John James BAILEY

                   In October of the year following the death of his mother Jane, his father  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 James 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.

Reared family in Canada and died in Hamilton, Ontario.

He wrote a letter to his brother, Joseph, in 1902, telling him about his birth parents, since Joseph was adopted into a Houston family in Texas when he was a small child.  Letter will be listed in "Individual Sources."