Simon Baker

Brief Life History of Simon

Simon Baker was born in 1831, in Almond, Almond, Allegany, New York, United States as the son of Baker. He married Harriet S Barton on 17 February 1860, in Mayville, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Angelica, Allegany, New York, United States in 1865 and Bolivar, Allegany, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 30 August 1896, in Montville, Geauga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Windsor, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Simon Baker
1831–1896
Harriet S Barton
1842–1903
Marriage: 17 February 1860
Child John F Baker
1861–1868
Albert Baker
1872–1949
Levisa Baker
1863–
Will Baker
1865–1923
Baby Flora E Baker
1865–1869
Frank Ulysses Baker
1867–1949
Fred Baker
1867–1944
Cora Bell Baker
1870–1911
Myrtle Matilda Baker
1882–1929
Cordelia Baker
1883–

Sources (18)

  • Marion Baker, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Simon Baker, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
  • Simon Baker in entry for Ford V Baker, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (1)

World Events (8)

1832 · The Black Hawk War

Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

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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