George Baigent was born at 14, Clarence Street, Rotherhithe,London.He started work as a Dock Labourer (1891 Census, aged 14 years).He became an apprentice Waterman and Lighterman to Stephen Regan on 14th. February 1893. He was an apprentice for five years.When he became a Freeman of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames, he had at least two apprentices himself.They were Frank Henry Julian [14th. January 1919] and Ernest Alfred Carr [25th. September 1923].

ADDRESSES:
1877 14, Clarence St.,Rotherhithe,London Birth Certificate
1881 4, Clarence St.,Rotherhithe,London Census
1891 2, Neston St., Rotherhithe,London Census
1904 58, Church Street, Greenwich Marr. Cert.1905 59 Hythe Buildings, Rotherhithe,London Birth Cert. of son1906 15, Hadland St., Rotherhithe, London Birth Cert. of daug.1910 133 Rotherhithe St., Rotherhithe, London Birth Cert. of son1923 9, Kenning St., Rotherhithe, London W&L Licence

During World War Two he continued living in Rotherhithe with his wife,daughter and youngest son. He used to keep rabbits and chickens in his small back garden to provide some food for his family during the war.He died at 9, Kenning Street on 9th March 1948 (Death Certificate) of Labyocardial Degeneration. His eldest son George Joseph Baigent was present at his death. His funeral cost £22.10s.0d and he was interred at East London Cemetery.