Brief Life History of William Orson
When William Orson Baker was born on 25 April 1871, in Essex, Vermont, United States, his father, Erastus Dennison Baker, was 39 and his mother, Abbie L Safford, was 26. He married Katherine Thresa Cronin on 24 December 1907, in Vermont, United States. He lived in Essex, Chittenden, Vermont, United States in 1880 and Essex Junction, Essex, Chittenden, Vermont, United States in 1900.
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Sources (6)
- William O Baker, "United States Census, 1910"
- William Orson Baker, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
- William O Baker in household of Erastus D Baker, "United States Census, 1880"
Spouse and Children
1871– Male
1878– Female
Parents and Siblings
1832–1912 Male
1844–1931 Female
Siblings (7)
1865–1932 Male
1869–1869 Male
1871– Male
1873– Male
1876–1966 Female
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Age 1
1872 · The Amnesty Act
Age 1
1902 · So Much Farm Land
Age 31
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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