James BAILEY

                   John Bailey  was a Member of the Metropolitan police force in London.  He married Jane Miles, whose family was from Aldershot, Hants.  His son, Alfred, had in his home a framed certificate that was presented to his father, John Bailey, which commerated John's bravery and intrepidity in saving lives in a fire.

Family correspondence indicated that the home life of the John and Jane Bailey family was a happy one.  Johy James, the eldest son, was born in 1851.  Alfred Benjamin was born in 1853, and a third son, Joseph William, was born in 1863.

In March of 1866, Jane Miles Bailey died giving birth to a fourth child which was either stillborn or died shortly after birth.

In October of the year following the death of his wife, Jane, John Bailey was injured in the course of a call to "Gooch and Cousin's Warehouse".  This injury resulted in his death, leaving his three young sons bereft of mother and father.

For awhile, the boys were cared for by their mother's eldest sister, Mrs. Lucy Alcock.  The family was kept together for a while, after which, no doubt, the burden became more than Lucy Alcock could carry.

She, for some reason, decided to leave London and go to Nottingham, taking Alfred Benjamin with her.

John James, the eldest son, wrote that when his Aunt Lucy left to go to Nottingham, he remained in London in a position of some kind in Regent Street.  Being left by himself, he got into bad company, lost his job, drifted around London and tried to enlist with a group that was going to Malta.  He was unsuccessful in doing this--or in getting any kind of work--and was destitute in Soho when his Aunt Lucy heart of his predicament.  She then set herself to the task of helping John J. emigrate to Canada.  He settled down, married, and reared a large family in Ontario.  He kept closely in touch with his brother, Alfred Benjamin through the remainder of both their lives.

John J. made a habit of saving the comic sections and mailing them to Hucknall so that Alfred and his family could enjoy them.  The comics were carefully stored away in Alfreds attic, and constituted a wonderful legacy to his grandchildren.

Joseph William, the youngest son of John and Jane Bailey, was only about four years of age when his father died.  At the time his Aunt Lucy went to Nottingham, little Joe apparently placed in a police orpphanage.  Subsequently he was adopted by a Mr. Muir and was taken to Houston, Texas, U.S.A., where he eventually married and reared a large family.