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02. Alice Hannah Baggs| 1876-03 | b. Southwick, Hampshire | GRO index; TNA: RG 11/1007 f49 p2; RG 12/883 f94 p11; 1911 census of Canada; Canada WWI CEF Attestation Papers give d.o.b. as 1874-04-11, Find a Grave as 1876-03-29; Canadian passenger lists gives p.o.b. as Purbrook, Hampshire; Canada WWI CEF Personnel Files gives p.o.b. as Cosham, Hampshire |
| 1881 | scholar, living with his family in Wootton St, Wootton, Kent | RG 11/1007 f49 p2 |
| 1891 | asst woodman agricultural, employed, living with his uncle Levi Crook and family, and his maternal grandfather, at Short Hill Lodge, Boarhunt, Hampshire | RG 12/883 f94 p11 |
| a Mr Thistlethwayte of Southwick Park took an interest in Fred, and helped him with his education by sending him to a private school, and then on to university, where he studied civil engineering | Ken Smallbone (2010) Baggs: The History of a Family. The Ancestors and Descendants of the Baggs Family of Hannington, Hampshire, England. Basingstoke: The Changing Seasons | |
| 1895 | began service with the Royal Engineers, regimental number 28855 | Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner service records |
| 1900/1902 | served in South Africa with 6th Coy RE | Canada WWI CEF Personnel Files |
| 1901 | not found in census | |
| 1903-09-08 | m.1. Isabella Laishley (1876–1946, b. Edderton, near Ardmore, on Dornoch Firth, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland), at St Peter's, Soberton, Hampshire | GRO index; Smallbone (2010) |
| 1904-08-24 | at Petersfield petty sessions: Charges of Game Trespass. [ . . . ] Frederick John Baggs and Harry Hunt, charged with a similar offence on Mr. Feben's land at Catherington, on the 13th August, were fined 2s. 6d. and 6s. costs. Defendants produced a written permission from Mr. Feben dated 5th July, but on being called Mr. Feben admitted having written it about a fortnight ago. |
Hampshire Chronicle, 1904-08-27 |
| 1907-03 | arrived Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | US border crossings from Canada |
| 1907/1935-05-23 | lived at 712 Suffolk St, Victoria, B.C., Canada | Canadian passenger lists |
| Child: | Frederick John (1911 – after 1921, b. USA) | 1911 census of Canada; Canada WWI CEF Personnel Files |
| 1911-04-22 | bricklayer, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; m.2. Hilda Victoria Covey (1892–1974, of 227 Hayward Ave, Halifax, Nova Scotia, b. Hacketts Cove, Nova Scotia, d. of William Covey), in Rochester, New York, USA | New York county marriage records; Canada WWI CEF Attestation Papers; Honolulu passenger and crew lists; 1921 census of Canada |
| 1911 | bricklayer; with his wife and son, lodging with the Edwards family at 384 Bushby, sub-district 13, Victoria, British Columbia | 1911 census of Canada |
| 1916-09-08 | 40" chest when fully expanded, with 5" range of expansion; fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair; Church of England; declared fit for service with the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force; present address Work Point Barracks, Esquimalt, B.C. | Canada WWI CEF Personnel Files |
| 1916-10-18 | had three vaccination marks on his left arm; vaccinated two years ago | |
| 1916-10-24 | promoted Cpl | |
| 1916-11-14 | promoted Sgt | |
| 1917-01-25 | RCE Corporal, Sergeant CEF, Engineer Training Depot; struck off strength; £68 pay due from 1917-01-01 | |
| 1918-06-22 | bricklayer; attested for the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force; of 38½ St Julia Street, Quebec, P.Q.; had served 7 years 247 days in R.C., 10 years 323 days in R.C.E. | Canada WWI CEF Attestation Papers |
