When Helen Louise Newell was born on 18 September 1887, in Bloomington, Franklin, Nebraska, United States, her father, Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell, was 25 and her mother, Leona Dow Ashcraft, was 26. She married Alfred Zantzinger Baker in 1908, in New Jersey, United States. She lived in Bergen, New Jersey, United States in 1900 and Leonia, Bergen, New Jersey, United States in 1920. She died on 16 October 1969, in Hightstown, East Windsor Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Brookville Cemetery, Brookville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States.