one person pronounce Jabez?

My great grandfather was a Jabez and it really annoyed me to hear Jabbez, Ja-bez etc.

[Olde Crone]

Gosh. The Brian Blessed Show. Watch out for the guest appearance by a few of his uninteresting ancestors.

OC

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As I expected, he was very much over the top. How many different ways can one person pronounce Jabez?

My great grandfather was a Jabez and it really annoyed me to hear Jabbez, Ja-bez etc.

I agree, Marg. Usually when they have a celebrity who is known for being, um, larger than life on tv, s/he will turn out to be pretty normal on WDYTYA, but he seemed to be acting up for the camera the whole time, or is he just like that even when there is no camera on him? Anyway, pretty wearing.

As for his family tree, surely Barnabas and Elizabeth must have had more than 4 children over 21 years? Off to look...

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Here are a couple more for a start:
William Curven Blessed born 16 Jan 1803, baptised 29 May 1803 St Paul Covent Garden.
Elizabeth Grace Blessed born 5 Aug 1810, baptised 10 Mar 1811 St Martin in the Fields

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And George Wilkinson Blessed born 2 Aug 1804 and baptised 18 Nov 1804 at St George Bloomsbury.

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Here is the marriage of Jabez's brother Charles:
London marriages on ancestry (http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1623/31280_194680-00129/1936149?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk %2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dlmamarriages%26so%3d2%26pcat% 3d34%26MS_AdvCB%3d1%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d 2%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-c%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3dble%253fsed%26gsln_x%3dXO %26msfng0%3dbarnab*%26msfng0_x%3d1%26cpxt%3d1%26ca tBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3dvm5%26cp%3d11&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults)

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Hmm, William Curven Blessed was buried 17 Sep 1841 at St John the Evangelist, Lambeth, age 38, abode Roupell St:
London burials (http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1559/31280_198080-00283/9801506?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk %2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fMS_AdvCB%3d1%26db%3dLMAdeaths%26ra nk%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d2%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3dble%253fsed%26gsln_x%3dXO %26dbOnly%3d_F0005A5E%257c_F0005A5E_x%252c_F0005A4 9%257c_F0005A49_x%252c_F000576D%257c_F000576D_x%26 uidh%3dvm5%26gl%3d%26gst%3d%26hc%3d10%26fh%3d10%26 fsk%3dBEFq368IgAAGFwADsQ0-61-&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults)


and a possible for George: George Blessed buried 26 Jun 1846 at St Luke, Finsbury, age 43, abode workhouse:
London burial records (http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1559/31280_194909-00221/8966764?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk %2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fMS_AdvCB%3d1%26db%3dLMAdeaths%26ra nk%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d2%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3dble%253fsed%26gsln_x%3dXO %26dbOnly%3d_F0005A5E%257c_F0005A5E_x%252c_F0005A4 9%257c_F0005A49_x%252c_F000576D%257c_F000576D_x%26 uidh%3dvm5%26gl%3d%26gst%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults)

So could Jabez and Charles have been kept in touch with each other via their brothers at first?

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So here is Jabez's elder brother William on the 1841 census:
1841 census (http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/8978/SRYHO107_1059_1060-0340/10214700?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.u k%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fMS_AdvCB%3d1%26db%3duki1841%26rank %3d1%26new%3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d2%26msT%3d1%26gss %3dms_db%26gsfn%3dwil*%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3dble% 253fsed%26gsln_x%3dXO%26dbOnly%3d_F000391C%257c_F0 00391C_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0003039%257c_F0003039_x%26db Only%3d_F000303A%257c_F000303A_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0003 2DB%257c_F00032DB_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0002996%257c_F000 2996_x%26dbOnly%3d_F000303D%257c_F000303D_x%26dbOn ly%3d_F000303E%257c_F000303E_x%26uidh%3dvm5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults)
Roupell Street, Lambeth
William Blessed 39 Bookbinder N
Isabella Do 37 N
William Do 13 Y
Emma Blessed 9 Y
George Do 5 Y
Charles Do 2 Y.

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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 (http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1623/31281_A100821-00050/780252?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk% 2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fMS_AdvCB%3d1%26db%3dLMAmarriages%2 6rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d2%26msT%3d1% 26gss%3dms_db%26gsfn%3dwil*%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3 dble%253fsed%26gsln_x%3dXO%26dbOnly%3d_F00058A6%25 7c_F00058A6_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0005A5D%257c_F0005A5D_x %26dbOnly%3d_F0005A49%257c_F0005A49_x%26uidh%3dvm5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults)

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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?

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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!

