Baggs/Beggs

[Eyesee]

There are a number of trees on Ancestry with this family.

Alfred Edgar BAGGS married Martha HARRISON on 3 Nov 1866 at St Luke, Chelsea.

Thomas Ernest Cecil was born 7 Jul 1873 and baptised at Hammersmith on 23 August.

Believe it was him that enlisted in the Manchester Regiment in 1894, so he could have been to the Boer War. Main reason why quite a lot of young men of that age cannot be found in the 1901 England census.

Found him as T E C Baggs in UK Outwards passenger lists. Left Liverpool on Lake Champlain on 28 June 1904, bound for Quebec and Montreal. He is age 29. Arrived in Quebec in July 1904 and was going to Toronto.

Alfred Evelyn Baggs arrived in Canada in June 1912 bound for Bradford, Ontario.

Ian C

[Eyesee]

There was a sister as well, Hilda Madeline Hermione Baggs born 1883. She married Charles Edward Whitton 24 Aug 1907. One of the witnesses was her brother Harold.

She marries again in 1921 but this time says she is a spinster.

Ian C

[Eyesee]

BAGGS births all mmn HARRISON

Reginald Herbert Alfred Evelyn Sep qtr 1867 - died Dec qtr 1869
Edgar Harold Duppa Dec qtr 1870
Ernest Cecil Sep qtr 1873
Louisa Lillian Emmeline Mar qtr 1878 - went to Boston USA in 1909
Hilda Madeline Hermione Sep qtr 1883
Alfred Evelyn Mar qtr 1885

Ian C

[amondg]

Are you writing an article about him?

If you are looking for heirs to the money "he squirreled away"  Edited

Alfred Edgar Baggs (the elder) was the son of Thomas Baggs and Jane Gough Luke they married 9 September 1826 at St Pancras Camden

Children of Thomas and Jane Baggs found so far

Thomas Luke William bap 8 June 1828 St Clement City Road father Gent. he married Ann Patman 1850 and had 9 children maybe more, he died 1882

Jane Maria bap 25 December 1830 born 14 March 1829 St James Clerkenwell. Married Henry West 23 January 1850 st Luke Chelsea, they had several children she was buried 5 September 1867 age 38 St James.

Robert Seaman Baggs bap 25 December 1830 born 8 September 1830 St James Clerkenwell he was buried 18 December 1831.

*Alfred Edgar bap 26 March 1833 St James Clerkenwell born 10 April 1832 address Gloucester Street marries Martha Harrison the rest previously covered.

Edwin Augustus Baggs bap 11 December 1833 St James Clerkenwell and was buried 27 April 1834
father listed as a Traveller address Gloucester Street.

Lavinia Mary Baggs bap 12 May 1835 born 10 April 1835, father same as above she was buried 12 April 1836.

Emily baptized 11 July 1858 as an adult born 7 July 1838  at St Martin in the Fields father Thomas an accountant mother Jane she was buried 29 December 1871 never married.

John Edward Baggs registered 1840 GRO index mothers maiden name Luke. He is on the 1851 census age 10  with parents Thomas and Jane brother Alfred 19 sister Emily 12.

1861 census father Thomas has died mother Jane G is 62, brother Alfred E 28 railway clerk and John E age 20 optical ? after that I haven't found him as yet.

Thomas Baggs of Robert Street Chelsea buried 12 December 1852 age 54 St James Clerkenwell

[amondg]

The most direct heirs would be any children of his sisters.

Look for Louisa Lillian Emmeline Baggs on the 1910 census her destination Boston, you might want to check Canada as her Uncle was there.
 
Hilda Madeline Hermione Baggs who married Charles Edward Whitton 24 August 1907 St Paul Finchley, was living with her brother Harold and his wife Ada in 1911 age 27 no children with her.

Her husband filed for divorce 22 August 1914 she was having an affair with J A Baillie, decree granted 22 February 1916 finalized 13 September 1916.

She marries John Andrew Baillie as Hermione Madeline Hilda Baggs -single 18 April 1921 St James Paddington he was a retired Major so there maybe some military documents to be found.
By now she is 38 years old so it is possible she had a child.

[barryd]

https://www.legacy.com/funeral-homes/florida/madison/t-j-beggs-jr-sons-funeral-home/fh-5549

The only Beggs I know of in the USA. Madison County, Florida.

[amondg]

Does anyone have Findmypast sub.

There is a Louisa Baggs 1920 applies for citizenship Massachusetts.

In the hope that is the same personI cannot find it on ancestry.

Louisa went to Boston 1909 with Jessie Dimbleby sister of Ada Dimbleby whomarried Harold Baggs 1895.

Jessie Dimbleby originally went in 1905 and makes frequent voyages back to England.

[argyllshiregirl]

Well, hello everybody! You certainly have been busy since I last checked. What a fantastic group of detectives you are! My thanks go to you all.

I am a volunteer local historian and I write a weekly column that supports the work of my group. We preserve photographs, documents, film etc. and share it on a website for the community to use, free of charge. So yes, I was in the process of writing an article when I made my original post.

Perhaps some day, a Baggs family member will be searching RootsChat and find this thread! Here is a link to the article that I wrote. https://www.barrietoday.com/columns/remember-this/remember-this-has-an-almost-century-old-barrie-mystery-finally-been-solved-2689315?fbclid=IwAR0aNU2B52KZqDYoE5M5Z2NOg4vZEVK7GSb96_2pw9HTaolhDyAjlvDmtZ0

Thank you, thank you, once again!
Mary