Patricia Baer 1931-1973
1931. Patricia A Baer was born to Gerald O Baer & Dorothy Hecht on 10/7/1931 at 67 Eton Avenue, Hampstead, her father a General merchant -Hampstead Sep 1931
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Patricia with her mother, and in a chair 1931
1935. Jean M Baer was born to Gerald O Baer & Dorothy Hecht Hampstead Dec 1935
1939 Register. Patricia A Baer, born 10/7/1931, was living Eridor Manor Road, Torquay with her mother & sister Jean &, likely, her aunt, Doris L Baer, by marriage
Jean (M) | Standen (Baer,Levy) | 28 Oct 1935 | Female | - | Single | 46 | 7 |
Patricia (A) | Armitage (Baer) | 10 Jul 1931 | Female | At School | Single | 46 | 6 |
Anne | Jones | 06 May 1907 | Female | Nurse (Children's) | Single | 46 | 1 |
Dorothy | Imper | 02 Aug 1894 | Female | Nurse (Children's) | Single | 46 | 2 |
Annie F | Inskip | 19 Oct 1910 | Female | Domestic Servant | Single | 46 | 3 |
Doris L | Baer | 05 May 1904 | Female | Unpaid Domestic Duties | Married | 46 | 4 |
Dorothy H | Baer | 31 Dec 1911 | Female | Unpaid Domestic Duties | Married | 46 | 5 |
1940. Patricia Baer, 8, travelled from Liverpool on 29/6/1940 to New York, aboard the Sumaria with her mother & sister . Her address in England had been 165 Bickemhall Mansions, W1
1944. Dorothy Ray Hecht Baer, 32, arrived in Liverpool with Patricia, 12, & Jean Marion 8, from N.Y. on 27/6/1944 - Ancestry shipping records
I believe my mum , her sister and mother spent war years in San Francisco. . One of the ships in their convoy was torpedoed on way over. I heard they were worried about being interned because of their German ancestry and/or believed they’d be safer in the US.
In answer to your question not sure of exact dates but my mum , plus sister Jean, did go to boarding school after the war I believe . It was a London School evacuated to Devon -Sydenham House, Lewdown, Devon, not far from Tavistock. It had been the London school Glendower School, Brompton Road. Sydenham was a very happy, small school with local children and some Londoners- info gleaned from Carolyn's godmother, Jean Olsen, also at the school, now ~91, living Copenhagen . But Wikapedia states that the Second World War forced an evacuation of the Glendower School to the White Hart Hotel in Launceston, Devon.
1948. Patricia Baer, of jewish parentage, was baptised in Marystowe parish church on 19/5/1948 and confirmed 4 days later . She was then almost 17 . Marystow~ 10 k E of Launceston : ~15 k NNW of Tavistock
~1949- 1954. Patricia Baer worked as a medical secretary in London before moving to Yorkshire when she married my father.
1953. The engagement of Patricia Baer to George Cooke Armitage was announced in The Yorkshire Post on 20/11/1953- FMP Newspapers
"My parents met at a wedding in London and I remember hearing there was a bit of reaction to Dad marrying someone who was Jewish by blood (and with German American ancestry I imagine). Yorkshire would have been pretty bleak in the 50s I imagine. Funny those family comments. We were brought up C of E and Mum adopted that - though we were never that regular church goers!" - Carolyn
1954. Patricia Baer, 22, married George C Armitage , 24, brickmaker, on 10/6/1954 in Holy Trinity Church, Brompton . His address Overdale, Belgrave Mound, Wakefield: hers 53, Egertom Gardems, SW3. Witnesses Leonard Armitage & Gerald Baer- seemingly their fathers . Kensington Jun 1954
Patricia & George had 3 children: George Nick Armitage , born May -Leeds Jun 1955; Suzanne M Armitage, born Novenber - Leeds Dec 1961; and
Patricia , George & Nick
1957. Carolyn J Armitage was born July -Leeds Sep 1957
Patricia & Carolyn
George & Patricia with Jean and Olaf Olsen & -Morten, Carolyn's godmother
1973. Patricia Ann Armitage died on 4/7/1973 at Leeds General Infirmary of a cerebral tumour. She was the wife of George Cooke Armitage, a company director of Low Beck House, Collingham, Wetherby