Person:James Bailey (124)

James Bailey was baptised on 24th November 1828 at Pagham on the Sussex coast, son of Mary Bailey, formerly Edwards, and her husband Joseph Bailey, an agricultural labourer. James was the tenth of their eleven children. The family lived at the hamlet of Nyetimber in Pagham. James's maternal grandmother Susannah Edwards lived nearby at Lagness; she died in 1832. The following year, when James was only four years old, his mother died.

The 1841 census finds James living with his father, siblings, sister-in-law and nephew at Nyetimber. Ten years later James and his father were still there. By this time James was working as an agricultural labourer.

On 25th September 1852, aged 23, James married Fanny Hampshire at Pagham. She was originally from Earnley, a few miles to the west, but had come to Pagham working as a domestic servant before their marriage.

They appear to have had at least seven children together. The 1861 census finds them living at Chalcraft Lane in South Bersted. James's father died in 1862.

James died when he was only 39 years old. At the time of his death the family was living at Rose Green. Fanny was left looking after the children. She may even still have been pregnant when James died; he was buried at Pagham on 11th January 1868 whilst their youngest daughter was not baptised until 2nd February 1868. Fanny survived James by 29 years and remarried four years after his death.

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

   No. 545
   When Baptized: 24 Nov 1828
   Name: James
   Parents: Joseph & Mary
   Surname: Bailey
   Abode: Nyetimber
   Occupation: Labourer
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: G.J. Hudson

   This baptism has been linked to the James Bailey who married Fanny Hampshire on the basis that their marriage certificate gives his father's name as Joseph Bailey and in the census after their marriage James gave his birthplace as Pagham and he gave ages consistently suggesting he was born around 1828.

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 23; Page 11, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Nytimber, Pagham, Sussex
   Joseph Bailey, male, 55 [1781-6], Ag Lab, born in county
   Emily Bailey, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Mary Bailey, female, 15 [1821-6], born in county
   James Bailey, male, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   Lot Bailey, male, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Alfred Bailey, male, 2 [1838/9], 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 150; Page 8, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Nytimber tything, Pagham, Sussex
   Joseph Bailey, head, widower, male, 68 [1782/3], Ag Lab, b. Pagham, Sussex
   James Bailey, son, unmarried, male, 22 [1828/9], Ag Lab, 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 625; Folio 81; Page 14, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Chalcroft Lane, South Bersted, Sussex
   James Bailey, head, married, male, 32 [1828/9], Labourer Agricultural, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Fanny Bailey, wife, married, female, 36 [1824/5], Wife to Labourer Agricultural , b. Earnley, Sussex
   Albert Bailey, son, male, 8 [1852/3], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Allice Bailey, daughter, female, 6 [1854/5], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Lucy Bailey, daughter, female, 3 [1857/8], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, son, male, 1 [1859/60], b. Pagham, Sussex

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

   d. James BAILEY, March Quarter 1868, Westhampnett Registration District, Volume 2b, page 211, aged 39 [1828/9]

6. ↑ Pagham burials, in Sussex, England. Online Parish Clerks.

   No. 958
   Name: James Bailey
   Abode: Rose Green
   Age: 39y [1828/9]
   When buried: 11 Jan 1868
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: R. Barker