Birth: 13 June 1905 60 Beltran Road, Fulham, London, UK
Father: George Baker 1869-1956
Mother: Sarah Ann Martin 1868-1928
Christening: 12 July 1905 St Matthew, Fulham, London, UK
Marriage: 2 July 1928 St Andrew, Wells Street, Marylebone, London, UK
Husband: Joseph Arthur Tyrrell 1905-1941
Marriage: October-December 1947 Harrow, Middlesex, UK
Husband: Frank Gurling 1902-1968
Death: 1 January 2000 Farnham, Surrey, UK
Burial: 17 January 2000, St John the Evangelist, Churt, Surrey, UK
By Joseph
Martin Tyrrell 1934-a1958
Birth of Sylvia Kathleen Baker in FreeBMD in July-September 1905 in Fulham (1A 344).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1916 for Sylvia Kathleen Baker baptised on 12 July 1905 at Fulham St Matthew, Hammersmith and Fulham, parents George and Annie Baker. "Page 115 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Mathews Fulham in the County of London in the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Five [...] 1905 July 12 No. 916 Sylvia Kathleen [parents] George, [a] Carriage Maker, and Annie Baker [of] 60 Beltran Rd".
In the 1911 census as Sylvia Baker aged 5, born in Fulham, SW, and living with her parents (George and Sarah Ann), and two brothers (Bernard and George) in four rooms at 60 Beltran Road, Fulham S W, London.
In the 1921 census as Sylvia Kathleen Baker born in Fulham, London in 1905 and living with George and Sarah Ann (parents?), and two others in Fulham, London, Middlesex.
Entry in Ancestry All London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 for the banns of Sylvia Kathleen Baker and Joseph Arthur Tyrrell on 1 July 1928 at Saint Matthew, Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham. "Page [blank] The Year 19 [blank] [...] No. 37 Banns of Marriage between Joseph Arthur Tyrrell of St Andrews, Marylebone and Sylvia Kathleen Baker of this Parish Were published, as follows: 1st, on Sunday June 17th [...] 2d, on Sunday June 24th [...] 3d, on Sunday July 1st".
Marriage of Sylvia K Baker and Joseph A Tyrrell in FreeBMD in July-September 1928 in Marylebone (1A 1587).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1931 for the marriage of Sylvia Kathleen Baker, father George Baker, and Joseph Arthur Tyrrell on 2 July 1928 at St Andrew, St Marylebone, Westminster. "Page 173 1928 Marriage solemnized at St Andrews Church Wells Street in the Parish of St. Marylebone in the County of London. [No.] 345 July 2 1928 Joseph Arthur Tyrrell [aged] 23, [a] Bachelor [and] Clerk [of] S Andrew Church House Wells Street W1, [father] Alfred Thomas Tyrrell, [a] Civil Servant, [and] Sylvia Kathleen Baker [aged] 23, [a] Spinster [and] Civil Servant of 60 Beltran Road SW6, father George Baker, [a] Builder. Married in the church of St Andrew according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Alfred Thomas Tyrrell and Bernard Baker".
Her son was born in London City in 1934.
There are nine entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Sylvia Kathleen Tyrrell address 26 Cranleigh Gardens, Kenton, Wembley, Harrow in 1929 to 1939, other occupant Joseph Arthur Tyrrell (husband?) and another family in 1930.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Sylvia K (no surname on original but Gurling added) born 13 June 1905, married, and living with Joseph A Tyrrell (husband?) and one other (son?) at 26 Cranleigh Gardens, Wembley, Middlesex.
Her husband died on 18 August 1941 at at Redhill County Hospital, Edgeware, Middlesex, and left effects of £976 10s 6d to Sylvia Kathleen Tyrell (sic) widow.
Marriage of Sylvia K Tyrrell and Frank Gurling in FreeBMD in October-December 1947 in Harrow, Middlesex (5F 964).
There are three entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Sylvia K Tyrrell address 26 Cranleigh Gardens, Kenton, Wembley, in 1946 to 1948, other occupants another family in 1946 and 1947, Frank G Gurling (future huband?) in 1948, and George F Baker (brother?) in 1948, and twelve entries for Sylvia K Gurling address 26 Cranleigh Gardens, Kenton, Wembley from 1949 to 1961, other occupants Frank G Gurling (huband?), George F Baker (brother?) to 1951, and Martin Tyrrell (son?) from 1956 to 1958.
Entry in Ancestry British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 for Mrs Sylvia K Gurling appointed June 1954 as a typist in LTR NW Area.
Her husband died in SW Surrey in 1968.
Entry in People Trace UK for Sylvia Gurling - St Helier, Sandy Lane, Rushmoor, Farnham GU10 2EU, and another for Sylvia K Gurling - Tilford Park Nursing Home, Grange Road, Tilford, Farnham GU10 2DG from 1994 to 1999.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Sylvia Kathleen Gurling, born on 13 June 1905, in West Surrey (C8B 7611C 180) in January 2000.
Entry in Ancestry England and Wales, Death Index, 2007-2017 for MS Sylvia K Gurling died 1 January 2000 in Farnham, Surrey GU10.
There is an entry in Bakers of Headley for Sylvia Baker born in 1907 and daughter of George Baker and Sarah Ann Martin.
Susan F Belsey has an entry for Sylvia Baker born on 13 June 1907, parents George Baker and Sarah Ann Martin, worked in Churt Post Office with her mother, her marriage to Joseph Archur (sic) Tyrrell and to Frank Gurling, a son Martin Gurling (sic - I assume this is Martin Tyrrell), and her death on 17 January 2000 and burial in Churt churchyard.
There are twelve entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Sylvia Kathleen Baker.
Sylvia Kathleen Baker was my half third cousin once removed.
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