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Samuel & Eliza in 1881:

Address: ?, Madeley County: Staffordshire

BAILEY, Samuel Head Married M 46 1835 Gen La Betley, Staffordshire
BAILEY, Eliza Wife Married F 47 1834 Madeley, Staffordshire
BAILEY, George Son Single M 23 1858 Gen La Woore, Shropshire
BAILEY, Charles Son Single M 10 1871 Scholar Woore, Shropshire
BAILEY, William Son Single M 8 1873 Scholar Madeley, Staffordshire
BAILEY, Mary J Daughter Single F 6 1875 Scholar Madeley, Staffordshire
BAILEY, Harry Son Single M 3 1878 Madeley, Staffordshire
BAILEY, Martha Grand Daughter Single F 2 1879 Fenton Stoke, Staffordshire
BAILEY, Edwin Son Single M 4 1877 Madeley, Staffordshire


Census 1891:

Address: Onneley Lane, Madeley, Onneley, Newcastle Under Lyme
County: Staffordshire

BAILEY, Samuel Head Married M 56 1835 Game Keeper Betley, Staffordshire
BAILEY, Eliza Wife Married F 56 1835 Madeley, Staffordshire
BAILEY, Charles Son Single M 20 1871 Coal Miner Gravenhanger, Shropshire
BAILEY, William Son Single M 18 1873 Coal Miner Madeley, Staffordshire
BAILEY, Mary Jane Daughter Single F 17 1874 Madeley, Staffordshire
BAILEY, Edwin Son Single M 14 1877 Coal LabourerMadeley, Staffordshire
BAILEY, Harry Son Single M 13 1878 Coal Labourer Madeley, Staffordshire
BAILEY, Samuel Grandson M 7 1884 Scholar Madeley, Staffordshire

Death of Eliza?

Deaths Mar 1896 Bailey Eliza 60 Mt. Drayton 6a 509


Samuel in 1901:

A widowed farm worker.

Name: Samuel Bailey
Age: 66
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation: Father-in-law
Gender: Male
Where born: Betley, Staffordshire, England

Civil parish: Betley
Ecclesiastical parish: Betley St Margaret
Town: Betley
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England


Registration district: Newcastle under Lyme
Sub-registration district: Audley
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 63
Piece: 2584
Folio: 18
Page Number: 11

Household Members: Name Age
Jesse Birchall 43
Sarah Birchall 45
James Birchall 20
Martha Birchall 12
Robert Birchall 10
George Birchall 7
Henry Birchall 6
>>>Samuel Bailey 66

Samuel's death?

Name: Samuel Bailey
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1915
Age at Death: 80
Registration district: Newcastle under Lyme
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 68

Thanks for the replies re origins and subsequent locations/family of Martha Bailey. I know from her daughter's birth cert that she was a domestic servant 1n 1881 when Lucy Jane Bailey was born, with no father's details on birth cert but When Lucy Jane marries in 1900, her father's name is recorded as "Thomas Bailey" and the cert gives her place of residence at time of marriage as Wybunbury(Cheshire). I know that people tended not to be very mobile in the 1800s but a lot of families around here moved for the mining work.

Sandra, it sounds very much like the father's name of Thomas was invented for the sake of decency on the marriage certificate - very many people did that rather than admit to being illegitimate.

It's not likely (but not impossible) that her biological father had the same surname as her mother. Sounds like she may have used the first name of her step-father.

As MarieCeleste has pointed out 'Thomas Bailey' shared the same forename as Lucy's stepfather Thomas Evans.

Did he share anything else, like the same occupation of coal miner//hewer?

If so, I'd say that 'Thomas Bailey' was Lucy's stepfather Thomas Evans in all but surname...