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Here is George in 1841 and it must be the right George as he is a bookbinder too:
1841 census ancestry (http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/8978/MDXHO107_724_725-0019/15400589?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.u k%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3duki1841%26so%3d2%26pcat%3d184 1UKI%26MS_AdvCB%3d1%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d 2%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-c%26gsfn%3dgeo*%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3dbl*ss*%26gs ln_x%3dXO%26msbdy%3d1806%26msbdy_x%3d1%26uidh%3dvm 5%26msbdp%3d5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults)
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.

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And here is George's marriage to Ann Leage at St Leonard Shoreditch 14 Nov 1824:
London marriages on ancestry (http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1623/31281_A101805-00136/372546?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk% 2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fMS_AdvCB%3d1%26db%3dLMAmarriages%2 6rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d2%26msT%3d1% 26gss%3dms_db%26gsfn%3dgeo*%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3 dbl*ss*%26gsln_x%3dXO%26dbOnly%3d_F00058A6%257c_F0 0058A6_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0005A5D%257c_F0005A5D_x%26db Only%3d_F0005A49%257c_F0005A49_x%26uidh%3dvm5%26ms sng0%3dann*%26mssng0_x%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults)

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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]

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.

[Shona]

Jabez Blessed married Ellen Hobson in Hull in 1840.

I can't find the Jabez family on the 1841 census, though.

They may have been in Hull where they got married or in Malton in Yorkshire - Ellen's place of birth and where two of the children were born (Harriet who was nine and Elizabeth who was eight in 1851).

Ellen's brother, Thomas, 19, was living with the family in 1851, too.

[Chris in Sussex]

I enjoyed it but got a bit spooked.

One of my direct lines had regular appearances in St Pancras Old Church and St Martins in the Fields. Another line were regulars at St Mary Portsea and yet another line at St John at Brixton. Similar time frames too!

No connecion to Lincs though:)

Chris

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I wonder whether William and George went down to Portsmouth with the family and returned to London, or were they perhaps serving apprenticeships in London when the others moved to Portsmouth? I can imagine that they weren't in a position to look after their young brothers in 1822 as they would only have been 19 and 17 respectively themselves, but I don't get why they didn't take them in when they got married and started families of their own?
I wonder whether there is any mention of William and George in the poor law records relating to the younger siblings. Oh, and whether there is any record of the cause of death for Barnabas, Elizabeth sr, Elizabeth jr and Martha.

[Tom Tom]

I thought he came across quite well. He seemed much less OTT than on panel shows :)

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Wow, the Sun Fire Office Insurance records have this entry, and note the date:

MS 11936/508/1041669 1 February 1826


Contents:
Insured: William Curven Blessed 8 Albion Buildings Bartholomew Close gent
Other property or occupiers: Lloyd

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Some mentions of Jabez Blessed from newspapers:

22 Jun 1855 Stamford Mercury:
BRIGG. - On Friday last, Ann Slone and Eliz Hall, remanded from the previous Tuesday, were brought up in the custody of Mr Snow - the former charged with stealing and the latter with receiving knowing them to be stolen a pair of gold ear-rings, the property of Jabez Blessed. Mrs Blessed proved that she missed the rings from her desk, and having ascertained that Slone had sold them to Hall, she accompanied superintendent Potton to Hull and met Hall in the street with the rings in her ears: Hall was at once given in custody of the police. Eliz Blessed, daughter of the prosecutor, proved the rings to be those stolen, and that the prisoner Slone had been up stairs shortly before she left the house. Slone was then asked if she had anything to say; she replied nothing; and on Eliz Hall being asked the same she stated that Slone came into her father's house and offered the rings for sale for 1s 6d, and she bought them for 6d. Hall's sister was then brought in, and on being questioned as to what she knew respecting the purchase of the rings, at once gave her testimony in a clear and distinct manner, corroborating her sister's statement. Slone candidly stated "I don't think she knew I had stolen them." The Magistrates at once dismissed the case against Hall, and Slone was committed to Kirton house of correction for trial.

13 Jul 1855 Lincolnshire Chronicle:
Ann Sloane, alias Nancy Richardson, a well-known prostitute, at Brigg, pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of ear rings, the property of Jabez Blessed, of Brigg, on the 9th of June. Four months' imprisonment.

2 Sep 1859 Stamford Mercury:
WHEREAS a Petition of JABEZ BLESSED, of Glamford Briggs, in the county of Lincoln, licensed hawker, dealer in china, hardware, and stationery, milliner, and general dealer, an Insolvent Debtor, having been filed in the County Court of Lincolnshire holden at BRIGG, in the said county, and an Interim Order for Protection from Process having been given to the said Jabez Blessed under the provisions of the Statutes in that case made and provided, the said Jabez Blessed is hereby required to appear in the said Court ...

