The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameAmelia Harriett Vernon Westlake
Birth5 Dec 1875, Boyton, Cornwall, England
Death19 Nov 1944, Cornwall, England
BurialEgloshayle Cemetery, Wadebridge, Cornwall, England
OccupationGeneral Shopkeeper in 1939
FatherJohn Westlake (1847-1922)
MotherAmelia Walters (ca1851-1928)
Misc. Notes
Name and initial of second given name, estimated year of birth, from the 1881 England Census taken on the night of 3 April 1881 for the Civil Parish of St Giles on the Heath, Devon, England, found in March 2023:
Address: Tetcott
John Westlake, Head, Married, age 34, Stone Mason, born St Giles in the Heath [Born circa 1847]
Amelia Westlake, Wife, Married, age 31, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1850]
Walter W Westlake, Son, age 8, Scholar, born Boyton Cornwall [Born circa 1873]
John Westlake, Son, age 6, Scholar, born Boyton Cornwall [Born circa 1875]
Amelia H Westlake, Daughter, age 5, Scholar, born Boyton Cornwall [Born circa 1876]
Mary L Westlake, Daughter, age 7 months, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa September 1880]
Ann Walters, Daughter-in-law, age 11, Scholar, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1870]

Entry in the 1891 England Census taken on the night of 5 April 1891 for the Civil Parish of Hamlet of St Thomas in the Borough of Launceston, England, found in March 2023:
Address: Dartmoor Terrace
John Westlake, Head, Married, age 44, Mason, born St Giles in the Heath [Born circa 1847]
Amelia Westlake, Wife, Married, age 41, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1850]
Walter Wm Westlake, Son, Single, age 18, Mason, born Boyton Cornwall [Born circa 1873]
Amelia Westlake, Single, age 16, General Servant, born Boyton Cornwall [Born circa 1875]
Elizabeth Ann Westlake, Daughter, age 6, Scholar, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1885]
Freddy Westlake, Son, age 2, Scholar, born St Giles in the Heath [Born circa 1889]
Ethel Westlake, Daughter, age 5 months, born Launceston Cornwall [Born circa November 1890]
Thomas Avery, Lodger, Single, age 24, Navvy [Railway buiding?], born Delabole, Cornwall, England
Francis Brown, Lodger, Single, age 23, Navvy [Railway buiding?], born Delabole, Cornwall, England
William Hoskin, Lodger, Single, age 23, Navvy [Railway buiding?], born Delabole, Cornwall, England

Second given name, initial for third given name, month/year of marriage, name of husband, from the England and Wales Marriage records found in March 2023:
Groom: Henry Baker
Bride: Amelia Harriet V Westlake
Registration Year: Oct-Nov-Dec 1894
Registration District: Bodmin, Cornwall
Other Names: David Curtice, Elizabeth O'Dogherty

Entry in the 1901 England Census taken on the night of 31 March 1901 for the Civil Parish of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England, referred to by Katia, wife of Tim Grant Oliver, in an email dated 6 March 2023.
(Tim Oliver is a x3 great grandson of James and Ruth Oliver, his grandfather being Ivor James Clark Oliver 1907-1989):
Address: Trenant Vale, Wadebridge, Cornwall
Henry Baker, Head, Married, age 28, Wallmason, Worker, born Ashwater, Devon [Born circa 1873]
Amelia Baker, Wife, Married, age 26, born Boyton Cornwall [Born circa 1875]
Ethel Baker, Daughter, age 9, born Launceston Cornwall [Born circa 1892]

Third given name, date of birth, date of death, place of burial, photo of headstone, from Find a Grave found in March 2023:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152663695/amelia-harriet_vernon-baker
Name: Amelia Harriet Vernon Baker
Birth Date: 5 Dec 1875
Birth Place: Northcott, Torridge District, Devon, England
Death Date: 19 Nov 1944
Death Place: Cornwall, England
Cemetery: Egloshayle Cemetery, Wadebridge, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England
Husband: Henry R Baker (1872-1955), married 1894
Father: John Westlake
Mother: Amelia Westlake
Note: Amelia & Henry had 1 daughter Ethel

Date of birth confirmed, occupation, from an image of the 1939 England and Wales Register for Wadebrige, Cornwall referred to by Katia, wife of Tim Grant Oliver, in an email dated 6 March 2023:
Baker Henry R, Male, born 22 September 1871, Married, Wallmason
Baker Amelia H V, Female, born 5 December 1895, Married, General Shopkeeper
The 1939 Register was collected by enumerators on the 29 September 1939 shortly after Britain declared war. The Register was a critical tool in coordinating the war effort and used to issue identity cards and organise ration books.
Spouses
Birth22 Sep 1871, Ashwater, Devon, England
OccupationWallmason in 1901 and 1939
Marriageca Nov 1894, Cornwall, England
ChildrenEthel (ca1892-)
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