George Baron went to New Zealand, mined a load of gold, got on a ship and promptly sunk. But before that, he was a baker the Bedfordshire village of Shefford. Today I found he bought a house there. Doesn't sound that exciting right, except that all my forebearers were miserably poor and invariably destitute. The fact that one of them could afford to buy a house in the 1850's is frankly an astonishing discovery. Here's his signature.And one of the documents states that his father was Joseph Baron formerly of the parish of Watton in Herts. We didn't know that's where he died. It's another clue to follow up. Look for more conveyances in Watton. The hunt goes on...