Hi Roz According to FreeBMD/Ancestry Emily Whittingham married William Bailey Q3 1900 Birmingham 6d 13. So Horace was born before the marriage. In the 1901 census for 4Leopold Terrace(I Think) Birmingham RG13/2848/019/029 we have William H Bailey hd mar 21 builders carter born Birmingham WAR Emily Bailey wife mar 21 born Coventry WAR and a 19 year old boarder. Sorry it does not help much. Mike Fisher in Droitwich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roz Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 5:32 PM Subject: [B'ham] look up request BAILEY (baptism's/births etc) > Hi, > > I'm trying to trace the family of my great grandfather, Horace BAILEY. > > Horace was born in 1898, but his birth was never registered, nor was he > christened/baptised. > > He had one brother, John/Jack (middle initial H) and one sister > (Winifred) - and a younger half brother. > > I think i might have the birth certificate for Jack, but i'm not in a > financial position to purchase one for Winifred. > > Anyway, Their father was William Henry Bailey, a gas fitter. > > The birth certificate reads: > > born 11 august 1906 at 14 Mount Pleasant Grove, Camden Street, Birmingham > (in all saints district) > name John Henry > Sex Male > Name of father William Henry BAILEY > Name of mother Emily BAILEY formerly WHITTINGHAM > occupation of father Builders Carter > > It was Emily who registered the birth on 17 September 1906 > > Call it gut instinct, but i believe Horace is illegitimate > > Thanks in advance > > Roz > > > __________________________________________________________ > Sent from Yahoo! Mail. > A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message