Brief Life History of William
When William Baker was born in 1855, in Erin, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Baker, was 27 and his mother, Julia Ann Catherine Sharpe, was 20. He married Hannah Ann Kennedy on 29 June 1881, in Vernon Township, Isabella, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Vernon Township, Isabella, Michigan, United States for about 10 years.
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Sources (7)
- William Baker in household of John Baker, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Baker, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Not Known in entry for Rudolph Bunkhalter and Anna Baker, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
Spouse and Children
1855– Male
1856–1927 Female
Children (2)
1883–1927 Female
1889–1931 Female
Parents and Siblings
1828–1905 Male
1835–1914 Female
Siblings (7)
1854–1928 Male
1855– Male
1857– Female
1860– Female
1861– Male
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 8
1867 · Ontario Founded
Age 12
1886
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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