Edward Baines was born around 1831 in England. His parents are unknown.
1842: Edward Baines arrived in New York City in 1842 when he was eleven years old.
1860: The 1860 National Census cites Edward Baines and his wife Margaret Wainman in New York City. Edward is a saw grinder. Their son William was 9 months old. They had a boarder named Catherine Dillon who lived with them.
1870: In the 1870 US Census, Edward Baines and his wife are supporting themselves, their five children: William (10), Mary Jane (8), James (5), Susan (4), and John (2), as well, as his wife Margaret's three siblings: Harriet (18), Charles (14), and William (22). Both Edward and William work as machinists.
1880: By 1880, in the National Census, Edward is listed as having married a woman by the name of Sophia Chinn. His first wife, Margaret Wainman, has died by this point. They live at 181 8th Street in Manhattan. The children still at home include: William (21), Edward (18), James (16), Lewis (13), and Susan (11). The names and ages of some of the children seem to be different than the previous census; however, both Edward and William are listed as machinists, which seems to point to the families matching. Edward and James are both printers, and Sophia Chinn's family also had a printer in it. There is an Edward in her family in the previous Census that matches the age of the Edward listed here. Perhaps, Edward was a child she had out of wedlock? It is very possible that this a blended family...
1883: Edward Baines died at the age of 52 in New York.
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