Grace Hemsley

Grace Mary Hemsley 

Born: 10 August 1879, Lincoln 

Baptised: 14 September 1879, Lincoln

Father: George Thomas Hemsley (b. 1847)

Mother: Rebecca Haynes nee Haines/Haynes (b. 1849) [LDTC 1868]

Brothers: Philip Hector Hemsley (b. 1885), Godfrey Hamilton Hemsley (b. 1886)

Sisters: Gertrude Mary Hemsley (b. 1878) [LDTC 1898], Eleanor Mary Hemsley (b. 1881), Mary Dorothea Hemsley (b. 1882)

Marriage:        7 August 1909, Lincoln

Husband:         Edgar Arthur Charles Ballantyne Baker

                        b. 1884

                        Schoolmaster Secondary

Issue – 

#1 Raymond Bernard Hemsley Baker (b. 13 December 1910)

#2 Maurice Ballentine Baker (b. 1912) 

#3 Peter Ballentine Baker (b. 1914)

#4 Hugh Anthony Ballentine Baker (b. 1922) (d. 30 July 1944) 

In 1881 –

She is at 93 Bailgate, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Teacher of Music’. Her mother is listed as ‘Certificated Teacher’. Grace and her sisters, Gertrude and Eleanor, are unlisted. A boarder, Fanny Kellett (b. 1868), is unlisted. There is a servant, Mary Price (b. 1862).

In 1891 –

She is at St Leonards Lane, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Cathedral Day Vicar Teacher of Music’. Grace, her mother and her siblings (Gertrude, Mary, Philip and Godfrey) are unlisted. There is a servant, Sarah A Greaves (b. 1877). 

In 10/98 – 

PT at S. Peter-in-Eastgate, Lincoln.

In 10/00 – 

Appointed to Hastings Board, Assistant.

In 1901 –

She is at 55 Mount Pleasant Road, St Helen’s, Hastings. She is listed as ‘School Mistress’. Her sister, Gertrude, is also listed as ‘School Mistress’.

In 10/04 – 

Address is 55 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings.

In 10/09 – 

Marries Edgar Baker on 07.08.09 in Lincoln.

In 1911 – 

She is at 77 Sandford Grove Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Secondary Schoolmaster’. Grace and her son, Raymond, are unlisted. There is a servant, Clara L Green (b. 1894).

In 1921 – 

She is at 45 Brookfoot Lane, Southowram. Her husband is listed as ‘School Master’. Grace and her children, Raymond, Maurice and Peter, are unlisted.

In 1926 – 

On board the Patuca with her son, Hugh, in 1st class to Jamaica. 

d.         10 March 1964, Jamaica