Researching Robert Baily
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The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Baily on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Baily and the Baily Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Baily Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Baily family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 654 people with the Baily surname in the UK? Baily is now ranked number 3423 for popularity in the UK. |
Baily Genealogy Databases
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Baily Forums
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Robert Baily. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Robert Baily
Robert Baily
Robert Edward Hartwell Baily CBE (6 June 1885 – 19 September 1973) was an English cricketer of Surrey and Cambridge University. A gentlemen cricketer, Baily played for Surrey and Cambridge between 1904 and 1908. He was also captain of Harrow School's First XI during his time there, as well as his own representative team: REH Baily's XI; he played for Gentlemen of England in 1905 and the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1909. Born in Limpsfield, Surrey, where his father ran a preparatory school, he died in Hereford.
His father, Edward Baily, played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Middlesex.
On leaving Cambridge, Baily joined the Sudan Political Service and served there 1909–32, including as governor of Kassala Province 1926–32.
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