Lily Bailey
1899–
Stapleton, Bristol, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Lily
When Lily Bailey was born in 1899, in Stapleton, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Bailey, was 30 and her mother, Florence Upton, was 26. She lived in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1901.
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Family Time Line
Joseph Bailey
1869–
Florence Upton
1873–1963
Lily Bailey
1899–
Ivy Bailey
1900–
Beatrice Bailey
1901–
Harry Bailey
1903–
Olive Bailey
1908–
Joe Bailey
1910–
Parents and Siblings
Joseph Bailey
1869–Male
1873–1963Female
siblings
(6)
1899–Female
1900–Female
Beatrice Bailey
1901–Female
Harry Bailey
1903–Male
Olive Bailey
1908–Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 5
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1908
Age 9
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1939 · Britain Enters World War II
Age 40
Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.
Name Meaning
English:1. status name for a steward or official, Middle English bail(l)i (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant’, ‘carrier’ ‘porter’). 2. topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, Middle English bail(l)y, baile ‘outer courtyard of a castle’, from Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’, a word of unknown origin. This term became a place name in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city. 3. habitational name from Bailey in Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. 4. Anglicized form of French Bailly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- Lily Bailey in household of Joe Bailey, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- Lily Bailey in household of Joseph Bailey, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
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