FAMILY HISTORY: MORTON
THE MARRIAGE OF HENRY & ELIZABETH BAKER:
| GROOM: | |
| Name: Henry Baker Jr., age 32, bachelor, Engine Driver | |
| Father: Henry Baker Sr., Coachman, deceased | |
| Mother: Elizabeth | |
| Birthdate: c. 1875 | |
| Birthplace: | |
| BRIDE: | |
| Name: Elizabeth Weights, age 29, spinster | |
| Father: Robert Weights, Manager | |
| Mother: Elizabeth Pearson | |
| Birthdate: c. 1878 | |
| Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England | |
| THEIR WEDDING: | |
| Date: 4 June 1904, by Banns | |
| Place: St Andrews Parish Church (C. of E.) | |
| Location: Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancashire, England | |
| Priest: W. Cunliffe | |
| Witnesses: Annie Weights, Hugh Riding & John Dimmock | |
| THEIR TWO CHILDREN: | ||||||||
| Reginald Baker | Born: | 20 | Apr | 1908 | (young) | |||
| Dorothy Weights Baker | Born: | 14 | Jul | 1913 | (young) | |||
| DEATHS: | ||||||||
| Dorothy Weights Baker | [7 yrs] | Buried: | 3 | Feb | 1921 | |||
| Henry Baker Jr. | [48 yrs] | Buried: | 3 | Nov | 1922 | |||
| Reginald Baker | [16 yrs] | Buried: | 9 | Aug | 1924 | |||
| Elizabeth Baker (Mrs) | [73 yrs] | Died: | 21 | Jan | 1951 | |||
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | At the time of their marriage Henry Baker lived at 37 Talbot Road, Preston, and Elizabeth Weights lived with her parents at 64 Waterloo Road, Aston. |
| 2: | All parties to the wedding signed their own names to the register. |
| 3: | Another sad case. Elizabeth Weights lost her husband and both children within a 3 year period. |
| 4: | The above information was taken from the original marriage and baptism registers from St Andrew's Church held at the Lancashire Record Office. |