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I am looking for information about the Piano Fore factory and in particular the Bailey family.

Where?

The factory was in Hammersmith, Sheppard's Bush area. The Baileys moved around that area and I believe some still live in the area.

The factory was called Cadby Hall and this link tells you all about it, but if your ancestor was an employee you might not find much about him personally.

http://www.kzwp.com/lyons/cadbyhall.htm

do you wish to give us a name and relevant date to see if we can help you?

His name is Thomas Tate Bailey (21)
1861 Pianoforte maker
living at 43 George St, Pancras

1818 Pianoforte Forman (40)
living 9 York Rd, Hammersmith
His Son and my GF1 Alfred John Bailey was also a pianoforte maker, I can provide many other family that work there

The Baileys came from Berkshire

Brian what is it you want to know?

There are various possible sites if you google 'PianoForte factory, Hammersmith', but probably not of much help if there is something specific you want to know about the Bailey family.

Just for ref

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
9, York Road, Hammersmith, Fulham, London, England

Thomas T Bailey Head Married Male 40 1841 Foreman In Pianoforte Works Chearsley, Buckinghamshire, England
Charlot Bailey Wife Married Female 39 1842 - St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Louise Bailey Daughter Single Female 21 1860 - St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Thomas W Bailey Son Single Male 19 1862 - St Pancras, Middlesex, England Alfred J Bailey Son Single Male 17 1864 - St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Charles F Bailey Son Single Male 15 1866 - St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Edward W G Bailey Son Single Male 12 1869 - Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Arthur J Bailey Son Single Male 9 1872 - Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
George E Bailey Son Single Male 7 1874 - Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
Walter J Bailey Son Single Male 4 1877 - Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
William T Bailey Son Single Male 2 1879 - Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
Alfred Kemmish Lodger Single Male 22 1859 Pianoforte Small Works Maker Walworth, Surrey, England

Name Thomas Tate Bailey
Event Type Census
Event Date 1911
County London
Parish Hammersmith
Sub-District South Hammersmith
Registration District Fulham
Gender Male
Age 0
Birthplace Hammermsith
Record Type Household

Thomas Tate Bailey

mentioned in the record of Arthur James Bailey and Agnes Gore

Name Thomas Tate Bailey
Gender Male
Son Arthur James Bailey



Name Arthur James Bailey
Birth Date 1871
Age 23
Spouse's Name Agnes Gore
Spouse's Birth Date 1873
Spouse's Age 21
Event Date 25 Dec 1894
Event Place Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
Father's Name Thomas Tate Bailey
Spouse's Father's Name John Gore

Thomas Tate Bailey

England, London Electoral Registers

Name Thomas Tate Bailey
Event Type Other
Event Date 1891
Event Place Borough of Hammersmith, London, England

Arthur J Bailey

England and Wales Census, 1881

Name Arthur J Bailey
Event Type Census
Event Date 1881
Event Place Hammersmith, London,Middlesex, England
Registration District Fulham
Residence Note York Rd
Gender Male
Age 9
Marital Status (Original) Single
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Birth Year (Estimated) 1872
Birthplace Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
Page Number 42
Registration Number RG11
Piece/Folio 57/56
Affiliate Record Type Household


Thomas T Bailey Head M 40 Chearsley, Buckinghamshire, England
Charlot Bailey Wife F 39 St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Louise Bailey Daughter F 21 St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Thomas W Bailey Son M 19 St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Alfred J Bailey Son M 17 St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Charles F Bailey Son M 15 St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Edward W G Bailey Son M 12 Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Arthur J Bailey Son M 9 Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
George E Bailey Son M 7 Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
Walter J Bailey Son M 4 Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
William T Bailey Son M 2 Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
Alfred Kemmish Lodger M 22 Walworth, Surrey, England

Brian

have you tried googling for Pianoforte factories in Hammersmith?

You might also want to extend that search to elsewhere in London, as the family just might not have lived in the immediate neighbourhood of where they lived.

That's all that any of us would do!!

You MIGHT be lucky and find a link to a site that has the history of the factory, including a list of important workers there.

As I say, that's all that any of us would be able to do!

Thank you I have been googling the wrong thing. I was looking at Pianoforte London. I live in Sydney Australia and I have no knowledge of the area. I know that family members lived in the area of the factory and that some still do. My grandfather left London in January 1912 but he must have kept in touch with his family. I did not have much to do with my grandfather as he lived in South Australia and we lived in Sydney. What I was hoping
was to find family who may have been on here as except for a couple of relatives that I have found who live in Acton I have no idea were they have gone.

Brian ......

To find out if any members have your family members in their trees, you have to search the trees for them.

It is extremely unlikely that any such person will see your post ............. I once estimated that less than 1% of the members even knew about the Boards, and that might have been a high estimate!!

To search ............

Go to Search in the top right hand of your screen

Hold your mouse over it and a drop down box appears.

Click on Search All Member Trees

Enter a name in the box, and any other information asked for that might help, and click Submit

If that name occurs in any trees, a list of them will occur

You then have to send a message to each individual tree owner ...... but PLEASE do not just use the automatic "Open Your Tree" message that GR suggests. Most of us do not respond to those messages.

Explain briefly why you are contacting them

Then wait for a reply ................. keep checking in your Sent Messages to see if the message has been opened

If there is a green envelope to the left of the name, the message has not been opened

If there is no envelope, the message has been opened.


But do be aware that you might not get any reply, or not for a long time!

GR does not delete any member trees or posts unless they themselves do it, or someone who knows their password and access information does it for them. So there are a lot of trees belonging to dead, disabled, no longer interested folk, or to people who have changed their home email addresses but not notified GR.


Good luck