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William ("Will") BAILEY
1911 - 1980 (68 years)
Has 199 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
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Name William ("Will") BAILEY Nickname Will Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 25 Apr 1911 Marsden, Whitburn, Co. Durham, England 
- GRO ref: Bailey, William q2 1911 S. Shields RD 10a 902; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Robinson
Actual date from 1939 register
Gender Male Education to 1925 Seaham, Co. Durham, England - Like his brother Henry, his teachers wanted him to stay on at school, but the family needed the money.
Occupation From 1925 to 1939 Dawdon, Seaham, Co. Durham, England Coal miner - More specifically, at the time of the 1939 registration he was described as an 'Electric haulage Engineman Coal Train'
Residence 1939 4A, Lord Street, Seaham, Co. Durham, England - From the registration, with his wife and young son Henry.
Occupation From 1939 to 1945 Coventry, Warwickshire, England Building tanks - Moved to Coventry to build tanks at Coventry Radiator and Pressworks. His family stayed in Seaham Harbour, County Durham. Coventry was badly bombed during the war so the company relocated to Leamington Spa.
Lived in digs in Tile Hill when he first went to Coventry.
Occupation From 1939 to 1945 Coventry, Warwickshire, England In the Company Fire Brigade - In addition to building tanks.
Occupation Aft 1945 Sunderland Forge, Co. Durham, England Milling machine operator Died 12 Feb 1980 Ryhope General Hospital, Sunderland, Co. Durham, England - GRO ref: BAILEY, William reg q1 1980 dob 25 AP 1911 Sunderland RD 2 1709
Siblings5 brothers and 6 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 - lived at Dalton-le-Dale. 19(40s?) addr - 18 Hexham Ave, Deneside, Seaham Harbour then 9 Grants Crescent, Seaham Harbour
Person ID I305 All | henryAdorbailey Last Modified 15 Nov 2022
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 Emma Johnson PATTINSON, b. 6 Jul 1914, d. 1994 (Age 79 years) Married Jun Q 1935 Sunderland Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England - GRO ref: Bailey, William to Pattinson, Emma q2 1935 Sunderland RD 10a 1475
Children3 children Last Modified 15 Nov 2022 Family ID F217 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Bailey, William q2 1911 S. Shields RD 10a 902; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Robinson
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Born - 25 Apr 1911 - Marsden, Whitburn, Co. Durham, England 
Education - to 1925 - Seaham, Co. Durham, England 
Occupation - Coal miner - From 1925 to 1939 - Dawdon, Seaham, Co. Durham, England 
Child - Henry ("Harry") BAILEY - 26 Oct 1936 - Seaham Harbour, Seaham, Co. Durham, England 
Residence - 1939 - 4A, Lord Street, Seaham, Co. Durham, England 
Occupation - Building tanks - From 1939 to 1945 - Coventry, Warwickshire, England Occupation - In the Company Fire Brigade - From 1939 to 1945 - Coventry, Warwickshire, England Child - William ("Bill") BAILEY - 20 Mar 1944 - Seaham Harbour, Seaham, Co. Durham, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
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