Tuesday, January 26, 2016

The Baker Family (7 generations)

When we started our genealogy about three years ago, we traced our lines back to over a thousand years ago. Most of my lines, however, go back about four centuries, and one of those lines is the Bakers - my maternal great-grandmother's line.

~ The Baker Family (7 generations) ~

  
Baker is a famous surname of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) origin. From England the surname has spread to neighbouring countries such as Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and also to the English speaking areas of the Americas and Oceania where it is also common. An occupational name, which originated before the 8th century CE, from the name of the trade, baker. From the Middle English bakere and Old English bæcere, a derivation of bacan, meaning "to dry by heat." The bearer of this name may not only have been a baker of bread. [source]
    
Our line of the Baker's goes back to the year 1732. 

 Introducing:
William Baker
b.1732 d. December, 1766

 married for twenty-two years on July 28th, 1745
in Tredington, Warwickshire, England to 

Sarah Tombes
 b.1725 d.1767 

(7th great-grandparents)
Places lived: Newbold-On-Stour, Tredington
Warwickshire, England.
Sarah Tombes baptism April 4th, 1725

William Baker and Sarah Tombes marriage July 28th, 1745
St. Gregory Church of England, Tredington

William Baker burial December 6th, 1766

George Baker
b. June 24th, 1750 d.September 1827 

married for forty-seven years on November 19th, 1780
 in Tredington, Warwickshire, England to

Deborah Parker
b. July 3rd 1749 d. December, 1832. 
(6th great-grandparents)
Places lived: Alderminster, Tredington
Warwickshire, England


George Baker baptism June 24th, 1750
George Baker and Deborah Parker marriage November 19th, 1780


George Baker burial September 11th, 1827.
Deborah Baker burial December 11th, 1832.

George Baker
b. September 23rd, 1781 d.July, 1860

married for fifty-three years on May 19th, 1807

Sarah Powell
b. August 1787 d. January, 1865

(5th great-grandparents)
Places lived: Tredington, Morton Morrell, Wootton Wawen,
Warwickshire, England 

George Baker baptism September 23rd, 1781


Sarah Powell baptism September 20th, 1788

Sarah Powell record 1802

1841 Census


1851 Census


George Baker burial July 29th, 1860

Sarah Baker burial January 31st, 1865


SARAH POWELL was indicted for feloniously, stealing, on the 7th of July, twenty-eight yards of calico, value 28s. two remnants of Irish cloth, value 2s. seven pair of stockings, value 5s. and two handkerchiefs, value 1s. the property of   James Little.

JAMES LITTLE sworn. - I am an upholsterer, in  Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square; I know nothing of the loss.

MARY GARDENER sworn. - Mr. Little left home on the 29th of June; I was to sleep in the house during his absence; the prisoner was servant; she was to go away on the 7th of July, and on that day I asked her for a pair of sheets from her bed in the front garret to send to wash with three other pair; as she was giving me the sheets, I saw between the sacking and the seather-bed some cloth; I asked her if she was going to make some shirts; she said, yes; I laid hold of the corner, and said, this is cotton, this is not for shirts; she said her mother had sent her seven yards to make some bedgown; I said, I was sure that was a great seven yards, and she said, her mother had sent seven yards for her, and seven for her sister; I then went down, and told Mr. Lee, the foreman of it, and he went up stairs.
 
JOSEPH LEE sworn. - I went up with the porter, and found the prisoner in the cutting-room, up there pair of stairs, measuring some cotton; I examined the marks, but did not know it to be Mr. Little's; I then came down stairs, and sent Marthe Mosely up to question her about it.
 
MARTHA MOSELY sworn. - I am servant to a lodger of Mr. Little's; I went up stairs at Mr. Lee's desire; I found the prisoner in the cuttingout room, rolling up the calico very carefully; I asked her what calico she had got there, and she said it was her own.
 
MICHAEL MADAN sworn. - I went up with Mr. Lee, and examined the cotton, but I did not know it; it measure twenty-two yards and a half, I marked it. (William Norris , a pawnbroker, produced a piece of calico, but could not say from whom he received it.)(Joseph Avery, a pawnbroker, produced a pair of stockings, and a neck handkerchief, which he received from the prisoner on the 13th of July, and a piece of calico, which he did not take in.)(The property was identified by Mr. Little.)
The prisoner did not say any thing in her defense. GUILTY , aged 15.
Confined six months in the House of Correction .
First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Chambre.

When I first read Sarah's story, my heart broke. The poor fifteen year old didn't know how many yards of fabric she had, and wanted to make bedgowns. She got six months as sentencing was much stricter back then. Bless her heart.

