Brief Life History of Winfield Scott
When Winfield Scott Baker was born on 30 October 1851, in Ritchie, Virginia, United States, his father, William B Baker, was 45 and his mother, Ruth Dickens, was 40. He married Olive Myrtle Amos on 5 September 1874, in Ritchie, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Auburn, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States in 1910. He died on 12 November 1917, at the age of 66, and was buried in White Oak Cemetery, White Oak, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Winfield S Baker, "United States Census, 1910"
- Winfield Scott Baker, "Find A Grave Index"
- W. S. Baker in entry for Clara A. Baker, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
Spouse and Children
1851–1917 Male
1857–1939 Female
Children (6)
1861– Female
1870– Female
1876–1918 Female
1882–1951 Male
1886– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1806–1888 Male
1811–1897 Female
Siblings (14)
1829–1914 Male
1830–1917 Female
1832–1832 Female
1834–1863 Male
1836– Female
+9 More Children
World Events (8)
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
Age 10
1863
Age 12
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 19
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.
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