Joseph Leroy Baker

1841–1921 (Age 80)
Clinton, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Joseph Leroy

When Joseph Leroy Baker was born in 1841, in Clinton, New York, United States, his father, Gideon Baker, was 38 and his mother, Sally Reynolds, was 30. He married Ellen Shutts about 4 July 1872, in Schuyler, Herkimer, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Schuyler Falls, Clinton, New York, United States for about 20 years and Saranac Lake, Harrietstown, Franklin, New York, United States in 1900. He died in 1921, in Harrietstown, Harrietstown, Franklin, New York, United States, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Leroy Baker
1841–1921
Ellen Shutts
1852–1940
Marriage: about 4 July 1872
Franklin L Baker
1873–1963
Alice Elmira Baker
1876–1968
Mary E Baker
1879–1968
Benjamin Baker
1881–1959
Sophia Baker
1881–1972
Carrie E Baker
1887–1981

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 4 July 1872Schuyler, Herkimer, New York, United States
    • Children

    (6)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    +4 More Children

    World Events (7)

    1846
    Age 5
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1863
    Age 22
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
    Age 22
    The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name, from Middle English bakere, Old English bæcere, a derivative of bacan ‘to bake’. It may have been used for someone whose special task in the kitchen of a great house or castle was the baking of bread, but since most humbler households did their own baking in the Middle Ages, it may also have referred to the owner of a communal oven used by the whole village. The right to be in charge of this and exact money or loaves in return for its use was in many parts of the country a hereditary feudal privilege. Compare Miller . Less often the surname may have been acquired by someone noted for baking particularly fine bread or by a baker of pottery or bricks.Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘baker’, for example Dutch Bakker , German Becker and Beck , French Boulanger and Bélanger (see Belanger ), Czech Pekař, Slovak Pekár, and Croatian Pekar .History: Baker was established as an early immigrant surname in Puritan New England. Among others, two men called Remember Baker (father and son) lived at Woodbury, CT, in the early 17th century, and an Alexander Baker arrived in Boston, MA, in 1635.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Miller
    Baxter

    Story Highlight

    91st New York Infantry

    The following story comes from the Clinton County, NY, Civil War Records 1861-1865 Facebook Page: 9 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS IN THE MILITARY - In 1863, Joseph Leroy Baker found himself on the Draft Registr …

    Sources (13)

    • Joseph L Baker, "United States Census, 1920"
    • Joseph Baker in entry for Benjamin F Baker, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
    • Joseph Baker, "New York State Census, 1905"

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