DORIS BAKER

information from Cathy Setterfield

DORIS BAKER 1911 -

Doris was the eleventh child of Charles Baker and Margaret Ann Jones, she was born 24th August 1911 at Senghenydd.  Doris was 3 when her youngest sister Alice was born, 3 days after that her father and eldest brother Charles were both killed in the Senghenydd Colliery explosion. Following the newspaper coverage of the disaster and the situation of her family, offers of adoption were received. Doris' mother in desperation allowed her to be adopted.

Doris had a son Peter, who visited his grandmother's house for a holiday.

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