Alfred John Baird (1899 - 1985)

Born 19 Sep 1899 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Thelma Maud (York) Baird — married 15 Mar 1930 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 31 Jul 1985 at age 85 in Rosebery, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Alfred John Baird was born at home, 196 Bourke Street, Sydney on 19th September, 1899.^[1] He was the son of Alfred Alexander Baird (1868-1948) and Joanna Margaret Gibson (1871-1967).

He was 30 years old and working as a clerk when he married Thelma Maud York (1905-1989), a bookkeeper from Hurlstone Park, on 15th March, 1930. The ceremony was performed by Fr. Edmund O’Donnell. in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Sydney. At the time of his marriage, Alfred was living in Kensington.^[2]

Maude Thelma York was born (Thelma Maud) in Sydney in 1905, the second youngest of six children of George Henry York, a railway officer and Alice Teresa Hardman. Maude’s father died in 1927 three years before her marriage to Alfred. Alfred and Maude had three children - all sons.

All their married lives Alfred and Maude lived at 25 Rippon Way, Rosebery. He was an accountant who managed the Railway Refreshment Rooms with their head office at Central Railway. Alfred loved his gardening, he grew beautiful dahlias and kept chickens for their eggs. A staunch catholic he was a regular church goer.

• Alfred John Baird died in August of 1985. He was 85 years old.^[3] Alfred was buried in the General Lawn Cemetery at Botany on 2nd August, 1985. (915 - No. 37)

• Thelma Maude York Baird died in June of 1989, age 84 in Sydney. She was buried on 14th June, 1989 and interred with her husband in the General Lawn Cemetery at Botany. (No. 37)

Sources

1. ↑ Birth registration of Alfred Baird (b. 1899), NSW Births Deaths and Marriages. BAIRD ALFRED J Registration number 27152/1899 Father's Given name(s) ALFRED Mother's Given name(s) MARGARET District SYDNEY
2. ↑ Marriage registration of Alfred Baird and Maude York (m. 1930), NSW Births Deaths and Marriages. Registration number 595/1930 Groom's Family Name BAIRD Groom's Given Name(s) ALFRED J Bride's Family Name(s) YORK Bride's Given Name(s) MAUDE T District SYDNEY
3. ↑ Death registration of Alfred Baird (d. 1985), NSW Births Deaths and Marriages. BAIRD ALFRED JOHN Registration number 20609/1985 Father's Given Name(s) ALFRED ALEXANDER Mother's Given Name(s) JOHANNA MARGARET District 001
4. ↑ Family Notices (1985, August 1). The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW), p. 20.

• The Story of Charles and Margaret (Rich) Gibson and their descendants, by Julianne Boundy (a great-great grandchild), 1999, Privately Printed.