Person:George Bailey (75)

George Bailey was baptised on 20th April 1823 at Pagham in Sussex, son of Mary Bailey, formerly Edwards, and her husband Joseph Bailey, an agricultural labourer. George was the eighth of eleven children. The family lived in the hamlet of Nyetimber in the parish of Pagham. George's maternal grandmother, Susannah Edwards, lived nearby at Lagness. She died in 1832. The following year, when George was nine years old his mother died.

The 1841 census George working as a servant for a farmer named Adames in Pagham village. On 31st July 1847, aged 24, George married Sarah Gardener at Pagham. They then settled at South Mundham, a hamlet in Pagham parish. They appear to have had at least six children together between the late 1840s and early 1860s. They appear in both the 1851 and 1861 censuses living at South Mundham. George's father Joseph died in 1862.

By 1871 George and Sarah had moved to West Dean, a few miles inland, where George worked as a farm bailiff. They 1871, 1881 and 1891 censuses each find them living in the parish, with the 1871 and 1891 censuses specifying the hamlet of Chilgrove and the 1891 census naming the farm as Staple Ash Farm. In 1881 Sarah was described as a dairywoman.

George died in 1901, aged 77. He was buried at South Bersted (the parish which covered the town of Bognor), suggesting the family had left West Dean before his death. George and Sarah had been married for 53 years. Later that year Sarah appears in the census living at Grove Farm in Oving; she survived George by about eleven years.

1. ↑ Pagham baptisms, in Sussex, England. Online Parish Clerks.

   No. 362
   When Baptized: 20 Apr 1823
   Name: George
   Parents: Joseph & Mary
   Surname: Bailey
   Abode: Nyetimber
   Occupation: Labourer
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: G. Dewdney

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1099; Book 4; Folio 33; Page 3, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Pagham Village, Pagham, Sussex
   George Adames, male, 65 [1771-6], Farmer, born in county
   Anne Adames, female, 70 [1766-71], born in county
   Henry Adames, male, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Anne Penfold, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county
   Bridgett Adames, female, 50 [1786-91], born in county
   Charlotte Barnes, female, 15 [1821-6], F.S., born in county
   Martha Bacon, female, 9 [1831/2], F.S., born in county
   George Bailey, male, 15 [1821-6], M.S., born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1652; Folio 156; Page 21, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Southmundham, Pagham, Sussex
   George Bailey, head, married, male, 28 [1822/3], Ag Lab, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Sarah Bailey, wife, married, female, 24 [1826/7], b. Appledram, Sussex
   Emma Bailey, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], b. Pagham, Sussex
   George Bailey, son, male, 1 [1849/50], b. Pagham, Sussex

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 618; Folio 92; Page 19, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: South Mundham, Pagham, Sussex
   George Bailey, head, married, male, 38 [1822/3], Groom, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Sarah Bailey, wife, married, female, 34 [1826/7], b. Appledram, Sussex
   Emma Bailey, daughter, female, 13 [1847/8], b. Pagham, Sussex
   George Bailey, son, male, 11 [1849/50], Ag Lab, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Ann Bailey, daughter, female, 8 [1852/3], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Fanny Bailey, daughter, female, 4 [1856/7], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Andrew Bailey, son, male, 1 [1859/60], b. Pagham, Sussex

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1123; Folio 15; Page 22, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Farm House, Chilgrove, West Dean, Sussex
   George Bailey, head, married, male, 48 [1822/3], Farm Bailiff, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Sarah Bailey, wife, married, female, 44 [1826/7], b. Appledram, Sussex
   George Bailey, son, unmarried, male, 21 [1849/50], Carter Ag Lab, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Fanny Bailey, daughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1856/7], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Andrew Bailey, son, unmarried, male, 11 [1859/60], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, son, unmarried, male, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
   James Varnes, lodger, unmarried, male, 20 [1850/1], Ag Lab, b. Treyford, Sussex
   William Haywood, lodger, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Carter Ag Lab, b. Chichester, Sussex

6. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1136; Folio 86; Page 9, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: West Dean, Sussex
   George Bailey, head, married, 58 [1822/3], Farm Bailliff, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Sarah Bailey, wife, married, female, 58 [1822/3], Dairywoman, b. Appledram, Sussex
   Andrew Bailey, son, unmarried, male, 21 [1859/60], Ag Lab, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1862/3], Ag Lab, b. Pagham, Sussex

7. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 850; Folio 186; Page 13, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Staple Ash Farm, Chilgrove, West Dean, Sussex
   George Bailey, head, married, 68 [1822/3], Farm Bailiff, employed, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Sarah Bailey, wife, married, female, 68 [1822/3], b. Appledram, Sussex
   Andrew Bailey, son, single, male, 31 [1859/60], Agricultural Laborer, employed, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, son, single, male, 28 [1862/3], Agricultural Laborer, employed, b. Pagham, Sussex

8.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. George BAILEY, March Quarter 1901, Westhampnett Registration District, Volume 2b, page 258, aged 77 [1823/4]

9. ↑ England. Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com).

   bur. 24 Feb 1901, South Bersted, Sussex: George Bailey, aged 77 [1823/4]