Job Bailey

  General Notes:

September quarter
All Saints Churchyard
According to Florence Middleton (who worked for his son) Job and Charlot te Bailey acquired the Plough Farm when it was split from the Pub, and far med it until Job died in 1927.
Job's tombstone gives his age in 1927 as 82, which suggests a Birth Date c 1845. This is at variance with the age given in the 1891 census, but is ro ughly in line with the age given in the 1881 census.

1851 Census HO107/2352 Saxton cum Scarthingwell: Nicholas Simpson 39 farm er of 122 acres employing 3 labourers, Joseph Bailey 40, brother-in-law, f armer's labourer, 1861, Elizabeth Bailey 36 sister, labourer's wife, Nicho las Bailey nephew 11, Charles Bailey 9, nephew, Job Bailey 6, nephew, Jose ph Greenwood, servant 26, farmer's labourer - born in Saxton, Thomas Mas on servant 19, farmer's labourer born in Wighill

1861 Census RG9/3538 Saxton : Nicholas Simpson 50, farmer of 120 acres emp loying 4 labourers, born in Saxton, Thomas Mason 26 nephew, servant, bo rn in Wighill, Nicholas Bailey, servant 22, Charles Bailey 20, servant, J ob Bailey 16 servant (nephews), Joseph Bailey 45, head, lodger (brother-in -law), teazle dealer, Elizabeth Bailey, lodger (sister) 51 employed in tak ing charge of my brother's house - born in Saxton

1871 Census RG10/4741 Saxton : Joseph Bailey 63, farmer of 120 acres, Eliz abeth 57, Nicholas 31, Job 26, butcher, John Bailey, servant 19, Alice Mid dleton 15 servant - born in Saxton

1881 Census RG11/4714 Saxton : Crooked Billet, Job Bailey 31, butcher a nd innkeeper, Charlotte 13, Joseph Thomas 6 months, Alice Lawn sister-in-l aw 14, Thomas Lawn, brother-in-law 12 - born in Saxton

1891 Census RG12/3882 Saxton : Job Bailey 45, farmer, Charlotte 34, Jose ph T. 10, James 9, Job 5, John R. 3, Albert 1 - born in Saxton, William B raithwaite, servant 20, born in Barwick-in-Elmet, John W. Thorp 16 serva nt born in Newthorp

1901 Census RG13/4434 Saxton : Job Bailey 56, farmer, Charlotte 43, Jose ph Thomas 20, James 18, Job Christopher 15, John Robert 13, Albert 11, Sim pson 9, Charlotte Ann 6 - born in Saxton, Charles Fountain 26 horsem an on farm, born in Acaster Malbis, Louisa Birdsall, 16, servant

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism: Saxton-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, England, 23 Feb 1845.

• Occupation: Butcher 1878, Innkeeper, Farmer 1886 until death.

Job married Charlotte Lawn, daughter of Thomas Lawn and Jane Johnson, on 17 Dec 1878 in Saxton In Elmet, West Yorkshire England. (Charlotte Lawn was born in 1857 in Saxton In Elmet, West Yorkshire England, died on 10 Jan 1938 in Saxton In Elmet, West Yorkshire England and was buried in Jan 1938 in Saxton In Elmet, West Yorkshire England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Witness Rachel Lawn, address at marriage of Charlotte - Lead