John Baker
b.1814 d. May 13th, 1896  

married for thirty-six years on May 11th, 1835

Esther Bayliss
b.1816 d. December 9th, 1871

(4th great-grandparents)
Places lived: North Newington, Oxfordshire, England
Wellesbourne, Halford, Shipston-On-Stour, Warwickshire, England


John Baker baptism April 16th, 1820

John Baker and Esther Bayliss wedding  May 11th, 1835


St Martin, Birmingham where they married

1841 Census


1851 Census
~Confirming 1861 census~

1871 Census


1881 Census

1891 Census

Esther Baker burial December 9th, 1871


Grave of John Baker and Esther Baker

James Frederick Baker
b. abt. 1847 d.1914

married for forty-five years on  November 13th, 1869

Ann Maria Brookes
b.1850 d. July, 1914 

(3rd Great Grandparents)
Places lived: Halford, Aston Warwickshire, England.
Alderton, Gloucestershire, England.
Fazeley, Staffordshire, England.


James Frederick Baker baptism May 30th, 1847
James Frederick Baker and Anna Maria Brookes marriage November 7th, 1870


1881 Census


1891 Census


1901 Census
1911 Census
John Baker
b. November, 1886 d. WWI 1919

married for ten years in October, 1909 

Priscilla Coombes
b. March 22nd 1887 d. March 1951

(2nd great-grandparents)
Places lived in: Fazeley, Tamworth

Priscilla Coombes baptism April 6th, 1887

Born just a year apart, in 1886 and 1887 respectively, John and Priscilla had different childhoods. John was born in  Fazeley, Staffordshire, was one of thirteen children to parents married for forty-four years.

Priscilla was born in Foleshill, Warwickshire. She was one of ten children and her parents were married for twenty years before Priscilla's father died as a barge master.

At the age of fourteen, in 1901 Priscilla left school to be a cotton mill worker, whereas at the age of nineteen, in 1909 John signed up for the Royal Regiment Artillery.


At the age of nineteen, in 1909 John Baker signed up for the Royal Regiment Artillery
1911 Census
My maternal great grandmother, Daisy was born this year.

Sadly, John was killed in WWI in 1915 when Lily May was five and Daisy was four. In 1919, Priscilla married Harry Silverster Hill. They were married for over thirty-five years until Priscilla passed away aged sixty-four in 1951.
William Thawley
b. December 27th, 1905 d. October 7th, 1980

married for fifty years on December 27th, 1930 to 

Daisy Baker
b. August 22nd, 1911 d. August 11th, 1984

(my maternal great-grandparents parents)
Places lived: Wilnecote, Belgrave, Kettering, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.

To William, Daisy was the girl-next-door. They were married after Daisy graduated high-school. 

My Nana Mabel, Great-Grandma Daisy, Uncle John
William was a creative, and a potter for the Staffordshire Pottery. Daisy was a homemaker, and took in tailoring as an extra income. Together, they had two daughters, my Nana Mabel in 1931, and Barbara in 1934. After my maternal great-grandmother's passing in the early 1980's it ended eight generations of Bakers in my family tree.

Great-Grandpa William

Previous posts on the Bakers [1] [2] [3]

All the best,
Kiki Nakita

7 comments:

Cory Wright said...

It is amazing how much information can be found about family that lived so long ago. Really helps to understand where you come from. Great job finding all this information and preserving it for future generations.

Janice Webster Brown said...

Kiki, I love your story. So nice that the handwriting on all those documents is legible too! I enjoy how you combine the story with photos and documents. Keep them coming please!

Jeannie Marie said...

I love your stories! I do genealogy myself and should blog a bit more about the family than I do. How wonderful for your family that you have this all posted.

Art and Sand said...

How wonderful that you were able to trace your ancestors.

My father's side of the family did a thorough search, but we don't go as far back on my mother's side.

Thanks for Sharing Your Cup!

NanaNor's said...

How wonderful that you've been able to trace your roots back so long; beautiful scenery in England. Last summer, I was in Ireland and found headstones in cemeteries
of my great grandparents and great aunts & uncles. It was a trip of a lifetime.
My hubby's family roots go back hundreds of years; we do realize in Europe though family lines can be traced back much further.
Thank you for sharing and also for visiting my blog!
Noreen

Decor To Adore said...

Family history is so interesting. I love the old photos you shared.

Also the information about Jane Austen was just fantastic! Thank you so much.

Have a wonderful, sunny weekend!

Jonathan Hartwell said...

Great information here. William Baker and Sarah Tombes had a child Frances Mary Baker who married a William Hartwell, which makes them my Great (x6) Grandparents. Lovely to see the records. Thank you.

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