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« on: Thursday 20 August 09 12:40 BST (UK) »
Hi all,
Right, let me get my head around this. I was aware of the possibility of the George P Baker but have always assumed he died as a child as the other brothers were always refered to as 'Those 4 boys' by the family.
The Headington/Heddington connection could be interesting. I can see no reason why
a. He couldnt have married his house keeper
b. Names do get changed and altered especially in an heavily iliterate age....
Therefore it could be possible that Georgina left Jarrow and her husband and went to the big smoke and shacked up with her employer unable to marry again due to an existing marriage. I live a stones throw from South Shields so I can dig around there this week.
I saw the Latimer grandchild too. By the time their George P was 15, mine would have been 18. BUT there is no knowing what the circumstances were that led the boy to live with his maternal grandparents and on other branches of my tree I have seen similar age gaps etc. What I am thinking now is that Henry might not have married either wife. It seems I will need to get a copy of George P Baker's birth certificate. If that lists a father as Henry and it all fits then the Latimer famiy would be the missing mother.
By all accounts, Henry was a rogue so none of this would be out of character for him. I am so grateful for all of this help. You must all either have complete faily trees but are still addicted to research or are just wonderfully kind!
Nellie
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