by Peter Bloomfield |
NLR Service |
Transferred from Engr’s Dept, having been a platelayer for three years. Age 25. Appt 25 May 1888. [RAIL 529/134/691 Folio 237.] |
Watchman, Devons Road. Pay 21s. Transferred from Engr’s Dept. [RAIL 529/54 4 Jul 1888, Loco Com Min 6994.] |
Watchman, Devons Road. Pay 21s. Dismissed. [RAIL 529/54 1 Aug 1888, Loco Com Min 7033.] |
‘Conduct Sheet’ |
Dismissed for putting a woman into an empty train at Devons Road Sidings at 12.45 am. The said train having been loaned to LNW was taken to Lichfield with the woman in it, but Baish managed to get out before the train had left the NL Line. 21 Jul 1888. |
Comment |
In other words, his career with the Traffic Dept lasted less than two months and with the NLR a little over three years. |
BMD |
Name a derivation of Old English/German for someone living by a stream. [For full details see www.surnamedb.com ] |
Birth James Baish about 1863 in Tilshead, Wiltshire. [1871 Census.] Would he have been registered as James Bash – Birth Jun qtr 1863, James Bash, [GRO. Amesbury, 5a, 171.] Tilshead was within the area covered by Amesbury. Having spent eight months in a wooden hutted camp in Tilshead in 1951 I can confirm that it is within easy walking distance of Amesbury, well it was for a fit 19 year old soldier! |
Birth Dec qtr 1865, Sarah Ann Raphael. [GRO. St. Geo. East, 1c, 429.] |
Married 29 Aug 1896 in St Mark’s Church, Bow: |
James Baish, aged 33, widower, platelayer, of 154 Usher Road, father James, gardener; and |
Sarah Ann Raphael, aged 30, spinster, of 159 Usher Road, father Morris, deceased, tailor. |
[LMA, Saint Mark, Victoria Park, Register of marriages, P88/MRK, Item 036.][GRO. Poplar, 1c, 1060.] |
Death Mar qtr 1903, James Baish, 40. [GRO. Croydon, 2a, 137.] What was he doing in Croydon? Search period Mar 1901-Jun 1911 produced three people. The other two were aged 73 Mar qtr 1902* and 83 Jun qtr 1904, both Devizes. *The person referred to in Probate Register for 1902, page 101? |
Death Dec qtr 1924, Sarah A Baish, 59, [GRO. Poplar, 1c, 402.] |
Census | |||||||
Name | Relationship | Status | M/F | Age | YOB±1 | Occupation | Born |
1871 Census [RG 10/1910, Folio 61, Page 10.] | |||||||
Registration district: Devizes Parish: West Lavington Address: Middle Farm | |||||||
James Baish | Head | Married | M | 31 | 1840 | Carter | West Lavington |
Mahelah Baish | Wife | Married | F | 34 | 1837 | West Lavington | |
George Baish | Son | Single | M | 11 | 1860 | Ag Lab | West Lavington |
James Baish | Son | Single | M | 8 | 1863 | Scholar | Tilshead |
Eliza Baish | Daughter | Single | F | 4 | 1867 | Scholar | West Lavington |
1881 Census [RG 11/2042, Folio 30, Page 9.] | |||||||
Registration district: Devizes Parish: Little Cheverell | |||||||
James Baish | Head | Married | M | 43 | 1838 | Ag Lab | West Lavington |
Melia Baish | Wife | Married | F | 43 | 1838 | West Lavington | |
George Baish | Son | Single | M | 21 | 1860 | Ag Lab | West Lavington |
Eliza Baish | Daughter | Single | F | 14 | 1867 | West Lavington | |
James Baish worked on the NLR as a platelayer from 1885 until May 1888 when he transferred to the Traffic Department. He only lasted a few weeks, being dismissed on 21 Jul 1888. | |||||||
1891 Census [RG 12/1047, Folio 120, Page 31.] | |||||||
Registration district: Hendon Parish: Willesden Address: Denmark Road | |||||||
James Baish | Head | Single | M | 28 | 1863 | Railway Platelayer – on which railway LNWR, NSWJR, or even NLR? | Lavington |
1901 Census [RG 13/340, Folio 41, Page 18.] | |||||||
Registration district: Poplar Parish: Bow or Stratford-Le-Bow, Address: Norman Road | |||||||
James Baish | Head | Married | M | 38 | 1863 | Labourer Builders | West Lavington |
Sarah Baish | Wife | Married | F | 36 | 1865 | West Lavington | |
William F Baish | Son | Single | M | 18 | 1883 | Labourer Builders | St George’s |
Susan C Baish | Mother | Widow | F | 72 | 1829 | St George’s | |
Eliza F Baish | Daughter | F | 1 | 1900 | Bow | ||
1911 Census [RG 14/1682, RG 78/59, RD22, SD2, ED5, SN143.] | |||||||
Registration district: Poplar Address: 28 Donald St Bromley By Bow | |||||||
Sarah Baish | Head | Widow | F | 45 | 1866 | St George Parish East | |
Eliza Baish | F | 12 | 1899 | St George Parish East | |||
Florence Baish | F | 10 | 1901 | Old Ford | |||
Alice Baish | F | 8 | 1903 | Old Ford |