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Many thanks - that is certainly worth further investigation!
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Re: Looking for child of American pilot William Baker. Would have been born 1944/5.
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 02 July 15 16:01 BST (UK) »
Many thanks - that is certainly worth further investigation!
Paul
I have found a marriage for her and also an address on the Electoral Register if you wish to pursue it further
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Re: Looking for child of American pilot William Baker. Would have been born 1944/5.
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 02 July 15 16:04 BST (UK) »
Yes please - all leads worth following through!
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Re: Looking for child of American pilot William Baker. Would have been born 1944/5.
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 02 July 15 16:10 BST (UK) »
Yes please - all leads worth following through!
Thanks
I will send you a PM later,  I have to go out now

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Family History is a Pandora's box if you don't like what you see find a new hobby,only concentrate on the proven facts and not the facts you think you know.
Jenkins, Radnorshire. Herefordshire, Canada
Coley Dudley.
Baston, Cleobury Mortimer.Wolverhampton
Parker Stafford.
Hammond/s Wolverhampton.Shropshire
Duckworth Cheshire.
Proud Walsall.Proud Cape South Africa
Horton Darlaston.
Stanton Walsall.
Tudor. Radnorshire
Pittaway. Droitwich


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Re: Looking for child of American pilot William Baker. Would have been born 1944/5.
« Reply #13 on: Thursday 02 July 15 16:12 BST (UK) »
Weymouth is in Dorset

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Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Looking for child of American pilot William Baker. Would have been born 1944/5.
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 02 July 15 16:35 BST (UK) »
Yes, that is the right William - Pilot of my Uncle's Stirling aircraft.
Although it shows he was in the Royal Canadian Airforce William Baker actually came from Minnesota, USA. Had slight asthma and USAF wouldn't accept him, so he joined RCAF instead!

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Re: Looking for child of American pilot William Baker. Would have been born 1944/5.
« Reply #16 on: Thursday 02 July 15 17:00 BST (UK) »
Just a query about that birth - it was September quarter 1945 so therefore the baby was born July, August or September of that year. Meaning it must have been conceived October, November or December 1944. Therefore it can't be right as you said "William Baker was killed at Arnhem in Sept 1944" Even if that baby was born in June and not registered until the following quarter, I doubt if William would have known Peggy was pregnant before he died.
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Re: Looking for child of American pilot William Baker. Would have been born 1944/5.
« Reply #17 on: Thursday 02 July 15 17:07 BST (UK) »
I wonder whether the sister could recall at least whether the baby was born before William's death, or whether the family in the US learned of the birth posthumously?
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)