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Title: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Steven1966 on Monday 20 November 17 19:48 GMT (UK)
A bit of a long shot, but I would be interested in contacting anyone related to the Baxter's of 157 Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham. A family of the name Baxter were thought to be there until 1981. I am particularly interested in George William Baxter.

The interest stems from my Great Grandfathers sister, Emily White (born, 1873). She lodged with the Baxter's at a number of addresses from the 1920's onwards, the last address been Hansons Bridge Road, where she was living with the Baxter's when she died in 1955. George William Baxter was the informant of her death and the person who organised her cremation.

As a family, we are intrigued as to what the link is between Emily and the Baxter's and how she came to lodge with them for what appears to be over 30 years, Emily was quite a bit older than George William Baxter.
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Milliepede on Monday 20 November 17 19:54 GMT (UK)
Did she work for them I wonder as a nanny or a domestic helper.

Was she there in 1939 with an occupation listed?
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Steven1966 on Monday 20 November 17 20:13 GMT (UK)
In 1939, they were all living at 30 Beales St (as they had done since 1920).

Emily (a Charwoman) and the Baxter's, George William (Rubber Process Worker), Eva Georgina (unpaid domestic duties) and Herbert W (electrician). From 1920 to 1928, there was just George W Baxter and Emily listed as living at 30 Beales St.

Eva (b 1890), was older than George by 6 years and didn't appear in the household until 1929, Herbert was born in 1923.

In the 1939 register, Eva and Herbert are listed as single, no status was given for George or Emily. I think Eva may be Herbert's mother. There is a marriage record in 1922 for a George W Baxter and a Eva G Jones!
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Milliepede on Monday 20 November 17 22:13 GMT (UK)
Doesn't quite make sense but if Eva and George married in 1922 why is Eva single in 1939 - and why does she not appear with George and Emily if she was his wife ???

Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Milliepede on Monday 20 November 17 22:17 GMT (UK)
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There is a marriage record in 1922 for a George W Baxter and a Eva G Jones!

Address for both parties 30 Beales Street so where did she go if not listed in the household for the next 7 years. 
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Milliepede on Monday 20 November 17 22:25 GMT (UK)
Just wondering Emily White is living just with George Baxter so could this be a different George to George William say his father? 
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Steven1966 on Tuesday 21 November 17 09:22 GMT (UK)
Just wondering Emily White is living just with George Baxter so could this be a different George to George William say his father?

That's a thought I had, but the address given when that happened was 30 Beales St. The info was found by my father from the electoral registers (I think) at Birmingham Library, there is a possibility that Eva G just never registered herself. The 1939 Register is a mystery though, she is definitely listed as single.

Herberts birth on the BMD's lists the mothers maiden name as Jones.

Looking in the census's of 1901 and 1911 for George Baxter the one that seemed to match (ie born in 1896 in Birmingham) listed his father as William, doesn't mean I have the right one though. A marriage certificate for George William and Eva Georgina, should list his father.

Still, there was connection between Emily and the Baxter's for over 30 years, if there is anyone left that would remember her this may depend on friends or on Herbert having children. After leaving Hansons Bridge Road, George William died in 1984, Eva died in 1991 and Herbert in 1999.

Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Milliepede on Tuesday 21 November 17 09:44 GMT (UK)
Sure I found the marriage online last night but can't find it again now  ::)

Eva is on electoral register at same address - will find the year(s) if I can
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Milliepede on Tuesday 21 November 17 09:52 GMT (UK)
Eva Georgina Baxter

1925, 1927, 1930, 1939
30 Beales Street

1935
30 Sunnyside but says Beales Street at the top

Eva G Baxter

1950, 1955 - with another Baxter Barbara J
Hansons Bridge Road
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Milliepede on Tuesday 21 November 17 09:54 GMT (UK)
Marriage Sep 1952 Birmingham

Herbert W Baxter
Barbara J Lyon

so you could check for children there, bit recent to post any names.

Possible death for Barbara J Baxter in Mar 1963 Birmingham age 32  :-\
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Milliepede on Tuesday 21 November 17 10:01 GMT (UK)
Ah found the marriage I had lost - it was transcribed as Janes not Jones

Father for George William is George a paper maker

Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Steven1966 on Tuesday 21 November 17 10:03 GMT (UK)
Marriage Sep 1952 Birmingham

Herbert W Baxter
Barbara J Lyon

so you could check for children there, bit recent to post any names.

That would be the Barbara J Baxter at Hansons Bridge Road then, I will start looking through the birth records for any children.

The electoral register clearly puts Eva at 30 Beales St a lot earlier than I originally thought, I suspect she was there from the beginning (1920) and for some reason didn't register in certain years.

Buy the time she died aged 82 in 1955, Emily White was listed on the cremation records as "retired", not surprising given her age.
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Steven1966 on Tuesday 21 November 17 10:06 GMT (UK)
Ah found the marriage I had lost - it was transcribed as Janes not Jones

Father for George William is George a paper maker

Thanks for that, gives me something to work on when looking in the census returns. I will let you know if I find any children (without posting names of course) for Herbert and Barbara.
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Milliepede on Tuesday 21 November 17 10:19 GMT (UK)
Had a quick look and couldn't see any but you may have more luck.

I take it Emily was a spinster throughout?
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Milliepede on Tuesday 21 November 17 10:24 GMT (UK)
Had a thought (again!) that George Baxter with Emily White is the father George not George William.
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Steven1966 on Tuesday 21 November 17 10:40 GMT (UK)
Had a quick look and couldn't see any but you may have more luck.

I take it Emily was a spinster throughout?

Yes she was, we don't know if she ever had a man in her life, even if she did, she never married.

Regarding Beales St. When Emily's mother Mary Leah Eaden died in April 1922. The informant was Emily and she gave her address as 30 Beales St, Aston Manor.

This left just her from her immediate family, her father died in 1918, her brother DOW in 1915.
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Milliepede on Tuesday 21 November 17 10:46 GMT (UK)
Does the name Gosling mean anything?

Was Eaden her mothers maiden name, wondering why it wasn't White same as Emily.  Unless she had remarried  :)
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Steven1966 on Tuesday 21 November 17 11:12 GMT (UK)
Does the name Gosling mean anything?

Was Eaden her mothers maiden name, wondering why it wasn't White same as Emily.  Unless she had remarried  :)

Her maiden name was Peers, first marriage to a Joseph White. Eaden is from her second marriage to Henry Thomas Eaden. At the moment Gosling doesn't mean anything.
Title: Re: Baxters of Hansons Bridge Road, Birmingham
Post by: Steven1966 on Saturday 30 December 17 22:26 GMT (UK)
Ah found the marriage I had lost - it was transcribed as Janes not Jones

Father for George William is George a paper maker

Thanks for that, gives me something to work on when looking in the census returns. I will let you know if I find any children (without posting names of course) for Herbert and Barbara.


I found no Baxter's born during the period Barbara was alive with the mothers surname given as Lyon, there were a number where the mothers maiden name was listed as Baxter, which may be worth a look at. I have come across this before on other branches of the family tree, where the mothers married name was given as her maiden name.