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Hi Mary,
Few snippets for you but no connection to Thornbury however.
On 1841 Stephen's age is 16 which puts his approx birth in 1825. 1851 shows him in 1851 as 28 and the American census in 1860 shows him as 30!
His siblings in 1841 are as you have shown.
Stephen married Emma Carter in 1847 at st Mar'y's church Bitton after his father died in 1843. William was a seedsman/gardener in Barton Hill Bristol on earlier directory and no evidence of him living anywhere else. Stephen's marriage cert shows father's occupation as an accountant.

So William Baker is ag/labourer in 1841 as is Stephen.
William died 1843 Stephen marries and his dad becomes an accountant.
Does it say father deceased on marriage cert.

Maryb

Doesn't say deceased but I have William's correct death certificate in 1843. Family lore is that William was a quaker and accountant in America and came home. I have some information from Quaker meetings that he may have gone bankcrupt in Philadelphia. I think he probably ran his own business as a gardener/seedsman and Stephen may have 'upgraded' him and didn't state he was deceased. The only sibling I found on later census was Louisa married to George Leonard and Stephen had his cousin as a witness and someone else wth the name of Clarke.