John and Dorothy had ten known children of which nine survived and only eight married.
- Henry Bailey (1845-1930) married Amy Amelia Tapp (1856-1928) in 1890
- John Cecil Bailey (1846-1947) married Susannah (Susan) Maher (1848-1922) in 1872
- Thomas George Bailey (1848-1928) married (1) Mary Martha Palmer (1854-1888) in 1873; married (2) Elizabeth (Elsie) Hill (1865-?) in 1897; married (3) Florence Morgan (c1877-1923) in 1914
- George Bailey (1849-1924) (never married)
- Sarah Jane Bailey (1850-1932) married William Scott (c1848-1908) in 1875
- William Bailey (1852-1854) (died as an infant)
- William Bailey (1854-1946) married Alice Anne Gunn (c1857-1939) in 1878
- Samuel Bailey (1856-1934) married Elizabeth Bell Mitchell (1860-1918) in 1895
- Mary Ann Bailey (1859-1948) married John Burns (1863-1944) in 1889
- Walter Bailey (161-1939) married Catherine Margaret Holdsforth (1864-1955) in 1890

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