By 1891 Samuel and Sarah Blake had moved about 50 miles north out of London to Braintree in Essex, presumably to continue working for Warners Silk manufacturers who moved from London to Braintree around that time. Warner and Sons was founded in 1870 in Spitalfields, as Warner, Sillet & Ramm by Benjamin Warner (1828-1908), a Jacquard engineer, who had carried the family business on from antecedent William Warner, a scarlet dyer. Known under several different names, such as Warner & Ramm, the silk firm was not known as Warner & Son until 1891 when Benjamin was joined in the business by his sons Alfred and Frank. In the 1890s Warner's silk mills, based in Hollybush Gardens off Bethnal Green Road, together with between 100 and 200 of their workforce, moved to Braintree where they continued to work on their highly-valued product. The company took over buildings already used in the silk industry, and specialised in high-quality textiles, supplying fabrics for royal ceremonies for King George VI and the Prince of Wales as well as the Queen’s coronation. The company ceased weaving in Braintree in 1971, but examples of fabrics produced there are held at the Warner Textile Archive. 1891 Census Samuel Blake Head Married 26 Card Cutter Jacquard Weaving Loom Clerkenwell, London Sarah Blake Wife Married 25 - Bethnal Green, London Charles Blake Son - 1 Bocking, Essex 1901 Census Samuel Blake Head Mar 36 Silk Turner On, Worker London, Bethnal Green Sarah Blake Wife Mar 35 London, Bethnal Green Charles Blake Son 11 Bocking, Essex Edward Blake Son 9 Braintree, Essex Albert Blake Son 7 Braintree, Essex Mary Blake Dau 3 Braintree, Essex Ada Blake Dau 11 months Braintree, Essex