| had been Sergt in Can Eng, Regt No 506195 | Canada WWI CEF Personnel Files | |
| 1918-09-18 | promoted to Sergt | |
| 1918-09-26 | had dental examination; had had seven extractions; weight 158 lbs; good physical development | |
| 1919-08-03 | sergt, no. 2738004; discharged from No 5 Engineers Depot, Canadian Expeditionary Force, at Quebec; 5'7", fair complexion, blue eyes, black hair; intended place of residence 140 Richelieu, Quebec; "sober & absolutely reliable"; had received South Africa and Kings & Queens Long Service Medal | |
| 1919-08-06 | war service gratuity to be forwarded to 17 St Louis Street, Quebec | |
| 1921 | soldier, earning $1680, living with his wife and son in sub-district 72, district 57, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a house rented at $42 a month; Ch. of Eng. | 1921 census of Canada |
| 1934-07-31 | issued with passport, in London | Canadian passenger lists |
| 1934-08-04 | retired; last permanent residence Victoria, Canada; departed Vancouver, aboard the S.S. Seattle | California passenger and crew lists |
| 1934-08-20 | arrived San Diego, California, USA | |
| 1935-11-07 | retired; arrived Victoria, B.C., Canada, from Sydney, NSW, Australia, aboard S.S. Aorangi; Canadian citizen; carrying $100 | Canadian passenger lists |
| 1936-04-01 | with his wife, arrived Honolulu from Vancouver, aboard S.S. Aorangi, travelling 3rd class; admitted for two months, to stay at the Pleasanton Hotel, Honolulu | Honolulu, index to passengers arriving |
| 1936-07-22 | retired soldier; with his wife, departed from Honolulu, Hawaii, bound for Suva, Fiji, Auckland, N.Z., and Sydney, N.S.W., aboard S.S. Aorangi; Canadian citizen; had arrived in Honolulu on 1936-04-01; tourists | Honolulu passenger and crew lists |
| 1940-04-25 | retired; of 712 Suffolk St, Victoria, B.C.; arrived Seattle, Washington, USA, from Victoria, on indefinite visit; 5'7", fair complexion, grey hair, blue eyes | US border crossings from Canada |
| spent many years abroad, often leaving his wife at home | Smallbone (2010) | |
| later worked for a London firm, and was involved in the construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, and on projects in Canada | ||
| 1951-04-04 | retired, of Nelson Villa, N. Boarhunt, Hampshire; arrived Southampton from New York, aboard the Cunard RMS Queen Mary; last permanent residence in Canada | UK incoming passenger lists |
| 1951-06-30 | retired, of 1 Nelson Villa, N. Bowbury, Wickham; departed Southampton for New York, aboard the Cunard Queen Elizabeth; intending future residence in Canada | UK outward passenger lists |
| assumed to have died abroad | Smallbone (2010) | |
| 1958-01-25 | d. Saanich, British Columbia | British Columbia death index |
02. Alice Hannah Baggs| 1878-01-21 | b. Wootton Court, Kent | GRO index; TNA: RG 11/1007 f49 p2; RG 12/943 f34 p14; Bickford Family Tree |
| 1878-02-24 | bapt. Wootton | "England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975," database, FamilySearch: 6 December 2014, Alice Hannah Baggs, 24 Feb 1878, citing Wootton, Kent, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, FHL microfilm 1,835,874 |
| 1881 | living with her family in Wootton St, Wootton, Kent | RG 11/1007 f49 p2 |
| 1891 | scholar, of Burngreen Denmead, Hampshire, living with her mother, her step-father, her siblings, and her step-sister | RG 12/943 f34 p14 |
| 1896-05-15 | probably the Miss A. Baggs, 18, nurse, who arrived in Albany, Western Australia, aboard the Cuzco after a 75 day voyage; travelling with a Mrs E. Crookes, 52, also a nurse | Victoria, assisted and unassisted passenger lists |
| came as a companion to an aunt; the aunt returned to England, but Alice stayed | Bickford Family Tree | |
