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Amelia ("Milly") BAILEY
1901 - 1937 (~ 36 years)
Has 199 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Amelia ("Milly") BAILEY Nickname Milly Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Dec Q 1901 South Shields, Co. Durham, England 
- GRO ref: Bailey, Amelia q4 1901 South Shields RD 10a 806; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Robinson
Gender Female Education 1911 School - At the time of the census
Residence 1921 4, Strangways Street, Dawdon, Seaham, Co. Durham, England - As well as her husband, Milly was lving with her parents-in-law and two brothers-in-law.
Died 5 Mar 1937 39, Hexham Avenue, Deneside, Seaham Harbour, Seaham, Co. Durham, England Cause: pernicious anaemia - Cause of death from oral family history (information from my mother, Amelia's niece, Brenda Goatham née Bailey)
GRO ref: Johnson, Amelia q1 1937 aged 37 Easington RD 10a 577
Details from newspaper announcement which shows it was this Amelia, although both give her age as 2 years older than she actually was.
"Johnson. - At 39 Hexham Avenue, Deneside, Seaham Harbour, on March 5, aged 37 years. Amelia (nee Bailey), the dearly-loved wife of John Thomas Johnson. Interment on Tuesday at Seaham Harbour Cemetery; cortege to leave residence at 1.30p.m. for service in St. John's Church. All friends kindly invited."
(from the Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, Sat 6 Mar 1937)
Buried 9 Mar 1937 The Cemetery, Princess Road, Seaham Harbour, Seaham, Co. Durham, England Siblings6 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William BAILEY, b. Abt 1724, (probably in or near), Kingsteignton, Devon, England, d. Jul 1817, Teigngrace, Devon, England (Age ~ 93 years) (3 x Great Grandfather) 
Barbara HUTCHINSON, b. Abt 1782, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, d. 12 Feb 1858, Smith’s Court, Prudhoe Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England (Age ~ 76 years) (2 x Great Grandmother) Notes - (Research):I understood Granddad to have had a sister Mildred, but couldn't find a birth registered (on FreeBMD); I wondered if she was Amelia - and when the 1911 census was released this confirmed that it was.
Person ID I281 All | henryAdorbailey Last Modified 15 May 2023
Father Henry BAILEY, b. 16 Apr 1866, Zoar, St. Budeaux, Devon, England , d. 3 Sep 1946, The Royal Infirmary, Sunderland, Co. Durham, England (Age 80 years) Mother Dorothy ROBINSON, b. 14 Mar 1870, 68, Washington New Row, Usworth, Co. Durham, England , d. 23 Jan 1963, Whitburn, Co. Durham, England (Age 92 years) Married 5 May 1888 Whitburn Parish Church, Whitburn, Co. Durham, England - GRO ref: BAILEY, Henry to ROBINSON, Dorothy q2 1888 South Shields RD 10a 957
Certificate for the marriage of Henry Bailey to Dorothy Robinson Children How many did Henry and Dorothy have? - According to a newspaper cutting for Henry and Dorothy's Golden Wedding, they had had 7 sons and 6 daughters (4 and 3 then living) - the figures for those still living is right, but I only know of 6 sons.
Another newspaper cutting says they had 14 children, another only 12!
By the time of the 1911 census they had had 12 children born alive, of whom 3 had died. Edith was still living then, who would subsequently die in infancy, and William had not been born. I think this is more likely to be accurate than the much later newspaper reports, which would suggest they did have at least 13 children, and if there was a 14th he or she was born after 1911.
So who was the 13th? Granddad thought that a child named after each of them had died; whilst I can find the earlier Henry I have not found any evidence of a Dorothy. Possibly a child was born before they married and their birth registered as a Robinson. No likely Dorothy found - if there was a daughter Dorothy she would have made the total sons / daughters in the Golden Wedding report the wrong way around - far from impossible, in a local newspaper!
It seems strange to me that the number of children should be quoted variably. Two possible explanations, apart from errors by newspaper jounalists or typos, could be:
1. that they had had children still born or had miscarriages OR
2. that Dorothy had had one or 2 children before she married Henry. Especially given the good age she lived to, I find it hard to imagine she could have kept this a secret - especially when then counting them at times.
But a late miscarriage or especially a still-birth I think could quite likely be counted as having a child at times, and yet not at others. (The 1911 census, though, did clearly say they had had 12 children born alive, which suggests I may be missing one who was not a still-birth / late miscarriage).
With names as common as Bailey and Robinson it is not easy to be certain, without the expense of purchasing a lot of certificates.
Wedding Anniversary 5 May 1938 Garden Street, Houghall, Co. Durham, England Golden Photos 
Bailey brothers and sisters
Taken at the wedding of Dorothy Simpson.
Six of the seven children of Henry Bailey (b 1866) and Dorothy nee Robinson (b 1870) still living in 1966, viz.
(back row) Will, Henry, John
(front row) Emily, Doris, Rob
(Flo is the one still living but not present)
Documents 
Newspaper notice of the death of Samuel Bailey Family ID F98 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family John Thomas JOHNSON, b. 28 Apr 1897, Leek Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married 17 Jul 1920 St. Hild and St. Helen’s Church, Dawdon, Seaham, Co. Durham, England - Info here from Durham records online:
Marriages, Easington District - Record Number: 24065.1
Location: Dawdon
Church: St. Hild & St. Helen
Denomination: Anglican
17 Jul 1920 John Thomas Johnson, son of Thomas Johnson, married Amelia Bailey, daughter of Henry Bailey
GRO ref: Bailey, Amelia to Johnson, John T q3 Easington RD 10a 1132
My mother told me her aunt Milly had 3 children, including Jack and Mildred, but it appears she had mis-remembered soem details. All 4 were living at the time of the 1939 registration. I think my mother had met one or more of them - she was certainly in contact with one (or more) at one time but lost touch over the years.
Children4 children Photos 
Milly and her husband (or husband-to-be) John Johnson Last Modified 15 May 2023 Family ID F198 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Dec Q 1901 - South Shields, Co. Durham, England 
Child - Thomas JOHNSON - 29 Jul 1921 - Seaham, Co. Durham, England Child - Mildred JOHNSON - 10 Jun 1924 - Seaham, Co. Durham, England 
Child - Jean JOHNSON - 3 Dec 1932 - Easington Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England Child - William JOHNSON - 18 Jan 1935 - Easington Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England 
Buried - 9 Mar 1937 - The Cemetery, Princess Road, Seaham Harbour, Seaham, Co. Durham, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Photos 
Milly Bailey
Granddad's sister Amelia Bailey