Victoria Caroline (Baker) Truefitt (1857 - 1935)

Born 29 Mar 1857 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

Wife of James Edward Huggins — married 10 May 1880 in Camberwell, Surrey, England

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1935 at age 78 in Windlesham, Surrey, England

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Biography

Timeline

1857-03-29: Birth in Bedford, England.^[1]

1861 census: ... living with her family at the Militia Depot, Goldington Road, Bedford:

- John Baker, Head, married, age 41; Sergt Major - Out Chelsea Pensioner; born at Bungay, Suffolk

- Matilda, wife, 33, Wife of Sergt Major; born at Can. N. America

- John, son, 9, Scholar, born at sea

- George, son, 9, Scholar; born at Gosport, Hants

- Victoria, daughter, 4, Scholar; born at Bedford

- Beatrice, daughter, 2; born at Dover, Kent

- Census place: Militia Depot, Goldington Rd., Bedford, Bedfordshire^[2]

1871 census: ... living with her mother and siblings at no. 54 Priory Road, Bedford:

- Matilda Baker, Head, married, age 41, Laundress; born at St. Johns [sic], N. Brunswick, N. America

- George Frederick, son, unmarried, 18, Butcher; born at Gosport, Hamps.

- Victoria, daughter, unmarried, 14, Scholar; born at Bedford

- Beatrice, daughter, do., 10, do.; born at Dover, Kent

- Alexandra, daughter, 8, do.; born at Bedford

- Albert Wellington, son, 6, do.; do.

- Census place: No. 54 Priory Street, Bedford^[3]

1880-05-10: Marriage to James Edward Huggins at Camberwell, Surrey.^[4]

Victoria Unknown ... ^[5]

Sources

Footnotes

1. ↑ Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth, given at the General Register Office. Victoria Caroline Baker, female, born 29th March 1857 in Conduit Street, St Paul, Bedford; daughter of John Baker, Sergeant Major, Bedfordshire Militia, and Matilda Baker formerly Greenwood; informant: John Baker, father, Conduit Street, Bedford; registered 5th May 1857 in Bedford registration district. Purchased from the GRO by John Jackson (2014-08-29, application no. 5896204-1), and posted to his family tree online at Ancestry (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2017-11-11, by subscription).
2. ↑ England 1861 Census; John and Matilda Baker with children, in Bedford, Bedfordshire; original record: The National Archives, UK (Kew, Surrey), PRO ref. RG9/989, pages 23 & 24m, registration district: Bedford, sub-registration district: Bedford and Kempston, enumeration district no. 4; digital copy online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2010-08-10, by subscription).
3. ↑ England 1871 Census; Matilda Baker, married, with children, in Bedford, Bedfordshire; original record: The National Archives, UK (Kew, Surrey), PRO ref. piece 1544, folio 89, page 14, registration district: Bedford, civil parish: St. Paul; digital copy online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2012-03-24, by subscription).
4. ↑ London, England. Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921. James Edward Huggins, age 38, bachelor; O.R. Clerk, 1/13 Light Infantry; resident at Stoke near Devonport; son of John Huggins (dec’d), Colour Sergeant. Victoria Caroline Baker, age 24, spinster, resident in 5 Bonnamy Street; daughter of John Baker (dec’d), Sergeant Major. Married 10th May 1880 in Christ Church, parish of Camberwell, Surrey, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, after Banns, by James H. Hazell. Witnesses: D. Hearns[?], Sophia Baker. Original record: Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1921. London Metropolitan Archives, London. Digital images online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2017-11-10, by subscription).
5. ↑ Entered by Kairen Brooke-Anderson, Tuesday, December 24, 2013.

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