Mr George Bailey was born in Lambeth, London, England in 1868 and he was baptised in St Barnabas' Church in Kennington, Surrey on 19 February 1871.
He was the son of Edward Bailey (b. 1836), a carman 1 and Emily Hiscock (b. 1832), natives of Chertsey, Surrey and Ringwood, Hampshire respectively who had married in London in 1858.
He had three known siblings: Emily (1859-1939), Agnes Jemima (1861-1941) and James (b. 1870).
He first appears on the 1871 census when he was a resident of Thorne Street in Lambeth; by 1881 the family address was 28 Cavendish Grove and a 14-year-old George had already left school and was working as an errand boy. What became of his parents is not certain but by the time of the 1891 census he and his younger brother James were living with their married sister Agnes (Mrs William Henry Herns),2 the wife of a butcher, at 57 Wellington Road, Lambeth; George was then described as a grocer's assistant. By 1901 Bailey and his brother James, a grocery clerk, were still living with Agnes and he was still a grocer's assistant; their address then was 60 Jasman (?) Road, Lambeth.
When Bailey first went to sea is not known; he was aboard Titanic for her delivery trip from Belfast to Southampton and when he signed on for the maiden voyage on 4 April 1912 he gave his previous ship as the Olympic; as a first class saloon steward he could expect monthly wages of £3, 15s. He specified his address as Brooklands on Green Lane in Shepperton, Middlesex and which was the home address of his married sister Emily Catling who lived with her husband William Catling (b. 1847), a brick maker originally from Brentwood, Essex.3
George Bailey died in the sinking and his body was later recovered by the Mackay-Bennett (#161) and was buried at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia on 8 May 1912.
NO. 161. - MALE. - ESTIMATED AGE, 40. - HAIR, DARK.
CLOTHING - Rain coat over ship's uniform.
NO MARKS ON BODY.
SECOND CLASS STEWARD No. 5.
NAME - C. F. BAILLEY.
© Bill Fowler,Canada
His sister Emily continued to live at Brooklands for the rest of her life; never having had any children, she was widowed in 1929 and died on 9 April 1939. His sister Agnes died in Battersea on 3 November 1941 but what became of his brother James is not certain.
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I find the titanic soooooo intresting !! it is amazing and its my topic at school i love history easpisally this THE TITANIC TERORR!!! :)
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There appears to be a George Bailey and George W Bailey. George W Bailey spent his last night before joining Titanic at a house in Woolston, three doors away from a house I used to own. Hence my fascination, Brooke Road, now Poole Road. I cant find a trace on him myself and wonder if anybody else can! Is this a mysterious person or somebody that didn't actually join the ship, any ideas ...
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Hi Dianne, I found this page mentioning a Mr. George W Bailey aboard Titanic and it gives his occupation as fireman
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Thank you Kate, I am fairly certain that George W Bailey is the man I am currently researching! I was pretty concerned when George F Bailey came along! I've read the profile for George Frank Bailey but I am fairly sure he is another person! Just for interest, the remains of George W Bailey are interred at Fairlawn Cemetery in Canada .... getting more complicated by the minute! Thank you
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Let me help confuse you even more...:p. Actually maybe this will help some from what I found. 1. George W Bailey and George Frank Bailey have the same identical bio's. Same B-Days and there was only one Bailey in the engineering crew. They are the same person IMO. I believe the confusion came from the crew list of the U.S. Senate inquiry. Link below. I think they mis-scribed his name. 2. They also seem to have mis-scribed the name of the ships Master at Arms Mr. Henry Joseph Bailey also giving an initial of W. (also in link below) 3. George Bailey, (no middle name) the steward is the one buried in Fairview. 4. There were four people with the last name Bailey on Titanic. 3 crewman and one 2nd class passenger. Only one survived..the ships master at arms.
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Good morning all and thank you to the posters who have tried to help me :) I have gone back to the crew list produced by Southampton Council. I am researching George W Bailey, who was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, he was a fireman and did not survive the titanic! I will probably get his birth certificate and see what that reveals!
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You're very welcome Dianne. The similar names makes this quite confusing. I wish you all the best with your search for information on George W Bailey.
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One confusing aspect about the George Baileys is that the marker for body 161 in Fairview shows "G.F. Bailey", but is identified as being the remains of George Bailey (Saloon Steward).
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Yes that is confusing. I think someone made the headstone name wrong. G,F Bailey's body was never recovered. Also who ever made the headstone misspelled his name. There was no BAILLEY listed on Titanic. I wonder how the DNA project is going there...if it still is.
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