And there are quite a few more about his bankruptcy.

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From London Lives:
4 Oct 1796 Barnabass Blessed son of William Blessed of Shacklewell in the County of Middlesex Gardener bound to Joseph Curtis of Warwick Lane London Carpenter & also Citizen & Carpenter of London Consideration Nil.

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2 Sep 1859 Stamford Mercury:
WHEREAS a Petition of JABEZ BLESSED, of Glamford Briggs, in the county of Lincoln, licensed hawker, dealer in china, hardware, and stationery, milliner, and general dealer, an Insolvent Debtor, having been filed in the County Court of Lincolnshire holden at BRIGG, in the said county, and an Interim Order for Protection from Process having been given to the said Jabez Blessed under the provisions of the Statutes in that case made and provided, the said Jabez Blessed is hereby required to appear in the said Court ...

And there are quite a few more about his bankruptcy.

Some other news reports reveal that in 1863, his estate was signed over to John Cook, wholesale hosier and haberdasher, of Hull.

In June 1864, a notice appeared in the Stamford Mercury for a private sale of 'house and shop (with plate glass front), stables, slaughter house, pigsties, etc, conveniently situated on Wrawby Street, late in the occupation of John P Sharp and now occupied by Jabez Blessed'.

[ElizabethHerts]

I found this very interesting and Brian wasn't half as irritating as when he chaired Have I Got News For You, when he was completely OTT.

I was green with envy when the registers for St Mary's, Portsea were produced. Many of my ancestors appear in their pages.

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Oh dear, is it just me? What was Ann Sloane doing upstairs in the Blessed household????

OC

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Oh dear, is it just me? What was Ann Sloane doing upstairs in the Blessed household????


I was wondering the same thing, OC! And her alias of Nancy just adds to the whole "Oliver Twist" feel of the story. I kept expecting Brian Blessed to break into a medley of songs from "Oliver" as it was, before I even came across the newspaper story, but maybe the BBC didn't want to pay to use the songs!

[Olde Crone]

LOL Kate!

What you have found in less than 24 hours - and all on the internet - is far more interesting than the combined forces of all those historians and archivists. Perhaps they ought to look on line a bit more in future.

OC

[JBee]

I found it interesting despite BB.

However the programme does tend to skip over things like where Javez married before going to Lincolnshire.

Thanks for filling in the gaps Kate.

[Nell]

Unlike some of you, I liked BB's over the top performance on Have I got News for You.

However, I found his "real" personality very wearing, he got over-excited and jumped to conclusions before people had finished telling him what they'd found, which led me to believe he already knew.

The actual story was interesting but I was also irked by the pronunciation of "Jabez". My father's eldest brother was called Jabez and we always called him "Uncle Jim", but my Dad and his other brothers called him "Jabe".

I do agree Barnabas Blessed does sound like a Dickens character though and the story of 2 brothers in the workhouse being reunited years later is very Dickensian.

[Ann from Sussex]

"The actual story was interesting but I was also irked by the pronunciation of "Jabez". My father's eldest brother was called Jabez and we always called him "Uncle Jim", but my Dad and his other brothers called him "Jabe".
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That fits with how I have always assumed Jabez is pronounced - Jay-bez.

[Nell]

Exactly!

[Margaret in Burton]

I think the problem with the pronunciation started with the first researcher / archivist, they pronounced it Jabbez. Obviously BB had never heard the name. It is a biblical name. Where he got Ja- BEZ from I have no idea. I was screaming at the TV, it's JAY-BEZ.

[Nell]

He would have had fun with my ex's gt x a lot grandfather Onesipherous then!!!!

[Shona]

Just reading my notes on the Brian Blessed episode before consigning them to the recycling...

Jabez Blessed was apprenticed to David Davies - a master mariner who shipped coal from Newcastle to London.

Do we know much about him? Did he stick at shipping coal by barge/keel after the railways came in, which marked the terminal decline of the trade? Could Davies have switched to the fishing?

Although a different type of marine trade, workhouses, prisons, courts, industrial schools, etc, supplied most of the boy apprentices for the fishing industry operating out of Hull and Grimsby. They were a cheap - an expendable - source of Labour. The better masters took in the boys as lodgers, but most of the boys were just left to their own devices when in port. Many legged it as soon as they could.

