Sterling Baker

1781–about 1863 (Age 82)
South Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Sterling

When Sterling Baker was born in 1781, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Bartholomew Baker, was 45 and his mother, Calpharna or California Jeter, was 33. He had at least 3 sons and 5 daughters with Ailsey Cook. He lived in Shelby, Shelby, Alabama, United States in 1850. He died about 1863, in Shelby, Alabama, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Sterling Baker
1781–1863
Ailsey Cook
1790–1847
Sarah Ann Baker
1810–
Cato or Kato Baker
1833–
Nancy Baker
1811–1887
Alcy Elvyra Baker
1812–1877
Elizabeth Emily Baker
1813–1877
Sterling C. Baker
1818–
Martha Ann Baker
1828–1867
Leonard Jeter Baker
1831–1911

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World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution
Age 0
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1788 · South Carolina becomes the 8th state in the Union
Age 7
On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the United States making it the 8th State of the Union.
1803
Age 22
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

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.

Possible Related Names

Miller
Baxter

Sources (2)

  • Stanton Baker, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sterling Barker in entry for Barker, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

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