GED4WEB version 4.41 Crampton-Baker Effie [Female] d. 1980 London, England
Throughout most of my childhood, I (N C Baker) had no idea that there was this Great Aunt. Even my father (I C Baker) didn't know until one day he unexpectedly bumped into his father (EC Baker) in Lon>
don at a time when his father was living on the Sussex coast. Ted Baker was a man of very few words at the best of times and on this occasion apparently he was embarassed, almost shifty. It seems that>
he was covertly visiting his sister Effie. She was very well off and lived in "service flats" in Falkland Mansions near High Street Kensington, having been widowed twice. She spent most of her life t>
ravelling and having a luxurious lifestyle with her husbands. She lived to a good age, despite smoking and drinking a good deal. After my father discovered her, he and I started to visit her regularly>
. She was good company and a good laugh, although a lot grander than anyone else in the family. She left me all her jewelry, a lot of which was foreign. I couldn't wear the rings as she had such tiny >
fingers and so sold most of them to fund a trip to India when I was at university.
The reason my grandfather was visiting her so secretively was that his wife (HM Jones) didn't like her and was probably jealous of her. Effie and Ted had been very close as youngsters and I suppose t>
here was a sense of jealousy.
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