FAMILY HISTORY: MORTON

THE MARRIAGE OF HENRY & ELIZABETH BAKER:

 

GROOM:
Name: Henry Baker Jr., age 32, bachelor, Engine Driver
Father: Henry Baker Sr., Coachman, deceased
Mother: Elizabeth
Birthdate: c. 1875
Birthplace:

 

BRIDE:
Name: Elizabeth Weights, age 29, spinster
Father: Robert Weights, Manager
Mother: Elizabeth Pearson
Birthdate: c. 1878
Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 4 June 1904, by Banns
Place: St Andrews Parish Church (C. of E.)
Location: Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancashire, England
Priest: W. Cunliffe
Witnesses: Annie Weights, Hugh Riding & John Dimmock

 

THEIR TWO CHILDREN:
Reginald Baker Born: 20 Apr 1908 (young)
Dorothy Weights Baker Born: 14 Jul 1913 (young)

 

DEATHS:
Dorothy Weights Baker [7 yrs] Buried: 3 Feb 1921
Henry Baker Jr. [48 yrs] Buried: 3 Nov 1922
Reginald Baker [16 yrs] Buried: 9 Aug 1924
Elizabeth Baker (Mrs) [73 yrs] Died: 21 Jan 1951

 

NOTES:
1: At the time of their marriage Henry Baker lived at 37 Talbot Road, Preston, and Elizabeth Weights lived with her parents at 64 Waterloo Road, Aston.
2: All parties to the wedding signed their own names to the register.
3: Another sad case. Elizabeth Weights lost her husband and both children within a 3 year period.
4: The above information was taken from the original marriage and baptism registers from St Andrew's Church held at the Lancashire Record Office.

 


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