St Francis, Ashton Gate

[mareanna]

Is there anyone who can confirm from the marriage details the parents of Mary Ann Baker who married Herbert George Watts on 6 March 1909 at St Francis, Ashton Gate   

I've got the date and place from Herbert's service papers.  Mary Ann, I think, appears once as a baby on 1881 Census as a daughter of John and Ann in Cutcombe, Williton, Somerset.  Before I go on a hunt for more census details I'd like to be sure she is the right one.  The family are not entirely accurate on dates and places of birth, combined with a common name 

mareanna

[ColC]

If I have the correct family Herbert & Mary were at Long Ashton Somerset in 1911, Herbert was a labourer making cider he was born Long Ashton in 1886. Mary states she was born at Timberscome in 1881.
They have a son Stanley age 1 and in 1913 they had a son Victor M, mothers maiden name Baker.

Colin

[mareanna]

That's the right couple.  Herbert was a champion cider maker and worked at Long Ashton Research Station.  I have a newspaper obituary for him in 1950.  He was director for Gloucestershire Cider Company, eventually taken over by Bulmers

It's his wife, Mary Ann, I can't back track 

[ColC]

Thanks for your reply, now that I know it is the correct family I will try to find the details for Mary Ann Baker born Timberscome in 1881.

Colin

[ColC]

This seems to be the most likely family for Mary Ann but no clear trace of her after 1881 until 1909/1911

John Baker (father John) married Ann Bailey (father George) 19 Mar 1859 Minehead, Somerset

1871 Woodcombe, Minehead, Williton, Somerset
John   Baker   Head   Male   28   1843
Ann   Baker   Wife   Female   29   1842
Maria   Baker   Daughter   Female   10   1861
Robert   Baker   Son   Male   7   1864
Charlotte   Baker   Daughter   Female   5   1866
Elizabeth   Baker   Daughter   Female   3   1868
Albert   Baker   Son   Male   0   1871

1881 Sully Cottage, Cutcombe, Williton, Somerset
John   Baker   Head   Married   Male   40   1841   Ag Lab   Selworthy, Somerset, England
Ann   Baker   Wife   Married   Female   42   1839   -   Selworthy, Somerset, England
Robert   Baker   Son   Single   Male   18   1863   Iron Stone Miner   Selworthy, Somerset, England
Charlotte   Baker   Daughter   Single   Female   16   1865   Scholar   - Wootten Courtney
Albert   Baker   Son   Single   Male   10   1871   Scholar   Minehead, Somerset, England
agness   Baker   Daughter   Single   Female   8   1873   Scholar   - Wootten Courtney
Emma   Baker   Daughter   Single   Female   6   1875   -   - Wootten Courtney
John   Baker   Son   Single   Male   3   1878   -   - Wootten Courtney
Mary A   Baker   Daughter   Single   Female   0   1881   -   Selworthy, Somerset, England

1891
Robert   Baker   1863   Ag lab   Selworthy, Somerset   Married to mary ann – 5 children

Charlotte   Baker   No Clear trace but may have remained unmarried and died in Somerset in the 1940s?

Albert   Baker   Single   1871   Scholar   - Wootten Courtney   Farm Servant winsford

Agnes   Baker   Single   1873   Wootten Courtney   - servant Selsworthy

Emma   Baker   Single   1875   - Wootten Courtney   - servant same area

John   Baker   No Clear trace


Colin

[mareanna]

Ooh, Colin, thanks for that 

I've got Robert, I think, in 1901 and 1911 in Timberscombe.  If he was there, his sister should not be too far away to say that she "came" from there in 1911 after marrying Herbert George Watts.  This is assuming that she was a spinster when she married.  The details in the marriage entry are needed to confirm that.

I think her brother, Albert, married as Albert John and ended up a few yards away from where I grew up.  Quite a coincidence since he only became family after a recent marriage

[giggsycat]

Hi

This might be useful for earlier BAKERS?

Selworthy PR Transcriptions up to 1860. Scroll through - I noticed some Baker's listed.


http://www.wsom.org.uk/Parreg.html


giggsy