Brief Life History of Abigail Leavitt
When Abigail Leavitt Baker was born on 7 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Simon Baker, was 34 and her mother, Charlotte Leavitt, was 27. She married Thomas Mathews on 17 June 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 23 November 1923, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Abigal Baker in household of George Baker, "United States Census, 1850"
- Abigail Mathews, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Abigail Baker Mathews in entry for Thos Wm Mathews, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
Spouse and Children
1841–1917 Male
1846–1923 Female
Children (6)
1866–1935 Male
1868–1905 Female
1869–1939 Male
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1874–1885 Female
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Parents and Siblings
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Siblings (9)
1846–1923 Female
1847–1933 Male
1849–1935 Female
1850–1851 Male
1852–1871 Female
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World Events (8)
1847
Age 1
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
Age 21
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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BIOGRAPHY OF ABIGAIL LEAVITT BAKER MATHEWS
Abigail Leavitt Baker was born 7 January 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois to Simon and Charlotte Leavitt Baker. Her father Simon and Mercy Young Baker were married on 31 De …
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