Did Jabez stick to life at sea, given he was dealing in glass and china come 1851? He did marry in Hull, though. Did the coastal coal keels call in at Hull? Is that how he met his future wife?

The BBC should have got the marriage cert to find out what Jabez was doing in 1840 when he married Ellen Hobson - rather than jump to the 1851 census.

Fantasy WDYTYA...

Researcher:
'While we don't know if Jabez completed his apprenticeship, we know he got married...'

BB (wide-eyed):
'Really? Oh, good lad.'

'Researcher: '...in Hull - to a Yorkshire woman.'

BB (booming voice):
'A Yorkshire lass! Oh, how totally marvellous! A Yorkshire lass, you say - fancy that.'

Researcher:
'Jabez married a milliner named Ellen Hobson in Hull and the couple's first two children were born in Malton in Yorkshire - Ellen's home town.'

BB (furrowed brow):
'Is that how the Blesseds ended up in Yorkshire?'

Researcher:
'If they went via Brigg in Lincolnshire, that is. Here they are in the 1851 census.'

Etc...

[Ann from Sussex]

Just reading my notes on the Brian Blessed episode before consigning them to the recycling...

Jabez Blessed was apprenticed to David Davies - a master mariner who shipped coal from Newcastle to London.

Do we know much about him? Did he stick at shipping coal by barge/keel after the railways came in, which marked the terminal decline of the trade? Could Davies have switched to the fishing?

Although a different type of marine trade, workhouses, prisons, courts, industrial schools, etc, supplied most of the boy apprentices for the fishing industry operating out of Hull and Grimsby. They were a cheap - an expendable - source of Labour. The better masters took in the boys as lodgers, but most of the boys were just left to their own devices when in port. Many legged it as soon as they could.

Did Jabez stick to life at sea, given he was dealing in glass and china come 1851? He did marry in Hull, though. Did the coastal coal keels call in at Hull? Is that how he met his future wife?

The BBC should have got the marriage cert to find out what Jabez was doing in 1840 when he married Ellen Hobson - rather than jump to the 1851 census.

Fantasy WDYTYA...

Researcher:
'While we don't know if Jabez completed his apprenticeship, we know he got married...'

BB (wide-eyed):
'Really? Oh, good lad.'

'Researcher: '...in Hull - to a Yorkshire woman.'

BB (booming voice):
'A Yorkshire lass! Oh, how totally marvellous! A Yorkshire lass, you say - fancy that.'

Researcher:
'Jabez married a milliner named Ellen Hobson in Hull and the couple's first two children were born in Malton in Yorkshire - Ellen's home town.'

BB (furrowed brow):
'Is that how the Blesseds ended up in Yorkshire?'

Researcher:
'If they went via Brigg in Lincolnshire, that is. Here they are in the 1851 census.'

Etc...

You've got BB's turn of phrase off to a tee Shona. I swear can actually hear him whilst reading your post. Splendid,splendid!

[Jenoco]

You've got BB's turn of phrase off to a tee Shona. I swear can actually hear him whilst reading your post. Splendid,splendid!
I felt the same.

This episode is already posed to YouTube so I was able to watch it. I actually enjoyed it more than I expected to after reading this thread. Perhaps I was expecting it to be far worse :)

Thanks for filling some of the gaps. You really notice them during the programme when you've had experience doing your own family history research.

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Now that ancestry have indexed some of the London Poor Law records, here is a link to Charles Blessed's admission to the workhouse, 11 Nov 1822, with details of his apprenticeship:
London Poor Law records on ancestry (http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/60391/31436_191071-01130/5006023?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk %2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fMS_AdvCB%3d1%26db%3dLondonAdminDis ch%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d2%26msT% 3d1%26gss%3dms_db%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3dbless*%26 gsln_x%3dXO%26dbOnly%3d_F0005A49%257c_F0005A49_x%2 6dbOnly%3d_F0007F00%257c_F0007F00_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0 0058A6%257c_F00058A6_x%26uidh%3dvm5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults)

and Jabez's admission in 1827 with details of his apprenticeship:
London Poor Law records on ancestry (http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/60391/31436_191071-01160/5006473?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk %2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fMS_AdvCB%3d1%26db%3dLondonAdminDis ch%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26so%3d3%26MSAV%3d2%26msT% 3d1%26gss%3dms_db%26gsfn_x%3dXO%26gsln%3dbless*%26 gsln_x%3dXO%26dbOnly%3d_F0005A49%257c_F0005A49_x%2 6dbOnly%3d_F0007F00%257c_F0007F00_x%26dbOnly%3d_F0 0058A6%257c_F00058A6_x%26uidh%3dvm5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults)