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BAILEY, Sidney Wallace
Family Historian Individual Narrative Sidney Wallace BAILEY, son of Charles BAILEY (c. 1854- ) and Frances DOWNING (c. 1865- ), was born on 18 May 1889 in Market Weston, Suffolk. The 1891 Census (held on 5 Apr 1891) shows Sidney at The Street in Market Weston - 10m, living with parents Charles (37, general dealer) and Frances (26), siblings Ethel (12, living at home) William (12, scholar), Arthur (7, scholar), Frederick (5, scholar) and Emily (3), and stepbrother Charles DOWNING (3). At the time of the 1901 Census, Sidney was living..... View full FH text (See notes below) View Family Tree (See notes below)
Birth:	18.05.1889 : Market Weston, Suffolk : 1890 Q2 Thetford Norfolk Vol 4B Page 385
Marriage:	1911 to Florence Gertrude HOLDEN : 1911 Q3 Thetford Norfolk Vol 4B Page 740
1891 Census:	Market Weston, Suffolk : 10m, living with parents Charles (37, general dealer) and Frances (26), siblings Ethel (12, living at home) William (12, scholar), Arthur (7, scholar), Frederick (5, scholar) and Emily (3), and stepbrother Charles DOWNING (3). (RG12 Piece 1578 Folio 86 Page 3 Schedule 13)
1901 Census:	Market Weston, Suffolk : 10, living with parents Charles (40, fowl dealer) and Frances (36), and siblings Frederick (16), Charles (13), Beatrice (9), Reginald (7) and Edith (5). (RG13 Piece 1902 Folio 65 Page 14 Schedule 28)
1911 Census:	North Lopham, Norfolk : 20, bricklayer's labourer, lodging in the household of William BAILEY (30, land drainage labourer) and his wife Ethel (33) and daughter Augusta (2). (RG14 PN11745 RD239 SD2 ED18 SN102)
1911 Census:	North Lopham, Norfolk : 31, groom, living with wife Florence (30) and children Winifred (11, stepdaughter?), Leonard (7) and Reginald (4). (RG15 Piece 09901 Schedule 122 RD 239 RS 2 ED 18)
1939 Reg.:	Great Common, North Lopham, Norfolk : b. 18 May 1889 [18 May 1890?], general labourer, living with wife Florence Gertrude (b. 18 April 1891, unpaid domestic duties), children Leonard W (b. 02 December 1913, horseman on farm), Ernest W (b. 26 October 1922, farm worker), Vera M (b. 30 October 1923, scholar) and Evelyn J (b. 27 October 1925, scholar), and 2 closed records, presumably children Kathleen and Edward.7 : general labourer (RG101/6588I/003/20 Letter Code: TSDI)
Death:	1968 : Garboldisham, Norfolk : aged 78 years. : 1968 Q4 Wayland Norfolk Vol 4B Page 903
Military:	No service record has been found for Sidney. A medal index card shows two services: Norfolk Regiment, Private 3482 and Army Service Corps, Private T/388282. He is listed as a North Lopham absent voter in 1918, “388282 Pte., No. 2 M.T. Emb. Co. A.S.C” and is shown in a pension ledger dated 27 December 1919.
Newspaper:	Norfolk and Suffolk Journal and Diss Express, 30 October 1936 Application for Wage Arrears Sidney Wallace Bailey applied for payment of wages amounting to £10 1s 9d due to him for work done from Michael Birkbeck, South Lopham. Birkbeck did not appear to dispute the application. Bailey stated that he first went to work for Birkbeck in 1934 and the money was due for a period between May and September, 1935. His weekly wage had been fixed at £1 11s 6d. The Bench gave judgement in favour of the application and awarded him 14/6 costs.
Newspaper:	Norfolk and Suffolk Journal and Diss Express, 3 Jan 1969 MR. S. W. BAILEY (Garboldisham) THE funeral took place at St. Andrew's Church, Blo' Norton, of Mr. Sidney Wallace Bailey, who had died very suddenly at his home. The Rev. V. Sharpe, Rector of Garboldisham with Blo' Norton officiated. Family mourners were: Mr. Leonard Bailey, Mr. Reginald Bailey, Mr. Ernest Bailey and Mr. Roy Bailey, sons; Mr. and Mrs. C. Boggis and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Davey, sons-in-law and daughters; Mr. A. Fincham, son-in-law; Mrs. B. Reeve, sister; Mr. O. Bowell, brother-in-law; and Mr. R. Bailey and Mr. J. Reeve, nephews. Unable to attend were the widow, Mrs. A. Fincham (daughter), Mrs. B. Fitrzgerald (daughter, who is in the U.S.A.) and Mrs E. Bailey and Mrs R Bailey (daughters-in-law). Funeral arrangements were by Mr. E. C. Thurlow, of Hopton.
Newspaper:	Norfolk and Suffolk Journal and Diss Express, 3 Jan 1969 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Sidney Wallace Bailey express thanks to relatives and friends for their help, sympathy and floral tributes sent in their sad bereavement.
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