| Children: | Cora (1899–1945), Ada May (1901–1989, b. Greenbushes, Western Australia), Doris Marjorie (1905–1912, b. Perth), and Phyllis Royal (1910–2001, b. Birchup, Victoria, Australia) | Australia birth index; Eveline and Dave's family trees; Bickford Family Tree |
| 1905 | m. Herbert Allan Bickford (1872–1911), in Perth, Western Australia | Australia marriage index; Bickford Family Tree |
| 1909 | home duties, living with her miner husband in Greenbushes, Nelson, Swan, Western Australia; also registered with her carpenter husband in Birchip, Wimmera, Victoria | electoral rolls |
| 1912/1917 | home duties, living in Birchip, Wimmera | |
| 1919 | ||
| 1924/1926 | home duties, of 26 Croydon rd, Surrey Hills, Canterbury, Kooyong, Victoria | |
| 1926 | home duties, of 26 Croydon Rd, a five room wooden property rented from Albert Hough, in area 55x125 (presumably feet), of £50 net annual value; £3 4s. due and paid | Camberwell and Waverley rate books |
| 1927 | home duties, living with her eldest daughter at 26 Croydon rd, Surrey Hills, Canterbury, Kooyong, Victoria | electoral rolls |
| 1928 | home duties, living with her daughters Cora and Ada May at 26 Croydon rd, Surrey Hills, Canterbury, Kooyong | |
| 1931 | home duties, living with her daughters Cora and Phyllis Rayne at 23 Bryson st, Camberwell North, Kooyong | |
| 1934 | ||
| 1935-11-07 | of 23 Pryson St, Canterbury, Victoria | Canadian passenger lists |
| 1936/1937 | home duties, living with her daughters Cora and Phyllis Rayne at 23 Bryson st, Camberwell North, Kooyong | electoral rolls |
| 1943 | home duties, living with her daughter Cora at 227 Mt Albert rd, E.10, Canterbury, Kooyong | |
| 1948-04-12 | d. at a private hospital in East Camberwell, Victoria | Australia death index; Bickford Family Tree |
| 1948-04-13 | bur. plot CE-098-0029, Box Hill Cemetery, Box Hill, Whitehorse City, Victoria, after a service at 10:30 | Find a Grave; Bickford Family Tree |
| 1879-08-03 | b. Wootton Court, Kent | GRO index; censuses; 1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101) |
| 1879-08-31 | bapt. St Martin's, Wootton, Kent | "England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975," database, FamilySearch: accessed 10 June 2016, Ada Emma Baggs, 31 Aug 1879, citing Kent, reference it 2, pg 40-41, 321, FHL microfilm 1,835,874 |
| 1881 | living with her family in Wootton St, Wootton, Kent | RG 11/1007 f49 p2 |
| 1891 | scholar, of Burngreen Denmead, Hampshire, living with her mother, her step-father, her siblings, and her step-sister | RG 12/943 f34 p14 |
| 1901 | house parlour maid, in the household of James E. Savill, retired colonel, and his family, of Hillside House, Purbrook, Southwick, Hampshire | RG 13/1015 f95 p14 |
| 1904-08-20 | of Rose Cottage, Denmead; m. Frederick William Baggs (1866–1914, b. Gravesend, s. of Frederick and Elizabeth (Warren) Baggs), at St John, Portland, Dorset, after banns | GRO index; banns book; parish register |
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at Denmead: WEDDING.—A marriage was solemnized on Saturday between Frederick William Baggs, a commercial traveller, and pensioner R.N., of 22, High Street, Portland, and Ada Emma Baggs, of Rose Cottage, Denmead. The parties are cousins, and the ceremony was performed by the Vicar. Many witnessed the ceremony. The organ was played by Miss Green. The bride's dress was of cream, trimmed with Nun's veiling, in which she looked charming. The bridesmaids—Miss Edie Foster and Miss May Tee—were in serge costumes. |
Hampshire Post and Southsea Observer, 1904-08-26 | |
