Hezekiah C Baker

Brief Life History of Hezekiah C

When Hezekiah C Baker was born on 26 December 1830, in Ohio, United States, his father, John Baker, was 31 and his mother, Pricilla Matilda Coombs, was 33. He married Martha Matilda Haskins on 7 April 1859, in Tama, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons. He lived in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Manitou Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States in 1910. He died on 17 October 1917, in Bowie, Texas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Red Lick Cemetery, Red Lick, Bowie, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hezekiah C Baker
1830–1917
Martha Matilda Haskins
1837–1927
Marriage: 7 April 1859
Henry C Baker
1860–1940
Harry A. Baker
1864–
Edwin Deloce Baker
1861–1940
Wellington Baker
1866–1881
John S Baker
1869–
Benjamin Franklin Baker
1872–1947
Arthur Baker
1877–
Charles Robert Baker
1880–

Sources (13)

  • Hezikiah Baker in household of John Baker, "United States Census, 1850"
  • H.C. Baker, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Hezekiah Baker in the U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863

World Events (8)

1836 · The Massive Internal Improvements Act

The Massive Internal Improvements Act of 1836 loaned Indiana $10,000,000 to create infrastructure such as canals, railroads, and roads across the state. The act was signed by Whig Governor Noah Noble and passed by the Indiana General Assembly. However, the financial crisis known as the Panic of 1837 thwarted these plans as costs ballooned. Construction on the infrastructure was not completed and the state debt rapidly increased.

1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

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

1855

Historical Boundaries: 1855: Cass, Missouri, United States.

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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