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Emily BAILEY
1889 - 1971 (82 years)
Has 199 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Emily BAILEY Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 18 Feb 1889 Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham, England 
- GRO ref: BAILEY, Emily q1 1889 Houghton RD 10a 468; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Robinson
Gender Female Residence 1911 35, Elizabeth Street, South Shields, Co. Durham, England - Living in 2 rooms at with her husband, at the time of the 1911 census
Residence 1921 193, Marsden Street, South Shields, Co. Durham, England - With her husband and sons George and Samuel.
Died Jun 1971 Whitburn, Co. Durham, England Buried 1 Jul 1971 The Cemetery, Whitburn, Co. Durham, England - buried with Herbert and George Ernest
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) Person ID I284 All | henryAdorbailey Last Modified 3 Feb 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 Herbert POTTER, b. 3 Jan 1877, Shildon, Co. Durham, England , d. Dec Q 1946, South Shields Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England (Age 68 years) Married 3 Dec 1910 South Shields Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England - GRO ref: Bailey, Emily to Potter, Herbert q4 1910 South Shields RD 10a 1406
Children3 children Photos 
Greataunt Emily and her husband
Emily nee Bailey and Herbert PotterLast Modified 28 Mar 2020 Family ID F200 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Event Map Click to hide 
Born - 18 Feb 1889 - Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham, England 
Married - 3 Dec 1910 - South Shields Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England Child - George Henry ("Henry") POTTER - 8 Jun 1912 - South Shields Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England Child - Herbert POTTER - Dec Q 1913 - South Shields Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England 
Child - Samuel Bailey POTTER - 28 Dec 1920 - Whitburn, Co. Durham, England Died - Jun 1971 - Whitburn, Co. Durham, England 
Buried - 1 Jul 1971 - The Cemetery, Whitburn, Co. Durham, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
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