Elizabeth Baker

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Baker was born on 3 December 1834, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, her father, David Baker, was 27 and her mother, Leannah "Leah" Nesselrodt, was 21. She married Henry B Richman on 16 August 1855, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 31 March 1900, in Poweshiek Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Sheridan Cemetery, Sheridan, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry B Richman
1831–1902
Elizabeth Baker
1834–1900
Marriage: 16 August 1855
Alabama Sylvester "Al" Richman
1857–1934
Jennie L Richman
1860–1865
Mary Mae Richman
1862–1876
Daniel David Richman
1865–1944
William Henry Richman
1868–1937
Lydia Belle Richman
1872–1947
Josephine E Richman
1875–1879
Minnie P Richman
1880–1884

Sources (11)

  • Elizebeth Richmond in household of H B Richmond, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Elizabeth Baker Richman, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Richman in entry for William Henry Richman, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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.

1856 · The Town of Santa Claus

The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.

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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