Ethel Baker

This is a photo of Ethel Baker (1894-1925) kindly provided by her grandson Alan.

Ethel was the twin sister of my great grandfather James Baker (1894-1976).

Baker and Anderson new photos

Many thanks to Mabel Scott (nee Baker) for letting me have copies of photos of some Baker and Anderson relatives.

The photo on the left is of my greatx2 grandfather Edward Baker (1853-?), an upholsterer by trade who lived in the Westgate area of Newcastle and was married to Margaret Irving Little in 1876.

The photo on the right is of my greatx2 grandmother Rachel Hannah Anderson (nee Hart) (1864-?), she was originally from Carlisle but moved to Monkwearmouth where she eventually met and married Alexander Anderson (1866-?). Her daughter Jane Cousins Anderson married one of Edward Baker’s sons, my great grandfather James Baker. Sitting on her knee is Kenny Young her grandson by her daughter Elizabeth.

This photo shows Edward Baker (1881-?), his wife Bartie and one of their children, possibly Nora or Ada. Edward was the oldest son of Edward Baker (1853-?) and brother to my great grandfather James Baker.

You can view more photos of the Anderson Family by clicking here, and the Baker Family is here.

You can view the Family Tree of the Baker/Anderson line by clicking here.

2 Little Boys

Do you recognize these 2 young chaps?

The photo was found by Alan Baker in the collection left by Winifred Baker (nee Hunt 1924-99).

If you’ve any idea who they are then please contact me by clicking here.

19 Planetree Avenue

The immortal No. 19 Planetree Avenue, Newcastle.
This was the home of my grandparents Stan and Winifred Baker and their children. I have distant but fond memories of this house, particularly the back garden where the grass regularly reached 10ft in height (or it seemed that way to a 3yr old).
You will come across this house in the background of many of the Baker, Hunt and Heads family photographs, in fact the picture of me on the LINKS page is taken in that back garden.

Click the link below to see a satellite map showing the location of the house.

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If you happen to have any other photos of this house then please let me know.

Carol Heads – Photos

Here are some early photos of my mother Carol Laura Heads (nee Baker) taken between 1946 and the early 1960’s.

I scanned them in from a Family Photo album put together by my late grandmother Winifred Baker (nee Hunt). In some of the photos you will also find her sister Anne Hudson (nee Baker), cousin Rona Blanchflower, grandfather William Hunt, aunt Florence Rasmussen (nee Hunt) and brother Alan Baker.

There are over 30 new photos and you can view them all by clicking here.

My grandmother’s photo album also contains many other pictures of my mother’s brothers and sister and their families which I will scan in and upload at a later date.

Fowler and Weatherhead photos

The above photos were amongst a group kindly donated by Valerie Smith. They show Julia Fowler (nee Fitzpatrick), Agnes Weatherhead (nee Fowler) and Ruby Thompson (nee Fowler).

Click the photos to view larger versions

or click here to see all the Fowler photographs

or click here to see all the Weatherhead photographs

Clarke – Photos

The attached photos were kindly provided by Jean Rodger.
They show her grandmother Elizabeth Clarke (nee Hunt) 1881-1970, her aunt Elizabeth Ward (nee Clarke) 1902-? and her mother Caroline Rodger (nee Clarke) 1903-1993.

The photo collection for Elizabeth Hunt can be found here.
The photo collection for Caroline Clarke can be found here.
The photo collection for Elizabeth Clarke can be found here.

Mary Ann Heads – Photos

These 2 photographs show my great grandmother Mary Ann Heads (nee Ridley) born 1870. They were found in the photo collection of her daughter Doris Grieves (nee Heads).

The photo collection for Mary Ann Heads can be found by clicking here

Agnes Fowler – photo identified

Thanks to Valerie Smith for identifying the young girl in this photo.

It’s Valerie’s mother Agnes Eileen Weatherhead (nee Fowler 1913-2006). The photo was taken with her mother Julia Fowler (nee Fitzpatrick) on the left.

Julia Fowler was also my great grandmother and therefore Agnes was my great aunt.

The Fowlers were originally from Newtownards-Bangor, County Down in Northern Ireland, and I believe they emigrated across to the North of England sometime towards the end of the First World War. You can click here to view a satellite map of Newtownards and Bangor.

Welcome to the website Valerie and I hope you find it interesting and entertaining, any more info you have on the Fowlers would be greatly appreciated!

Happy 95th Birthday Mary

This is a photo of Mary Peacock with her great granddaughter Georgia Heads.

It was taken today on Mary’s 95th birthday, and you are looking at an age difference of 87 years!

This photo sums up why I maintain this website.

Mary is from my wife’s side of the family, and they have yet to make an appearance on the tree. I’ll get round to it eventually!