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Baker

Baker

Origin of the Baker surname

Baker is almost certainly an occupational surname. One of our ancestors was a baker by trade.

Baker pedigree

Our Baker ancestors include the following people. Click on any name to access a computer-generated page of information about that person and a list of the information sources.

Susannah Baker (b. abt 1848, d. 14 Oct 1907)
- William Baker (b. abt 1805, d. 25 Jan 1882)
  - Samuel Baker (b. ca. 1741, d. 5 Dec 1815)
  - Elizabeth Chorley (b. 1779, d. bef 1861)
- Eliza Connors (b. abt 1808, d. 29 Jan 1876)
  - John Connors
  - Margaret

Baker family memorials

For centuries families have created memorials to honour their forebears, including headstones, church monuments, memorial cards, obituaries and much more. This website is, in a way, just another innovation in this regard. Each of the links below takes you to a memorial page that is dedicated to that particular deceased ancestor.

Susannah Baker 1837-1918 – and her husband David Press 1837-1918
William Baker 1815-1882 and Eliza Connors 1808-1876

Research Reports

The following Baker research reports are published on this website.

Carillon Chimes article - William Baker's arrival – My Carillon Chimes article proves that William baker arrived as a convict aboard the Guildford in 1829
The Baker Roadblock – How genealogists circumvented this roadblock by researching William Baker's brother

Baker clan

The Baker clan descends from William Baker (c1799 - 1882) and his wife Eliza Connors.

Legend:
Subject
Daughter
Son
Spouse

(b. Abt 1805, d. 1882)

(b. Abt 1808, d. 1876)

Eliza ("Betsey") Baker

(b. Abt 1840, d. Aft 1876)

(b. Abt 1842, d. Aft 1876)

(b. Abt 1846, d. Aft 1876)

(b. Abt 1848, d. 1877)

(b. Abt 1848, d. 1907)

(b. Abt 1837, d. 1918)

(b. 1867, d. 1951)

(b. 1858, d. 1944)

(b. 1891, d. 1941)

(b. Abt 1890)

Alice S. ("Peg") Martin

Garnet S. Martin

James I. Martin

Thomas O. Martin

James H. ("Harold") Kessey

(b. 1893, d. 1957)

(d. 1966)

Terrence Kessey

(b. 1923, d. 2001)

Elizabeth V. Peate

(b. 1925, d. 2001)

(b. 1924)

Herbert E. Gillis

(b. 1920)

(b. 1928)

Beatrice S. ("Beat") Kessey

(b. 1895, d. 1951)

(b. Abt 1890, d. 1967)

Charles Robinson

Emily B. Kessey

(b. 1896)

William S. Grady

Chris Keldoulis

Philomena E. Kessey

(b. 1898)

Joseph A. ("Joe") Kessey

(b. 1899, d. 1970)

Patricia M. Kessey

(b. 1924)

Leny G. Moffitt

(b. 1920)

Beryl T. Kessey

(b. 1926)

D'Arcy Leonard Wooden

(b. 1920)

(b. 1929)

Dorothy V. Bent

Christine Kessey

(b. 1902, d. 1974)

Cynthia V. Collins

(b. 1906, d. 2001)

Horace M. Kessey

(b. 1928, d. 2015)

?

Halvar R. Kessey

(b. 1905, d. 1981)

(b. 1908, d. 1995)

James A. Kessey

(b. 1930)

(b. 1945, d. 2013)

(b. 1932, d. 1974)

Halvene T. Kessey

(b. 1934, d. 2005)

Reginald B. Fleming

(b. 1929, d. 2016)

Carmel R. Kessey

(b. 1939, d. 2019)

?

(b. 1907)

Laurence E. Dugan

Hilton D. Kessey

(b. 1909, d. 1977)

Josephine V. Shannon

(b. Abt 1916, d. 1983)

(b. Abt 1868, d. Bef 1907)

(b. Abt 1869, d. Aft 1918)

Daughter1 Press

(b. Abt 1870, d. Bef 1907)

(b. Abt 1871, d. Aft 1918)

Daughter2 Press

(b. Abt 1873, d. Bef 1907)

(b. Abt 1875, d. Aft 1907)

(b. Abt 1878, d. Aft 1907)

Henrietta Press

(b. Abt 1880, d. Aft 1918)

(b. Abt 1882, d. Aft 1918)

Legend:
Subject
Daughter
Son
Spouse