See also

Family of Laurence Claude Jesse Baker and Florence Charlotte Smith

  • Husband:

  • Laurence Claude Jesse Baker (1902-1979)

  • Wife:

  • Florence Charlotte Smith (1904?-1936)

  • Children:

  • Bernard Laurence Baker (1925-2003)

  •  

  • Graham Gerald Baker (1926-1946)

  •  

  • Pauline Margaret Lilian Baker (1931-2019)

  • Marriage:

  • 4 Jun 1924

  • All Saints Church, Trewsbury Road, Sydenham, London, England1 2

  •  

  • Laurence a bachelor working as a fishmonger and son of Jesse Jarold Baker a grocer. Florence a spinster and daughter of George Smith deceased. Both of 13 Hillmore Grove Sydenham. Married by banns and witnessed by Jennie Smith and Peter Harriott (sic)

Husband: Laurence Claude Jesse Baker

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Laurence Claude Jesse Baker

  • Name:

  • Laurence Claude Jesse Baker3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Gerald Jesse Baker (1871-1956)

  • Mother:

  • Margaret Lilian Hollingshurst (1876-1947)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • fish salesman / fishmongers assistant5 6

  • Birth:

  • 25 Nov 1902

  • Brixton, London, England3 7 5 6 4

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 8)

  • 13 Hillmore Grove, Sydenham, London, England7

  •  

  • son living in seven rooms with his parents Jesse and Margaret, sisters Dorothy, Muriel and Iris, brother Leslie, and six visitors. Born in Brixton London

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 18 yrs 7 mns)

  • 13 Hillmore Grove, Sydenham, London, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a fish salesman for E Fanance of Sydenham Road Sydenham and living in eight rooms with his parents Jesse and Margaret, sisters Dorothy, Muriel, Iris and Olive, and brothers Leslie and Kenneth. Born in Brixton London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 36)

  • 40 Overcliff Road, Lewisham, London, England6

  •  

  • a widowed fishmongers assistant living with Frank Long (future wife's step-father), his future mother-in-law Edith Long, and his future wife Edith Burch. Born on 25th November 1902

  • Death:

  • Q1 1979 (age 76)

  • Lewisham "Registration District", Greater London, England4

Wife: Florence Charlotte Smith

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Florence Charlotte Smith

  • Name:

  • Florence Charlotte Smith1 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1904 (app)

  •  

  • Death:

  • Oct 1936 (age 31)

  • Lewisham "Registration District", London, England8 9

  • Burial:

  • 2 Nov 1936

  • Ladywell Cemetery, Brockley Grove, Brockley, London, England9

  •  

  • aged 31 wife of Laurence a fishmonger of 390 High Street

Child 1: Bernard Laurence Baker

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Son: Bernard Laurence Baker

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Spouse: Hazel Jean Purver

  • Name:

  • Bernard Laurence Baker10

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse (1):

  • Audrey Kathleen Jarrett (1927-2020)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Hazel Jean Purver (1934-2016)

  • Birth:

  • 23 Sep 1925

  • Lewisham "Registration District", London, England10 11 12

  •  

  • death index gives date of birth as 22nd September 1925

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 14)

  • Good Templar Orphanage, Green Street, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, England11

  •  

  • a resident born on 23rd September 1925, it is possible he was with brother Graham and sister Pauline but their records are closed

  • Death:

  • 3 Oct 2003 (age 78)

  • Winchester, Hampshire, England12 13

Child 2: Graham Gerald Baker

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Son: Graham Gerald Baker

  • Name:

  • Graham Gerald Baker14 15

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 23 Sep 1926

  • Lewisham "Registration District", London, England14 13

  • Military Service:

  •  

  • British Army Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment as no:1402663516

  • Death:

  • 30 Jan 1946 (age 19)

  • Maidstone "Registration District", Kent, England15 16

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Maidstone Cemetery, Sutton Road, Maidstone, Kent, England16

  •  

  • died 30th January 1946, buried in Plot C.C.1. Grave 20, son of Laurence Claude John and Edith Evangeline Baker of Bromley

Child 3: Pauline Margaret Lilian Baker

  • Name:

  • Pauline Margaret Lilian Baker17

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Robert Lewis Baker (1931-2012)

  • Birth:

  • 7 Aug 1931

  • Lewisham "Registration District", London, England17 18

  • Death:

  • 17 Dec 2019 (age 88)

  • Williamstown, West Virginia, USA18

  • Burial:

  • 21 Dec 2019

  • Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery, 1934 Dupont Rd, Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA18

  •  

  • at 2pm and is buried in the Garden of Prayer

Note on Wife: Florence Charlotte Smith

Unsure where Florence was born

Sources

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England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Lewisham 1924 quarter:2 volume:1d page:2049. Cit. Date: 20 June 2023.

2.

Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:80. Cit. Date: 1 July 2023. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lambeth 1902 quarter:4 volume:1d page:478. Cit. Date: 17 June 2023.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lewisham 1979 quarter:1 volume:14 page:750. Cit. Date: 20 June 2023.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:2924 registration district:29 sub-district:4 enumeration district:13 schedule:245. Cit. Date: 17 June 2023.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0384C page:19 line:30 letter code:AOCJ. Cit. Date: 20 June 2023.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:2819 class:RG78 piece:96 registration district:29 sub-district:4 enumeration district:13 schedule:190. Cit. Date: 18 June 2023.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lewisham 1936 quarter:4 volume:1d page:1004. Cit. Date: 20 June 2023.

9.

Deceased Online, (on-line at www.deceasedon-line.com). Ladywell cemetery 1936 page:3938 entry:78769 plot:D 2312. Cit. Date: 21 June 2023.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lewisham 1925 quarter:4 volume:1d page:1469. Cit. Date: 21 June 2023.

11.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0902B page:20 line:10 letter code:BSAO. Cit. Date: 21 June 2023.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Winchester 2003 quarter:4 district:5021B register:B58D entry:88 date:1003. Cit. Date: 21 June 2023.

13.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ayres Family Tree by ayres_peter. Cit. Date: 21 June 2023.

14.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lewisham 1926 quarter:4 volume:1d page:1465. Cit. Date: 21 June 2023.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maidstone 1946 quarter:1 volume:2a page:1623. Cit. Date: 21 June 2023.

16.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Maidstone Cemetery Kent, Plot C.C.1. Grave 20. Cit. Date: 21 June 2023.

17.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lewisham 1931 quarter:3 volume:1d page:1351. Cit. Date: 21 June 2023.

18.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial ID:91093236. Cit. Date: 21 June 2023.