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BAGGS—BAGGS—On August 20th, at Denmead Church, by the Rev. F.C. Green, Frederick William Baggs, eldest son of Frederick Baggs, to Ada Emma Baggs, younger daughter of the late John Baggs. |
Portsmouth Evening News, 1904-08-23 | |
| Children: | Elizabeth Victoria Jewell (1906–1968) and Frederick John Warren (1910–1983), both b. Portland | GRO index; RG14PN12365 RG78PN703 RD263 SD3 ED2 SN216 |
| 1911 | living with her family in 5 rooms at 26 Mallams, Portland, Weymouth, Dorset | RG14PN12365 RG78PN703 RD263 SD3 ED2 SN216 |
| 1914-12-25 | husband of 26 Mallams, Portland, at the date of his death | National Probate Calendar |
| 1915-03-01 | administrator of her husband's estate | |
| 1918/1919 | of 26 Mallams, Portland | electoral registers |
| 1920/1922 | living at 26 Mallams, Portland; an Arthur Edward Everson also registered there | |
| 1921 | widow; home duties; living with her children in 4 rooms at 26 Mallams, Portland | RG 15/10245 RD263 SD3 ED2 SN239 |
| 1922/1928 | of 26 Mallams, Portland | |
| 1929 | living with her daughter at 26 Mallams, Portland | |
| 1930/1931 | of 26 Mallams, Portland | |
| 1939-09-29 | unpaid domestic duties, living with her daughter at 5 Marina Gardens, Weymouth & Melcombe Regis | 1939 England and Wales Register |
| 1955 Q1 | d. Portland, Weymouth | GRO index |
| 1955-03-22 | of 5 Marine Gardens, Weymouth; bur. Wyke Regis, Dorset | parish register |
| 1884-08-15 | b. Stakes, Waterlooville, Hampshire | censuses; GRO index for birth says Q3, but for death gives a birth date of 1884-04-15 |
| 1891 | scholar, of Burngreen Denmead, Hampshire, living with his mother, his step-father, his siblings, and his step-sister | TNA: RG 12/943 f34 p14 |
| 1901 | gardener dom., worker, living with his mother, step-father, and step-brothers | RG 13/1090 f45 p5 |
| 1909 Q4 | m. Emma Ellen Brown (1884–1974, b. Durrants, Havant, Hampshire), in Havant RD | GRO index |
| 1911 | farm labourer, living with his wife in 6 rooms at Eastlands Gate, Broadway, Horndean, Hampshire | RG 14/6168 RD105 ED4 SN148 |
| Children: | John Ernest (1912–1983, b. Eastland Gate, Broadway, Horndean) and Doris Lilian (1915–1994, b. Portsmouth, Hampshire) | GRO index |
| 1920/1921 | living with his wife at Eastland Gate, Horndean | electoral registers |
| 1921 | market gardener, own account, at home; living in 7 rooms at Yew Tree Cottage, Eastland Gate, Horndean; described as married [wife indexed separately, in Bedhampton; schedule not downloaded] | RG 15/05765 RD105 SD1 ED3&4 SN243 |
| 1923/1925 | living with his wife at Eastland Gate, Catherington, Hampshire | electoral registers |
| 1926/1928 | living with his wife at Woodcrofts Farm, Catherington | |
| 1930 | living with his wife at Woodcrofts Farm, Horndean | |
| 1931 | living with his wife at Lovedean Farm, Catherington | |
| 1939-09-29 | dairy farmer, living with his wife and son at Little Lovedean Farm, Lovedean, Petersfield, Hampshire | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
| was interviewed in later life, and his memories of Denmead were published by the Denmead Local History Group as Memories of Village Life (Denmead Papers), where he was accredited as author | Ken Smallbone (2010) Baggs: The History of a Family. The Ancestors and Descendants of the Baggs Family of Hannington, Hampshire, England. Basingstoke: The Changing Seasons; Denmead Village Association | |
| 1974-04-02 | wife of 209 Lovedean La., Love Dean, Hampshire, at the date of her death | National Probate Calendar |
| 1977-03-25 | of 209 Lovedean La., Love Dean; d. Petersfield RD | GRO index; National Probate Calendar |
| 1977-05-25 | will proved at Winchester; £9275 | National Probate Calendar |
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