Hi all
I am new to the list and would like to find out
some more information about the one ancestor of mine that emigrated to the
USA
from England. He was my g grandfather's brother.
Name : Kirby BAILEY
Born : 1865 in Brigstock, Northamptonshire, England
1881 Census England: Second Footman to Major General G.W.A. HIGGINSON,
Hannover Square London
1885 : Arrived in the USA (based on 1900 US census - in US 15 years)
1890/1 : location unknown
1900 : Living in Marquette, Michigan, Married to Lizzie ? who was born in
Ireland.
He was transcribed as age 40. (ink blot on original however)
1905 : Acquires 160 acres of homestead
1907 or 1909 naturalised (date unclear)
1910 : Still in Marquette. Age 45. Wife Elizabeth.
1920 : Same address in Marquette (911 or 919? 4th Street)Age 45 (!!)
I don't know what happened to him after 1920. From the censuses he
doesn't appear to have any children. I haven't got access to the 1930
census.
the other details came via a limited trial at a US library online.
As his name is so unusual I wonder if anyone could please find out
anymore. He is not connected to another Kirby BAILEY that I found existed
in
Mississippi.
Apologies, but I have not had to research in the USA before, only the UK.
Many thanks
Sarah Spink
West Berkshire
England